Windows 7 HotKeys
July 17, 2011So I accidentally stumbled across some useful hotkey combinations using the ‘WindowsKey’ which is so common on most PC keyboards.
WindowsKey + #Number
This seems quite good for power users which have to manage huge number of applications simultaneously. What this feature does is it’ll select the #N’th application which is on your taskbar. If the application is already selected, it’ll minimise. If its minimised, it’ll restore it. And if its not selected, it’ll select it and bring it to focus. Nifty =)
So if say, you have Firefox, Chrome and IE on your taskbar (in that order) WKey+1 will open Firefox. WKey+2, and you’ll pull up Chrome. WKey+2 with Chrome selected will minimise it.
How does it manage grouped items I hear you ask…
Pressing WKey+#Number will cycle through the items. Thus, this means the minimise feature doesn’t work for grouped items but such a minor setback (WKey+DownArrow will minimise a selected window)
So go ahead and play with them, it’s a shame such features aren’t really advertised cos I think this is a good feature.
