How do I prevent Mission Control switching to the next desktop...

[Dolorian]

When I hit Command+h to hide an application?

Say I have the following desktops:

Space 1 : Chrome
Space 2 : Sparrow

While using Chrome say I want to look for something in the desktop, so I hit "Command+H" to hide the app. But what happens is that mission control hides Chrome and then takes me to the next Space with Sparrow in it.

It also happens if, for example, I am in the desktop and I open System Preferences. When I close the System Preferences window, it takes me to the next Space with Sparrow in it.

What gives? It is a really annoying behavior.

 

[Mackilroy]

Why not just minimize them or hit F11?

 

[Nero Wolfe]

When you hide or quit an application OS X returns focus to the last application you were using. I don't know a way to prevent that behavior, but unchecking this box in Mission Control preferences will stop it from switching spaces on you.

 

[Dolorian]

Thanks! That prevents it from switching to the next desktop.

It is still kind of broken tho, because now when i switch with Command+Tab from one application to another it stays on the same desktop. Oh well.