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

[Tony Malykh]

Windows+digit is not reliable, read my original message.
Ctrl+f6 doesn't seem to work at all. I tried it in IE and CMD. in CMD
nothing happens, in IE I think it navigates to the previous page in
the same window.

On 4/14/17, Andy B. via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tony Malykh via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 1:55 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> 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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