OutrageProductions Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) I was today years old when, after using 4 monitors for the last 14 years, found out that the combination of the WIN key and the direction arrows on my Querty keyboard will snap an open window to full screen, half screen, or quarter screen of the monitor that they are on. Always snapped them to a corner/side/full with the mouse before. Too kool. Never too old to discover a new wonder of the world, I guess. Edited February 6 by OutrageProductions 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 sheesh, i thought everyone knew these the real fun begins when you fat finger it in lieu of the alt or ctrl keys... let mayhem reign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutrageProductions Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 11 minutes ago, Glenn Stanton said: sheesh, i thought everyone knew these the real fun begins when you fat finger it in lieu of the alt or ctrl keys... let mayhem reign! Been there, done that. I use a big trackball, so mousing is not stressful on the hand/arm, but still... discovered this one totally by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Windows has a lot of functionality that is baked in that few use or know about. I happened across the CTRL-ALT arrow keys by accident one day on Win7 (screen rotation) and that one would really mess someone up as a "bad keystroke." Those might be disabled by default in Win10 (for good reason), I just tried them and they don't take on my machine, but it was a funny way to screw with people who walked off without locking their laptop way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Win+Tab is another poorly known one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutrageProductions Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Xoo said: Win+Tab is another poorly known one. That was one of the first that I memorized years ago when I had a tendency to have a bunch of windows open on top of each other. Now it is the quickest way for me to get from TV to PRV to Console, et al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user 905133 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 6 hours ago, OutrageProductions said: I . . . found out that the combination of the WIN key and the direction arrows on my Querty keyboard will snap an open window to full screen, half screen, or quarter screen of the monitor that they are on. Maybe it varies from system to system. I get: using Windows Key + right cursor arrow: Full Right Panel (half screen) on the Monitor it was opened on (or relocated to, if moved manually) Full Left Panel (half screen) on the Other Monitor Reasonably normal size with approximate relative coordinates of the original possibly affected by screen display variation (resolution, scaling) of the Other Monitor Full Right Panel (half screen Full Left Panel (half screen) on the Monitor it was opened on (or relocated to) Reasonably normal size with approximate relative coordinates of the original possibly affected by screen display variation (resolution, scaling) carried over from the Other Monitor Cycled through monitors using calc (each time it gets back to the original monitor, the location is off). Edited February 7 by User 905133 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 My favourite is Windows/ PrntScn. To take a screenshot of both monitors and it goes directly to a folder in Pictures. Then there’s a lot you can do to it with the Windows picture app. Before all this taking a screenshot and editing required a lot more moves and using various other apps. It’s like using printer/scanners now you just tell Windows to add it to the list and it works. No more installing a printer software and a bunch of useless bloatware. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Windows has also absorbed some functionality that was previously only available through 3rd party apps. The Snippet tool (Win-Shift-S) is another handy one that people used Snagit for... when you want very precise snippet of what is on the screen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutrageProductions Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 14 minutes ago, mettelus said: The Snippet tool (Win-Shift-S) I've had the Snip tool as my default for the PrnScr key since it was implemented in WIN10 build 1803. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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