![]() ![]() No idea what you want to do about that.Īnother option is to write a program that can hide all the currently minimized windows and restore them, then use AutoHotkey to make Alt+ Tab activate that program to hide all the minimized windows before letting the Alt+ Tab through, and then have it show them again when you release Alt after having switched windows (no need to do it if you press Alt for other reasons). Also when the direction is "reversed" you may get "older" windows (windows you haven't used in a while) before you get recent ones, with the exception of the last window you switched to you'll get that one (that's the whole reason I made that flip in direction in the first place).Ĭtrl+ Alt+ Tab still retains its original function - i.e. This doesn't change the mechanism behind Alt+ Escape, so if you hold Alt and press Tab twice, you may not get to the second-before-last window you were in. This script changes Alt+ Tab to be either Alt+ Escape or Alt+ Shift+ Escape, changing its direction whenever you release the Alt key after having switched windows (i.e. The last line makes it so that Alt+ Escape functions as the regular Alt+ Tab, in case you want to still have access to that functionality. It will set Alt+ Tab to use Alt+ Escape and Alt+ Shift+ Escape alternatingly so you can switch back and forth. I agree with what suggested, and I went ahead and wrote a short AutoHotkey script that does more or less that. If I minimize multiple windows in a row, the first one appears last, with each subsequent minimized window inserted before the others (but after all other windows). I found that temporarily removing the window from alt-tab moved it almost to the end of the list. I did not observe any issues during my testing. WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW style and remove WS_EX_APPWINDOW (if present).Ĭaveat: This may have adverse effects on some windows since it modifies the window's extended style attribute (temporarily). Remove the window from the alt-tab list temporarily to force OnMessage(DllCall("RegisterWindowMessage", "str", "SHELLHOOK"), "ShellHook")ĭllCall("RegisterShellHookWindow", "ptr", A_ScriptHwnd) ![]() Use a shell hook to detect minimize and fix the alt-tab order. The script runs in the background and does not require using a specific hotkey (or any hotkey). But be serious – are you going to remember that? Even I forget that shortcut.The following script for AutoHotkey v1.1 fixes this issue by detecting when any window is minimized, and forcing it toward the end of the alt-tab list by temporarily changing window styles. (You can use Ctrl -Tab to cycle through the different tabs in Chrome and other programs. You can use Alt-Tab to switch to Chrome, but then you have to use the mouse to choose a particular tab. Programs like Chrome and Acrobat display a single window, with tabs in the window for each open web page or PDF.Word and Excel open new windows for each document, so Alt-Tab will display each one separately. The Tab key will then move you backwards through the open programs. If you tab past the program you want, you can hold down the Alt and Shift keys at the same time. ![]() ![]() You can choose a program by clicking on the thumbnail with the mouse instead of tab-tab-tabbing to it.There are variations on Alt-Tab, because of course there are. Over and over I watch you fumble, trying to find a running program, and I think: The fools! Don’t they know The Power Of The Alt-Tab? You don’t have to move your hand to the mouse or lose concentration by hunting through icons on the taskbar. Hold the Alt key down, keep pressing the Tab key to scroll through your open windows, release the Alt key when you see an outline around the window you want. It is the fastest and easiest way to switch from one program to another. ![]()
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