How do I get access to my window. Need cascade windows back or some other fix.
Cascade view shortcut?
How do I cascade windows with a Keyboard Shortcut?
From: https://nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com/powerpoint-tutorials/windows-10-keyboard-shortcuts/
12: Cascade windows
Right-click the Windows Taskbar and hit D If you have a lot of open files open, a fast way to see what you’re working with is to right-click the Windows Taskbar and hit D to Cascade your windows as pictured below.
Example of cascading your windows With all your open files in this cascade formation, you can then more find what you are looking for or close out of the specific windows you no longer want open.
13: Un-cascade windows
Right-click the Windows Taskbar and hit U Once you’ve used the Cascade Window shortcut, you can undo the cascade by right-clicking on your taskbar and hitting U.
This shortcut will undo the Cascade effect and return all your open files in Windows to the previous state that they were in before you used the cascade shortcut.
Note: to be able to use the un-Cascade Windows shortcut you first have to either use the Cascade Windows, Show Windows Stacked or Show Windows Side-by-Side commands.
Here is a very small list of Windows keyboard shortcuts. (author unknown)
ALT+TAB - Cycle through the windows currently open.
SHIFT+ALT+TAB Same as above but in reverse order.
CTRL+TAB - Cycle through the tabs open in your browser
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - same as above but in reverse order.
CTRL+C - Copy
CTRL+X - Cut
CTRL+V - Paste
CTRL+A - Select All
In your browser, Control/command+shift+T opens the tab you closed last. Middle click the link = Open in new tab.
Control + L OR F6 OR Alt+D automatically selects the address bar.
Control+Enter fills in the 'www' and '.com'.
If you click a link with the scroll wheel button it opens in a new tab.
CTRL + SHIFT + R or Ctrl + F5 will clear cache and then refresh page.
Type the following into the address bar of your browser to convert a tab into a notepad: data:text/html, <title>Text Editor</title><body contenteditable style="font-size:2rem;font-family:georgia;line-height:1.4;max-width:60rem;margin:0 auto;padding:4rem;">
Holding control makes your cursor move by full words, instead of by characters.
Use www.ninite.com to do a full software deployment to a PC.
Hold S and right click an image to do reverse image search in chrome.
Type in "do a barrel roll" in google and see what happens. Also "zerg rush". Try "Atari breakout" in google images.
The Windows key plus one of the arrows (up, down, right/left) moves the current window to that side of the screen. I just learned that one a week or so ago, and have been using the shit out of it.
Also, middle-clicking (middle mouse button) links opens the link in a new tab. Middle-clicking a tab closes that tab.
And Windows + Shift + an arrow key moves the window to the next monitor in that direction if you have a multi-monitor setup: ctrl-tab cycles through your browser tabs.
Ctrl + 0 resets the view in your browser to default.
Ctrl + + Zooms in,
Ctrl + - zooms out.
Ctrl + mouse scroll up = Zoom in
Ctrl + mouse scroll down = Zoom out
holding ctrl and using your mouse's scroll will zoom in and out
"ALT + PrtScn" takes a screen grab of the active window only. No need to draw a border.
"Windows Key + L" which will lock your computer and prevent easy access for pranks
Bring up the console on Chrome by pressing F12.
Enter document.designMode = "on"
You can edit any text on the screen and fuck around with people by taking screenshots of chats they never sent you.
In chrome if you highlight a piece of text, click and drag it into the new tab box it will google it for you. Also if you go Start>Run>MsConfig click on the Boot tab and tick or untick what programs you want to open when your PC first turns on [can improve boot time]
More on reddit.comHow do I cascade windows in Windows 11?
What is cascade in Windows?
Cascade is a feature in window management that arranges open windows in a cascade-like fashion, making it easy to view and access multiple windows on your screen simultaneously. Instead of overlapping, they're staggered, allowing you to see the title bars of each window. This feature is handy when you want a quick overview of your open applications.
How can I cascade windows on my computer?
You can cascade windows by right-clicking on an empty space in the taskbar and selecting 'Cascade windows.' Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts like Alt + Shift + M in some operating systems. This action organizes your open windows in a cascading manner for efficient multitasking.
Can I customize how windows cascade on my computer?
The customization options for window cascading depend on your operating system and the specific features provided by your desktop environment. Some systems offer limited customization, such as adjusting the spacing between cascaded windows, while others may have more advanced settings. Explore your system preferences or settings to see if such options are available.
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In my opinion, there is really no definitive need for the option of cascading windows anymore. However, it's been in the Windows Operating System (and others) for many versions and it used to be very important. Before Windows 95 was released Windows Operating System didn't have a bar on the bottom showing your open applications. The ability to cascade program windows was a great way to see what was open, close program windows easily or find the window you were looking for.
This was also build in before "Alt + Tab" would cycle through open windows, it was used a lot to quickly find and select a window or program you had open.
Today the need to cascade windows has pretty much been replaced by better tools such as "Alt + Tab" and various docks and even the Windows taskbar.
Prior to Windows 95, there was no taskbar or start bar see here. To see everything you had open, you would cascade the windows so that you could read all of the titles.
Normally, if you had too many windows open and they weren't sized correctly, it could become overwhelming, and you'd need to cascade or tile the windows.
Since windows 95, the Window's Manager has been a stacking manager or "tiled manager". There hasn't been any reason to remove the cascade functionality because it can be used for switching windows.
I have a very small window, Free Screen Recorder, and it's somewhere off in the boonies. Using the ALT+Space method doesn't work. I tried it and I got the move cursor but moving the mouse doesn't drag the window. It's completely off the screen, so clicking once I have the move cursor only results in me clicking on either the desktop or the taskbar and doesn't grab the window I want to move.
I finally found something that did work before I finished writing this. Alt+Space brought up the context menu and much to my delight there was a maximize button. I maximized the window, then moved and resized it with the mouse after that.
Cascade windows was much easier than going to a search engine to try to find some obscure method in a forum and performing some voodoo ritual to try to get the window back. Please bring back Cascade Windows the the other very useful options to the task bar that were removed for some unknown reason. Let me guess... "to make it easier". If I wanted easy, I would have bought a Mac.
Actually found a way.
- hover over the app's icon on the task-bar. Thumbnails of all its windows will open.
- Hover over the one that is (partially) off-screen, and right click. The windows "position" menu will open.
- Select Move and use the arrow keys to get the window back on screen.
Obviously you would still need a small piece of the window already on screen to see what the arrow keys do.
So I just found Windows has a cascade view for all the windows. Somehow i managed to access to that view by pressing some keys but i cant quite remember which ones. I googled it and seems like theres no shortcut for that view (just the option from the taskbar)? just want to make sure if it's possible. Thanks!!!
Right now I right-click the taskbar and choose the "Cascade Windows" option. Is there a way to do this with a keyboard shortcut. I find Windows cascade feature extremely useful when opening 10+ windows.
From: https://nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com/powerpoint-tutorials/windows-10-keyboard-shortcuts/
12: Cascade windows
Right-click the Windows Taskbar and hit D If you have a lot of open files open, a fast way to see what you’re working with is to right-click the Windows Taskbar and hit D to Cascade your windows as pictured below.
Example of cascading your windows With all your open files in this cascade formation, you can then more find what you are looking for or close out of the specific windows you no longer want open.
13: Un-cascade windows
Right-click the Windows Taskbar and hit U Once you’ve used the Cascade Window shortcut, you can undo the cascade by right-clicking on your taskbar and hitting U.
This shortcut will undo the Cascade effect and return all your open files in Windows to the previous state that they were in before you used the cascade shortcut.
Note: to be able to use the un-Cascade Windows shortcut you first have to either use the Cascade Windows, Show Windows Stacked or Show Windows Side-by-Side commands.
Here is a very small list of Windows keyboard shortcuts. (author unknown)
ALT+TAB - Cycle through the windows currently open.
SHIFT+ALT+TAB Same as above but in reverse order.
CTRL+TAB - Cycle through the tabs open in your browser
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - same as above but in reverse order.
CTRL+C - Copy
CTRL+X - Cut
CTRL+V - Paste
CTRL+A - Select All
In your browser, Control/command+shift+T opens the tab you closed last. Middle click the link = Open in new tab.
Control + L OR F6 OR Alt+D automatically selects the address bar.
Control+Enter fills in the 'www' and '.com'.
If you click a link with the scroll wheel button it opens in a new tab.
CTRL + SHIFT + R or Ctrl + F5 will clear cache and then refresh page.
Type the following into the address bar of your browser to convert a tab into a notepad: data:text/html, <title>Text Editor</title><body contenteditable style="font-size:2rem;font-family:georgia;line-height:1.4;max-width:60rem;margin:0 auto;padding:4rem;">
Holding control makes your cursor move by full words, instead of by characters.
Use www.ninite.com to do a full software deployment to a PC.
Hold S and right click an image to do reverse image search in chrome.
Type in "do a barrel roll" in google and see what happens. Also "zerg rush". Try "Atari breakout" in google images.
The Windows key plus one of the arrows (up, down, right/left) moves the current window to that side of the screen. I just learned that one a week or so ago, and have been using the shit out of it.
Also, middle-clicking (middle mouse button) links opens the link in a new tab. Middle-clicking a tab closes that tab.
And Windows + Shift + an arrow key moves the window to the next monitor in that direction if you have a multi-monitor setup: ctrl-tab cycles through your browser tabs.
Ctrl + 0 resets the view in your browser to default.
Ctrl + + Zooms in,
Ctrl + - zooms out.
Ctrl + mouse scroll up = Zoom in
Ctrl + mouse scroll down = Zoom out
holding ctrl and using your mouse's scroll will zoom in and out
"ALT + PrtScn" takes a screen grab of the active window only. No need to draw a border.
"Windows Key + L" which will lock your computer and prevent easy access for pranks
Bring up the console on Chrome by pressing F12.
Enter document.designMode = "on"
You can edit any text on the screen and fuck around with people by taking screenshots of chats they never sent you.
In chrome if you highlight a piece of text, click and drag it into the new tab box it will google it for you. Also if you go Start>Run>MsConfig click on the Boot tab and tick or untick what programs you want to open when your PC first turns on [can improve boot time]
One method i found is Win+B and Right click Keyboard shortcut near AltGr and D. This seems to work ok. Will update if I find a better way!
You can use AutoHotKey to bind that functionality to any key. Example:
^+0::DllCall("CascadeWindows", "uInt",0, "Int",4, "Int",0, "Int",0, "Int",0)
Would bind it to Ctrl + Shift + 0
Source and CascadeWindows API documentation
Another approach:
Alt+Tab to put the focus on the (currently offscreen) window that you want to move. Alt+SpaceBar then M (to Move the current window). Use the arrow keys to move the window back into view. Press ENTER when done.
I don't see it anymore. What do I do is there a setting or fix that I can do to make it appear.