Mojave Mission Control Changes?

[badAdjective]

I had High Sierra installed on my MacBook Air and whenever I maximized most windows it would automatically create a new desktop for it, leaving the main desktop open. I did a clean install for Mojave and now it's only doing it for a few select apps. Did I miss a setting somewhere or does Mojave handle windows and Mission Control differently now?

 

[Lifeisabeach]

I had High Sierra installed on my MacBook Air and whenever I maximized most windows it would automatically create a new desktop for it, leaving the main desktop open. I did a clean install for Mojave and now it's only doing it for a few select apps. Did I miss a setting somewhere or does Mojave handle windows and Mission Control differently now?

Maximizing windows doesn't put them in a new desktop. Never did. Now going "full-screen" did and still does in Mojave. Perhaps you are confusing the 2 options? How are you going about "maximizing" your windows? Examples of apps that this does and doesn't work for may be helpful.

 

[IWT]

@badAdjective

As our senior member remarked, there is a difference between "Full Screen" and manually adjusting the screen to fill the Window.

To enter Full Screen, with new Desktop, move your cursor up to the green button as shown here:



You will see the green button has a double arrow head. Click on this and you get Full Screen on a new Desktop.

If you hold down the Option key, the green button shows a cross (+) and Clicking on that allows you to drag the screen to any shape or size you desire whilst retaining the same Desktop.

This may possibly be where the confusion lies.

To Exit Full Screen, one way is to press on the Escape key (esc), top row on keyboard, far left.

Of course you can enter and exit Full Screen in other ways, such as Clicking on View and choosing Enter Full Screen/Exit Full Screen, accordingly.

Hope this helps.

Ian

 

[toMACsh]

If you hold down the Option key, the green button shows a cross (+) and Clicking on that allows you to drag the screen to any shape or size you desire whilst retaining the same Desktop.

I had missed that, or forgotten. I also missed (in the other sense) being able to "optimize" the size of a page. Now, if I can remember, I've got it back, even though it was never really "missing".

Too bad it didn't work for a "Close Other Windows" function - see thread on Minimizing Windows

 

[badAdjective]

To clarify, by maximizing I mean clicking the green button on the top left of any window. Perhaps I'm using some old Windows language here accidentally. So yes, I really mean full screen. Thanks for correcting.

For example, when I do this with Firefox or most apps, the green button results in a new desktop. When I do this with LibreOffice, the green button does not create a new desktop. I don't believe this happened with High Sierra. Perhaps this is a problem with LibreOffice, but I thought this was controlled by the OS?

 

[Raz0rEdge]

I think your use of "new desktop" or "new space" is what is confusing people. Traditionally, a new desktop/space can be used to hold many apps & windows and not be restricted to a single application. Going full screen essentially puts that app out there all by itself and allows you to return to your normal desktop (or multiple desktops) by swiping. This behavior is provided by the OS and can be leveraged by all applications. However, it is also conceivable that an application can prevent itself from going into full-screen mode and just maximize itself within the current desktop (like perhaps what LibreOffice is doing).

The full-screen behavior has not changed since it was introduced within OS X/macOS.

 

[ferrarr]

To clarify, by maximizing I mean clicking the green button on the top left of any window. Perhaps I'm using some old Windows language here accidentally. So yes, I really mean full screen. Thanks for correcting.

For example, when I do this with Firefox or most apps, the green button results in a new desktop. When I do this with LibreOffice, the green button does not create a new desktop. I don't believe this happened with High Sierra. Perhaps this is a problem with LibreOffice, but I thought this was controlled by the OS?

If LibreOffice, has not been updated to work with Mojave, then that is most likely where the problem is. Maybe you can ask in the LibreOffice forums and see if anyone there knows how to set it up that way?

 

[badAdjective]

I understand thanks everyone.