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Was doing some work in Ubuntu today and discovered an interesting little shortcut (or at least alternative for accessing files).

Quick Background
When I want to quickly navigate to a specific application, I usually press Alt+Tab … but what I didn’t know is what happens if I let the cursor hang or pause for a couple of seconds over an application that has more than one window open … it displays all the active sub-windows.

Example
So for example, let’s say I have the following applications open: Firefox, Libre Office, Thunderbird, and Banshee. And in Libre Office I have 3 documents I’m working on. When I Alt+Tab to skim through the open apps and then let my cursor hang or pause over Libre, the system will display all 3 docs (which I can then quickly access with a simple click).