Shortcut for closing all open UI-windows

[jnbhht]

Hi,

if i hit cmd-t the window for fonts opens up. If I hit again, it closes. The same for color with F6, and so on.

My Question:

Is there a shortcut (or can i define one for myself) to close all open UI-windows without using all the different shortcuts for the individual windows?

Thx a lot!

Cheers!

[Mike_Gondek]

TAB - will toggle between hiding all windows, and bringing them back

SHIFT TAB - will toggle between hiding all windows (except the tools) , and bringing them back

[jnbhht]

Thx, i know that. But i was looking for just closing the open windows. All my UI-Panels are shrinked down to there button-state. I open them with the shortcuts and instead of klicking on the buttons of all open Panels, i would like to close them with a shortcut.

Hope it is a bit more clear now.

cheers

[Mike_Gondek]

Thanks for the clarification. Your mentioning CMD T lead me to believe you wanted to close items such as the character palettes.

Try this script

http://files.kaleidoscopechicago.com/_BAWeBUTEGTCr7R

SaveAndCloseAll.js

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The URL will expire on April 19.

Still worked for me on CC 2015.3 Mac.

[jnbhht]

Nice Script,thx!

Will give it a shoot anyway, but i think i did mislead you with my second post.

I indeed want to close these item as the character palettes or the color palette or stroke palette and so on.

I wanted to know if there is something like a global close-shortcut?

Sorry for the confusion!

Cheers

[Mike_Gondek]

http://files.kaleidoscopechicago.com/_-iWuiWNTbTXrdR

SaveAndCloseAll.js

2 KB

The URL will expire on April 19.

Used my minimal scripting skills  to make English warning window.

[Mike_Gondek]

What is wrong with TAB or SHIFT TAB??  What else do you want to do besides that?

[jnbhht]

Ok, in my setup i have a small 13" display on the go. I stacked many different panels on the left and on the right side of the screen and minimised them to the "button-only-state". I have learned a couple shortcuts to different palettes (f.e. colors, fonts, stroke ...) to optimise my workflow and open them individualy with the keys.

Now if i have a couple open, i would like to just close them. Shift-Tab just hides the panels and after showing them again, the panels are still open

Thx a lot

[Kurt Gold]

Does your version of Illustrator support Custom Workspaces?

[jnbhht]

Yes, it does.

If you mean, that i can save my custom workspace layouts

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

Try this: Close all open palettes and create a custom workspace. Call that workspace "Nothing", for example.

Then go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts > Menu Commands > Window > Workspace and assign a shortcut to the Reset "Current Workspace" command.

Now open some palettes. As soon as you want to close all palettes again, hit the shortcut to reset "Nothing".

[jnbhht]

That was a genius idea!

Works like a charm. Thx a lot for your help!