Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Instantly Switch Windows with the Alt+Esc Windows Keyboard Shortcut [Video]

Instantly Switch Windows with the Alt+Esc Windows Keyboard Shortcut Windows: If you want to switch to a different application quickly, Alt+Tab and, in Windows 7, Win+Tab, let you preview and select an open window. But for more direct switching between windows, try Alt+Esc.

Alt+Esc cycles through windows in the order they were opened, bypassing the thumbnail preview. This might be a quicker way to switch between windows if you only have a couple of windows open. You can see this at work in the video aboe.

What Alt+Esc actually does is drop the active window to the bottom of the pile, while effectively brings the next open window into view; sometimes, however, this means you'll need to click Alt+Esc again to bring the window into focus so you can start typing in it or otherwise actively working in the window.


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Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/g3nfgnm942U/instantly-switch-windows-with-the-alt%252Besc-windows-keyboard-shortcut

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