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

Fri Apr 14 16:56:45 UTC 2017

I believe you may be looking for the insert f10 option which opens all
applications then all you have to do is arrow up and down to go to the app
you want?

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On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Tony Malykh via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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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