[GUI-Talk] Question

[Dave Marthouse]

Thanks for the info.  This clears things up.



Dave



On 8/18/2020 1:50 AM, Doug Lee via GUI-Talk wrote:
> A window is a separate task that will appear as you Alt+Tab among tasks in Windows.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Hope this helps.
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> 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.
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> 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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