Windows
The Super Key 🪟
🪟+S
Search bar
🪟+Shift+S
Screenshot tool
(Snipping tool)
🪟+Ctrl+S
Speech recognition
🪟+X
Power menu
🪟+Shift+C
Colour picker
PowerToys
🪟+Shift+T
Text extractor (OCR)
PowerToys
🪟+Ctrl+T
Pin window on top
PowerToys
🪟+V
Clipboard popup
🪟+. (full stop)
Emoji popup
🪟+, (comma)
Peek at desktop
🪟+N
Notification window
Four-finger tap on touchpad
🪟+M
Minimize all windows
🪟+B
Focus system tray
🪟+D
Show Desktop
Minimizes all windows unless you press it again immediately.
🪟+F
Feedback hub lol
🪟+G
XBox Game Bar overlay
🪟+H
MS Speech services
🪟+K
Cast popup menu
🪟+L
Lock screen
🪟+Q
Start menu's Search
🪟+W
Widgets
🪟+Ctrl+Backspace (wtf)
🪟+E
File manager
E for Explorer
🪟+R
Run dialogue
🪟+Shift+R
Screenshot in video mode
🪟+T
Focus Taskbar
🪟+U
Settings → Accessibility
🪟+I
Settings app
🪟+P
Project popup menu
For second monitor, TV
🪟+ 1-9
Launch/focus app in Taskbar
🪟+Shift+ 1-9
Launch new instance or window of app in Taskbar
🪟+Alt+ 1-9
Open Jump Menu (right-click) of app in Taskbar
Window & Desktop controls
Alt+F4
Close window
Ctrl+W
Alt+F4 always works.
Ctrl+W depends on the app.
Ctrl+W
Close tab or window
Don't mix this up with Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q.
Ctrl+Q
Quit app
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.
🪟+ arrow left & right
Snap window to left or right of screen
🪟+ arrow up & down
Maximize, Restore, Minimze window
🪟+Alt+ arrow keys
Snap window to vertical thirds or horizontal halves
Alt+Space
Window menu
Alt+Shift+Space
Useful for if the window's titlebar has disappeared off the screen. Press Alt+Space, then M (for Move), then press an arrow key to attach the window to the mouse cursor. Now you can move the mouse to move the window.
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