Comments on: Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/ Windows keystrokes and keyboard tricks and tips that you can use to save time Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Freethought http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-105548 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:42:08 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-105548 Trinity, you have to press down the down arrow twice. Or, with windows 7, by pressing Windows Key + Left, or +Right arrow, you can move the Window to split screen viewing. ....Very handy shortcut. Trinity, you have to press down the down arrow twice. Or, with windows 7, by pressing Windows Key + Left, or +Right arrow, you can move the Window to split screen viewing. ….Very handy shortcut.

]]> by: trinity devine http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-80462 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:29:54 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-80462 When I did the Windows Key + down arrow (on my Windows 7 pro Machine), it did not minimize firefox. It just made the window take up last space on the desktop. Maybe Im confused but I thought minimize was to retire the window to the task bar (to hide things quickly from prying eyes). When I did the Windows Key + down arrow (on my Windows 7 pro Machine), it did not minimize firefox. It just made the window take up last space on the desktop. Maybe Im confused but I thought minimize was to retire the window to the task bar (to hide things quickly from prying eyes).

]]> by: estephen http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-60088 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:23:38 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-60088 NomeDemon, nope, none of the standard Windows shortcuts like this are easy to disable. (Unless you write the app, then you can trap that key as an event.) NomeDemon, nope, none of the standard Windows shortcuts like this are easy to disable. (Unless you write the app, then you can trap that key as an event.)

]]> by: estephen http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-60087 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:22:41 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-60087 Moo7aa, that's great for Windows 7! When I get around to updating this blog for Windows 7, I'll post this, thanks! Moo7aa, that’s great for Windows 7! When I get around to updating this blog for Windows 7, I’ll post this, thanks!

]]> by: Moo7aa http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-59468 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:37:06 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-59468 hey ... a better way ... windows logo key + down arrow twice .... try it hey … a better way … windows logo key + down arrow twice …. try it

]]> by: NomeDemon http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-58677 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:13:43 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-58677 hey...is there anyway how can i disable it? i mean the alt+spacebar shortcut? hey…is there anyway how can i disable it? i mean the alt+spacebar shortcut?

]]> by: farid http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-53426 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:57:23 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-53426 Hi, so I've recently discovered the shortcut Alt Spacebar N to minimize an active window but I doesn't seem to work every time on winamp. Can anyone please help me on that xD Hi, so I’ve recently discovered the shortcut Alt Spacebar N to minimize an active window but I doesn’t seem to work every time on winamp.
Can anyone please help me on that xD

]]> by: adamoerikom http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-50594 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:40:38 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-50594 Stunning blog and good article. High 5 for u man ! Stunning blog and good article. High 5 for u man !

]]> by: Alan http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-14800 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:38:16 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-14800 I like your office raises) I like your office raises)

]]> by: estephen http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-10299 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:47:10 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-10299 Sorry George -- never heard of Glovia, but apparently it uses non-standard keys. Contact the folks who make Glovia and tell them to get with the program! Sorry George — never heard of Glovia, but apparently it uses non-standard keys. Contact the folks who make Glovia and tell them to get with the program!

]]> by: George http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-10238 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:19:51 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-10238 I tried with an appl. calls Glovia and did not work. Pressing Atl+Space Bar shows an small screen. Then holding still Alt+Space bar I pressed N. Nothing happen. If I do the same in Firefox it works. Thnks I tried with an appl. calls Glovia and did not work.
Pressing Atl+Space Bar shows an small screen. Then holding still Alt+Space bar I pressed N. Nothing happen. If I do the same in Firefox it works. Thnks

]]> by: estephen http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-9576 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:30:41 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-9576 kay, can you let me know where it hasn't worked for you? It really should work for every Windows application that has an icon in the title bar. kay, can you let me know where it hasn’t worked for you? It really should work for every Windows application that has an icon in the title bar.

]]> by: kay http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-8949 Thu, 22 May 2008 23:14:24 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-8949 it doesn't always work it doesn’t always work

]]> by: Jackson http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-3070 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:16:35 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-3070 Oh gosh, now it's not such a pain to minimize Windows update! Thanks so much. Oh gosh, now it’s not such a pain to minimize Windows update!

Thanks so much.

]]> by: Amanjeev http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-212 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:20:50 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-212 I am working on linux right now and this works here too. I always used to wonder how the hell one accesses that part. ALT + Spacebar - good to know. Thanks. I am working on linux right now and this works here too. I always used to wonder how the hell one accesses that part. ALT + Spacebar - good to know.

Thanks.

]]> by: estephen http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-72 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:40:55 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-72 It's not an official Windows shortcut. My bet is that on your machine running XP Home, you have some software installed that came with either your monitor or your video card (or such software was preinstalled by the vendor of your computer). Check to see if you have an icon in the system tray (in the lower right) that has a name such as "Rotate" or "Orientation" and if you right-click on it, you can learn more about it. Then you can either change the shortcut keys or disable them (if that's what yhou want to do), or have that same software installed on your XP Pro terminals if you want them to support the same shortcuts. It’s not an official Windows shortcut. My bet is that on your machine running XP Home, you have some software installed that came with either your monitor or your video card (or such software was preinstalled by the vendor of your computer). Check to see if you have an icon in the system tray (in the lower right) that has a name such as “Rotate” or “Orientation” and if you right-click on it, you can learn more about it. Then you can either change the shortcut keys or disable them (if that’s what yhou want to do), or have that same software installed on your XP Pro terminals if you want them to support the same shortcuts.

]]> by: Jim http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-71 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:55:59 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/shortcuts/2007/03/21/minimize/#comment-71 I just discovered that on my terminal running XP Home, Cntrl + Alt + an arrow key will change the orientation of the display. (e.g. Cntrl + Alt + the down arrow will cause the screen to display upside down) But, this does not work on my terminals running XP Pro. Is this a legitimate shortcut, a quirk of XP Home or a setting? I just discovered that on my terminal running XP Home, Cntrl + Alt + an arrow key will change the orientation of the display. (e.g. Cntrl + Alt + the down arrow will cause the screen to display upside down)

But, this does not work on my terminals running XP Pro. Is this a legitimate shortcut, a quirk of XP Home or a setting?

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