[NFBCS] Windows 11: Use of WINDOWS+UPARROW to Maximize a Window

[Curtis Chong]

Good morning everyone:

 

On another email list where I reported this issue, a fellow by the name of
David Bailes gave me some incredibly helpful information. I want to share
what he said for the benefit of this list. As Mr. Bailes indicates below,
the key to solving what I regard as a problem is to turn off Snap. Here is
what he said.

 

"Using default settings in Windows 11, if a window is already maximized, if
you press Windows key up arrow, then the window is snapped to the upper half
of the screen, and a running apps list box appears in the lower half of the
screen. If you press Escape, then the list box disappears, and the the
original window remains snapped to the upper half of the screen. That is the
Window takes up the full width of the screen, but only about half the
height. However you can turn the snap window feature off in Settings.

 

"To get to the relevant setting you can either search for snap window
settings, or open settings, choose the system category, in the list of sub
categories open the multi-tasking category. There is a snap windows button,
which by default is On. Press spacebar to turn it off.

 

"Now when a window is already maximized, and you press Windows key + up
arrow, nothing happens.

 

"Window snapping probably isn't of much interest to users of screen readers,
but there's some info here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/snap-your-windows-885a9b1e-a983-
a3b1-16cd-c531795e6241"

 

I am deeply indebted to Mr. Bailes.

 

Best wishes,

 

Curtis Chong

 

From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 9:21 AM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Windows 11: Use of WINDOWS+UPARROW to Maximize a Window

 

Greetings:

 

One of the shortcut keys that is available in Windows is the WINDOWS+UPARROW
keyboard command. This is listed as the keyboard command to maximize a
window-an alternative to pressing ALT+SPACE followed by the letter x.

 

I wonder if folks using the WINDOWS+UPARROW command have experienced what I
am experiencing on my Windows 11 system. If the window that has focus is
already maximized, prior to Windows 11, it used to be that nothing would
happen when you pressed the WINDOWS+UPARROW command. Under Windows 11,
however, if the window is already maximized (but you don't know that it is
maximized), you are taken to a window which lists the active tasks. You have
to press Escape to be returned to what you were doing.

 

Thanks for any information you might be able to shed on this.

 

Best wishes,

 

Curtis Chong

 

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