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[[Image:AM Exposé all.png|thumb|200px|Screenshot of the Exposé feature in Mac OS X v1010.4 illustrating the "all windows" function.]]

'''Exposé''' is a feature of the [[Mac OS X]] [[operating system]]. First previewed on [[June 23]] [[2003]] at that year's [[Worldwide Developers Conference]] as a feature of the then forthcoming [[Mac OS X v1010.3]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23panther.html | title=Apple Previews Mac OS X “Panther” | year=June 23, 2003 | work=Apple Press Release Library | accessdate=2006-08-19 }}</ref>, Exposé allows a user to quickly locate an open window, or to hide all windows and show the desktop without the need to click through many windows to find a specific target. A number of Exposé clones exist as separate [[software|applications]] for other operating systems.

== Usage ==

[[Image:AM Exposé application.png|right|thumb|200px|Screenshot of the Exposé feature in Mac OS X v1010.4 illustrating the "application windows" feature.]]

Exposé includes three separate features for organizing windows:

* The "All windows" feature shows all open and unhidden windows, shrinking their appearance so they all fit on a single screen. By default, this can be activated using the [[function key|F9]] key.

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* The "Desktop" feature moves all windows off the screen, with just the edges of the windows visible at the side of the screen, giving the user clear access to the [[Desktop]]. In the default preferences, this can be activated using the F11 key.

In the first two cases, after Exposé is activated, the user can select any window by [[point and click|clicking]] on it or selecting it with arrow keys and pressing ''Enter''. Exposé then deactivates, leaving the selected window in the foreground.

The key used for activating Exposé can be customized to be any of the function keys, the shift, control, option or command key, the [[Function key|fn key]] on [[PowerBook]]s and [[iBook]]s, or even a mouse button on multiple-button [[computer mouse|mice]] (such as Apple's [[Apple Mighty Mouse|Mighty Mouse]]).

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==Trivia==

[[Image:Exposé_blob.png|thumb|Exposé Blob]]

*The "blob" is a hidden and undocumented interface to Exposé that was discovered by a member of the [[Macintosh News Network|MacNN]] forums.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://forums.macnn.com/84/mac-os-x-archives/181452/wvous-hidden-dock-feature/ | title=wvous: 'Hidden' Dock Feature | year=October 9 2003 | author=Luke Sands | work=MacNN forums | accessdate=2006-08-20}}</ref> When clicked, it enables the "Application Windows" mode. When Option+clicked, it enables the "All Windows" mode. Holding down Shift and clicking or Option+clicking causes the Exposé effect to occur in slow motion.

:To enable the blob, enter the following commands in Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app):