[nfbcs] Reliable keyboard shortcut in Windows 10 to switch between applications

[Andy B.]

Try pressing Windows+1-0. These are shortcuts for apps in the taskbar, and
include open and closed apps. To cycle between other windows within the same
app, try ctrl+f6. I know it works for Office apps.


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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tony Malykh via
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Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 1:55 AM
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Cc: Tony Malykh <anton.malykh at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Reliable keyboard shortcut in Windows 10 to switch
between applications

I know that Alt-tab can cycle through all the apps. That is inconvenient for
me since I'd have to press it unknown amount of times to switch to the app I
need. I wish I could assign keyboard shortcuts like windows+2 for IE and
windows+3 for CMD.exe and so on. This way I would have to press just a
single key combination for any app. And this way eventually muscle memory
will start forming.

oh, and I use jaws with a braille reader, so looking for the right app with
alt-tab takes a long time for me.



On 4/13/17, Larry Wayland via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> If you continue to hold the alt key down and press the tab key it will 
> cycle through all the open aps. Just don't release the alt between tab 
> presses.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tony Malykh 
> via nfbcs
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 8:51 PM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Tony Malykh
> Subject: [nfbcs] Reliable keyboard shortcut in Windows 10 to switch 
> between applications
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am typically running several application: IE, CMD, Cygwin and Visual 
> Studio. I am looking for a keyboard shortcut to switch to a particular 
> application.
>
>  Alt-tab is NOT what I'm looking for, since it switches to the last  
> used application. I would like to have one shourtcut for IE, another  
> for MCD and so on, so that whenever I want to switch to IE I would  
> press that shourtcut just once.
>
>  Windows key + numbers. This is what I'm currently using. For example 
> I have Windows key + 2 switches me to IE. The problem with it is that 
> it  is frustratingly unreliable. They only work about 80% of the 
> times,  and for the remaining 20% they set the focus to the task bar.
>  Sometimes the success rate goes down even lower than 50%, at which  
> point I have to reboot my computer. I've had this problem on two 
> computers, one of which had a brand new windows. By the way, does 
> anyone else experience the unreliability of this shortcut, or only me?
>
>  Ctrl+Alt+Letter is NOT what I'm looking for. You can assign this type  
> of shortcuts in the properties of applications on the desktop. But  
> that would start a new application instead of switching to an existing
one.
>
>  So:
>  1. Is there a way to make windows key + number keyboard shortcut more 
> reliable?
>  Or:
>  2. Is there a way to assign keyboard shortcuts to specific apps?
> Maybe a jaws script or something?
>
>  I'm using the latest Windows 10 and Jaws 17.
>
>
> Thanks
> Tony
>  Thanks
>
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