Monday, 4 January 2016

Windows 10 Shortcuts

Virtual Desktops
Virtual desktops are finally added as a built-in feature in Windows 10.
There are also some keyboard shortcuts for quickly managing virtual desktops.

[Windows Key] + [Ctrl] + [D]
Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it

[Windows Key] + [Ctrl] + [F4]
Close the current virtual desktop.

[Windows Key] + [Ctrl] + [Left / Right]
Switch to the virtual desktop on the left or right.

Window Snapping

[Windows Key] + [Left]
Snap current window to the left side of the screen.

[Windows Key] + [Right]
Snap current window the the right side of the screen.

[Windows Key] + [Up]
Snap current window to the top of the screen.

[Windows Key] + [Down]
Snap current window to the bottom of the screen.

Windows 10’s newest features

[Windows key] + [A] 
Open the Action Center

[Windows key] + [C]
Launch Cortana in listening mode (for voice commands)

[Windows key] + [I]
Open the Settings app

[Windows key] + [S]
Launch Cortana

[Windows key] + [Tab]
Open Task View

[Windows key] + [Ctrl] + [D]
Create a new virtual desktop

Browser shortcuts (works in Edge and most other browsers)

[Ctrl] + [T]
Open new tab .

[Ctrl] + [D]
Bookmark page

[Ctrl] + [L]
Highlight current URL (good for typing a new address or copying the current one)

[Ctrl] + [Tab]
Cycle through your open tabs in forward direction.

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Tab]
Cycle through your open tabs in backward direction.

[Ctrl] + [Enter]
Add “.com” to the end of a web address and go (e.g. type ‘google’ then Ctrl + Enter to get google.com)

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [T]
Open the previously closed tabs.


Saturday, 2 January 2016

Windows 7 Tricks (Part - 2)

[Windows] + [Spacebar]
Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop.

[Windows] + [D]
Show or hide the desktop.

[Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow
Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen.

[Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow
Maximized and restores the selected window.

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow
Maximizes and restores selected window in vertical dimension only.

[Windows] + [Tab]
Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them.

[Windows] + [+] OR [Windows] + [-]
Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]
Switch to docked mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]
Switch to lens mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]
Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I]
Invert colors.

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Esc]
Show the task manager.

[Windows] + [Esc]
Exist magnifier views.

Friday, 1 January 2016

Windows 7 Tricks (Part - 1)

Windows & Task bar

[Alt] + [Ctrl] + left/right/up/down arrow
Flip Window

[Alt] + [Tab]
Cycle through open windows.

[Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T]
Move focus to front or back of task bar. Press [T] again while holding the [Windows] key to cycle through items in the task bar from left to right or you can use arrow keys.

[Windows] + [B]
Puts focus on the ‘show hidden icons’ button on the system tray.

[Windows] + [1] through [Windows] + [9]
Launch first through ninth icon on task bar, including items pinned to task bar.

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [9]
Starts new instance of respective task bar icon.

[Windows] + [Ctrl] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [9]
Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon.

[Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Alt] + [9]
Opens jump list for respective icon.