Head to the Profiles section in the Preferences window and make sure the «
Hotkey Window» profile is selected.
Not exact matches
Fixed an issue preventing normal use of consumable items from the quickslot key
window (
hotkeys).
In
Windows 8, Microsoft now uses the
Windows Key + Tab
hotkey combination for the new switcher, which switches between Modern
Windows 8 apps.
On
Windows 7, look for a
hotkey or option provided by your laptop manufacturer.
Have you ever wanted to be able to just hit a
hotkey that tells
Windows to switch from High Performance down to Power Saver?
Gadwin PrintScreen can capture the entire
Windows screen, the active
window, or a specified area when the
hotkey is pressed.
Enabling automatic brightness won't prevent you from tweaking your brightness with
hotkeys or the options in
Windows whenever you feel like it, either, so you have nothing to lose by trying all the above options out.
Once a game is open, press the
Windows Game Bar
hotkey, which is set to
Windows + G by default.
From the Settings
window, you can configure your
hotkeys.
Just tap the microphone button on the keyboard or press the new dictation
hotkey, which is
Windows + H, and start speaking to type.
If you really want to get fancy, augment those
hotkeys with
Windows 10's new touchpad gestures for true shortcut mastery.
Perhaps the most noticeable distinction from desktop environments is that
window managers generally focus on efficiency by emphasizing mouse movements and keyboard
hotkeys to open programs or launchers.
Similar to
Windows Vista and
Windows 7,
Windows 8 too lets you quickly launch the pinned taskbar programs quickly using
Hotkeys.
You'll still be able to open the app switcher and charms with
hotkeys (
Windows Key + Tab and
Windows Key + C) and by moving your mouse cursor to the bottom - left and bottom - right corners of the screen and moving it upwards along the edge.
Usual keyboard
hotkeys can be used in this mode and the whole experience even mimicked the traditional
Windows 10 desktop, albeit without any of the desktop features.