Alt + Tab Power Tips 7
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Hey
If you are anything like me you may have a lot of programs open at once. But do you know these power tricks to be able to navigate quickly and easily through all of the programs, as well as closing them in a flash. This post will be all about Alt + Tab (its not actually alt its command, but alt sounds better and you know what I mean) power tips to help you improve you work efficiency.
Take for example the image below this is what it looks like if you have many tabs open at once. A bit of a nightmare.
To move forward through the list you press tab, simple. To move backwards press alt + the tilda key. The tilda key is above tab and next to the number 1. You can also hover over any icon to select it. Releasing the keys will enable you to move to that application.
If you want to quit an application you can while still having this mini menu up. If you want to quit an application press Q while still holding alt (command really). You can also combine mouse hovers to quickly cut though a list and close many programs.
Hopefully these tips have helped. I use them all the time, and so should you.
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7 Responses to “Alt + Tab Power Tips”
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Hey, I liked the “Q” tip (he he). I never knew you could quit right from the Alt-tab line. Thanks.
Comment By Matt on January 29th, at 2:44 pm
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There is probably a huge list of tips that are still to be found. Thanks for commenting.
Comment By James Powell on January 29th, at 4:17 pm
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Never knew about alt+~ to go left. I always used alt+shift+tab!
Comment By squarefrog on February 6th, at 12:22 pm
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why the hell do you keep calling it ALT when its clearly COMMAND.
You run a fucking macintosh oriented website, not a windows website. Grow some balls and start calling things what they are. CHRIST
Comment By Anonymous on February 6th, at 11:28 pm
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I don’t no, because people seem to understand what alt + tab means. Command + tab doesn’t seem to flow as well.
Comment By James Powell on February 7th, at 8:38 am
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Of course there is also the good ol’ Witch. It will give you more options for application switching. It allows you to switch between windows of the same app as well.
It works fine under Leopard as well (which is what I’m using).
You can get it here:
http://www.manytricks.com/witch/Comment By Colin Brooks on February 8th, at 1:09 am
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Hi there. fine post. I did never be expecting this amazing website on a Monday.
Comment By Robert Urton on March 10th, at 11:31 am