# Windows

## The Super Key 🪟

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th width="155"></th><th width="232">Function</th><th width="261">Notes</th><th>Other shortcuts</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>🪟+S</td><td>Search bar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Shift+S</td><td><p>Screenshot tool</p><p>(Snipping tool)</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Ctrl+S</td><td>Speech recognition</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+X</td><td>Power menu</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Shift+C</td><td>Colour picker</td><td>PowerToys</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Shift+T</td><td>Text extractor (OCR)</td><td>PowerToys</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Ctrl+T</td><td>Pin window on top</td><td>PowerToys</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+V</td><td>Clipboard popup</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+. (full stop)</td><td>Emoji popup</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+, (comma)</td><td>Peek at desktop</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+N</td><td>Notification window</td><td></td><td>Four-finger tap on touchpad</td></tr><tr><td>🪟+M</td><td>Minimize all windows</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+B</td><td>Focus system tray</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+D</td><td>Show Desktop</td><td>Minimizes all windows unless you press it again immediately.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+F</td><td>Feedback hub lol</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+G</td><td>XBox Game Bar overlay</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+H</td><td>MS Speech services</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+K</td><td>Cast popup menu</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+L</td><td>Lock screen</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Q</td><td>Start menu's Search</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+W</td><td>Widgets</td><td></td><td>🪟+Ctrl+Backspace (wtf)</td></tr><tr><td>🪟+E</td><td>File manager</td><td>E for Explorer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+R</td><td>Run dialogue</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Shift+R</td><td>Screenshot in video mode</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+T</td><td>Focus Taskbar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+U</td><td>Settings → Accessibility</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+I</td><td>Settings app</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+P</td><td>Project popup menu</td><td>For second monitor, TV</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+ 1-9</td><td>Launch/focus app in Taskbar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Shift+ 1-9</td><td>Launch new instance or window of app in Taskbar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Alt+ 1-9</td><td>Open Jump Menu (right-click) of app in Taskbar</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Window & Desktop controls

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th width="207">Shortcut</th><th width="187">Function</th><th width="154">Other shortcuts</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Alt+F4</td><td>Close window</td><td>Ctrl+W</td><td><p>Alt+F4 always works.</p><p>Ctrl+W depends on the app.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+W</td><td>Close tab or window</td><td></td><td>Don't mix this up with Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q.</td></tr><tr><td>Ctrl+Q</td><td>Quit app</td><td></td><td>Not accepted by Microsoft so this is sometimes unpredictable. Major browsers also removed this a few years ago due to accidentally quitting when aiming for Ctrl+W to close a tab.</td></tr><tr><td>🪟+ arrow left &#x26; right</td><td>Snap window to left or right of screen</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+ arrow up &#x26; down</td><td>Maximize, Restore, Minimze window</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>🪟+Alt+ arrow keys</td><td>Snap window to vertical thirds or horizontal halves</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Alt+Space</td><td>Window menu</td><td>Alt+Shift+Space</td><td>Useful for if the window's titlebar has disappeared off the screen. Press Alt+Space, then M (for <em>Move</em>), then press an arrow key to attach the window to the mouse cursor. Now you can move the mouse to move the window.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>