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Application Switcher
is the common name for a keyboard shortcut that has been in Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 (1985). This shortcut switches between application-level Window (computing), windows without using the mouse; hence it was named ''Task Switcher'' (''Flip'' in Windows Vista). orders windows by Common menus in Microsoft Windows#Most Recently Used menu, most recently used, thus repeated keystrokes will switch between the two most recent tasks. It can also be used alternate between a full-size window and the desktop. The window environment maintains a Z-order list of top-level windows (tasks) with the most recently used tasks at the front and the desktop at the bottom, so the most recently used tasks can be switched to the most quickly. The keyboard combination has also been incorporated in other operating systems and desktop environments such as KDE, Xfce, and GNOME. iOS and macOS have similar functionality by pressing but that switches ''applications'' rather than ''windows''. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alt Key
The Alt key (pronounced or ) on a computer keyboard is used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. For example, simply pressing ''A'' will type the letter 'a', but holding down the Alt key while pressing ''A'' will cause the computer to perform an function, which varies from Computer program, program to program. The international standard ISO/IEC 9995-2 calls it ''Alternate key''. The key is located on either side of the space bar, but in non-US PC keyboard layouts, rather than a second Alt key, there is an 'AltGr key, Alt Gr' key to the right of the space bar. Both placements are in accordance with ISO/IEC 9995-2. With some keyboard mappings (such as US-International), the right Alt key can be reconfigured to function as an AltGr key although not engraved as such. The standardized keyboard symbol for the Alt key, (which may be used when the usual Latin lettering "Alt" is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
