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Does anyone else swear by the Alt + Tab computer keyboard shortcut?

If you hold down the Alt button, you can use the Tab button to peruse all your open windows on a little menu screen that pops up. IT IS AMAZING, but I consistently find a lot of people who don't know about it!

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

have you tried pressing alt+f4 repeatedly? its really cool, watch what happens!

deej, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

u mean

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

alt + tab is a godsend when the boss pops his head round the corner.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

lol get a mac

DG, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

I knew about alt + tab before, but I learned lots of other cool keyboard commands on some ILX thread, can't remember what it was though.

Tuomas, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, and the alt + F4 trick was mean indeed, of course I had to try it.

Tuomas, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

I used to use alt+tab all of the time, but I only use firefox in tabs these days... but since I have mouse gestures installed, to switch to a work tab, it's just middleclick+left or right click! This is seriously even easier than alt-tabbing.

Will M., Friday, 19 October 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

"Middleclick"? Your mouse has three buttons?

Tuomas, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

Don't forget Alt + Shift +Tab
!!!

Control + Tab is good too.

mei, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

have you tried F10?

ken c, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

it's useful while playing counterstrike

ken c, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

HOLD CTRL + SPIN THE MOUSE TRACKWHEEL

69, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

i heard typing quit in the console gives u cheatz mode

sleep, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

"Middleclick"? Your mouse has three buttons?

-- Tuomas, Friday, October 19, 2007 12:24 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Mine has 8 buttons! But "middle click" is on most current mouses (mice?). It's pressing down on the wheel.

Will M., Friday, 19 October 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

Wow, the ctrl + mouse wheel trick was cool!

Tuomas, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

(x-post)

8 buttons?!

Tuomas, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:46 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, the other ones are gimmicks, though, and I almost never press them. http://www.everythingusb.com/images/list/logitechmx518.jpg

Will M., Friday, 19 October 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

^ GAMER

sleep, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

so true re: boss coming up over your shoulder HOOS. GODSEND

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:12 (eighteen years ago)

Don't forget Alt + Shift +Tab
!!!

Control + Tab is good too.

-- mei, Friday, October 19, 2007 4:25 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this is just Alt + Tab i think. u don't need the shift.

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

Control + Tab just highlights stuff for me

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

You Windows boobs probably would like to know about windows-D too. Try it 2x in a row.

libcrypt, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

i know i like that one

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

that's F11 on a Mac

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

I think he's some kind of college student from baltimore.

lolz

pretzel walrus, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

Control+tab works only with certain Windows apps to switch sub-windows. It works with Query Analyzer, but I'm sure it doesn't work with some other apps I've tried.

libcrypt, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

oooh weird

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

cycles through tabs in firefox
+ shift = cycles in reverse

sleep, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

^ ctrl tab, that is

sleep, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:56 (eighteen years ago)

GAMER

-- sleep, Friday, October 19, 2007 1:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

haha yeah when i bought it i was a bit of a pc game nerd, but i don't do that anymore and this is sitll the best feeling, best-weighted mouse i have ever owned.

Will M., Friday, 19 October 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

also, I've used the scroll wheel so much it is blistered and bubbly (it was smooth when bought, i prefer it like this because you gotta have the traction). Also, I hated the smooth buttons, because they always felt gross/oily, so i took a knife to them and just scraped the shit out of them until they felt more textured. my mouse looks like the ugliest piece of shit you've ever seen. but it's SO GOOD.

Will M., Friday, 19 October 2007 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

cycles through tabs in firefox
+ shift = cycles in reverse

-- sleep, Friday, October 19, 2007 5:55 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ooh ok

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

"this is just Alt + Tab i think. u don't need the shift.

-- Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:19 (2 hours ago) Link"

Yeah you do, the shift reverses the direction of tabbing.

mei, Friday, 19 October 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

ha! that's so weird! ; )

Surmounter, Friday, 19 October 2007 20:05 (eighteen years ago)


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