[GUI-Talk] Question

[Doug Lee]

A window is a separate task that will appear as you Alt+Tab among tasks in Windows.

A browser window may contain multiple tabs, like a tab control in other applications can. In a browser though, each tab is a separate website. If you Alt+Tab through your Windows tasks, you'll only find one browser task. That
task will be showing one of the tabs, or websites, you have opened. Generally, Ctrl+Tab moves among tabs in any tab control; so Ctrl+Tab in a browser window will cycle among the websites you have opened in the tabs.

You may not be seeing different behavior because you happen to be opening all of your websites into their own windows. Most browsers have settings that govern when a new site opens as a window or as a tab. If you do start
creating multiple tabs in one browser window, you'll have to use Ctrl+Tab instead of Alt+Tab to find them.

Hope this helps.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 01:36:48AM -0400, Dave Marthouse via GUI-Talk wrote:
I should know the answer to this but surprisingly I don't even though I have
been in the computer world since 1985.


What is the difference between a tab and a window in a browser? As a
screenreader user they seem to act the same.  If anyone can shed light on this
one it would be appreciated.




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