How to quickly minimize the browser on the keyboard. How to minimize all windows on Windows

You have to first minimize all the windows, and there can be a lot of them open. It is inconvenient and time-consuming to click on a special icon on each window. If there are many resource-intensive processes loaded in RAM, everything happens slowly. You have to wait until one window is minimized, then the next, etc. But in Windows there are several ways to minimize all windows very quickly. If you use them, the problem with freezing windows will not be terrible.

Hotkeys

For any version of Windows, from the oldest to modern 7 and 8, the keys work the same way. To minimize all windows, there are two whole combinations:

• Win + M;
• Win + D.

where Win is a function key with a corporate flag, and M and D are letters in the Latin layout. (Just like the other hot keys work regardless of the active layout).

As you can see, the M key is closer to the right edge of the keyboard, and the D key is to the left. Therefore, everyone can use the combination that is more convenient at the moment.

For those who know English, mnemonically, this method can be memorized as follows: M = minimize - "reduce", D = down - "down".

Let's talk about a couple of interesting combinations that, unfortunately, do not work in all systems. Win + Home and Win + PgDown minimize all windows except the active one. This option is also sometimes needed, so check if the trick will work on your computer.

Windows XP

XP shows a special button "Minimize all windows" in the Quick Launch panel (to the right of the Start button on To quickly use the minimization function, do not place many programs in this panel - a maximum of three icons, counting the button itself.

If the panel is not displayed, enable it as follows:

• Right-click over the Start button.
• Stop at the item "Properties".
• In the proposed window, select the "Taskbar" tab.
• Activate the item about displaying the Quick Launch bar.
• Click OK or Apply to exit.

When all windows are minimized, you can restore them by pressing the button again (this will not work with hot keys).

Windows 7

Instead of minimizing all 7, it will show the Desktop. The difference is small, but so far only * nix systems have done this.

The button performing the function is located at the very edge of the taskbar, to the right of the clock. As in the previous case, the button can be pressed again in order to bring the arrangement and appearance of the windows to their original form.

You can also show the desktop if you right-click to open the context menu of the taskbar and select the item you are looking for in the menu.

In both versions of the OS, you can also create a Desktop toolbar. It contains links to all desktop icons and can be used instead of minimizing windows.

Do not forget that quick launch exists just so that you do not have to switch to the desktop to open a certain program. During installation, some applications themselves offer to "register" in quick launch, others you can insert there using the tools for configuring Windows - tweaker programs.

It turned out that such a seemingly simple question worries many people. Apparently, those people who are switching from Windows XP to a newer version of this OS lack the icon "Minimize all windows" in the taskbar. Let's deal with this problem.

Hotkeys

First, let's take a look at how to collapse everything using the keyboard. It's as easy as shelling pears. Press the key combination Win + D and they collapse. To get everything back, press Win + D again.

Note: the "Win" key is located in the lower left corner next to the Ctrl key. It also has four small squares.

Using the icon

File creation

Now I will teach you how to make a classic icon for minimizing windows, like in Windows XP. To do this, right-click on the desktop and select the item from the drop-down list "New - Text Document"

We name it so that in the future it will be clear to you what it is for, and open the file:

Copy the following expressions into the text document:

Command = 2
IconFile = explorer.exe, 3

Command = ToggleDesktop

In the window that opens, select the file type: All files. Then specify the file name: it can be any, the main thing is to add the .scf extension at the end. Well, the place is, of course, the desktop.

Our beloved icon appears on our desktop:

Pinning to Explorer

Drag it with the mouse to the taskbar. We have a hint "Pin to Explorer"... This is exactly what we need.

Right-click on the explorer icon in the taskbar (in the form of a folder) and observe our "Minimize all windows" icon. By clicking on it, the windows will be minimized. If you press again, they will return to their place.

Special button

And finally, I would like to show or remind about the standard "Minimize all windows" button in Windows 7. Look a little to the right of the taskbar and right behind the clock you will see a barely noticeable rectangle, which is nothing more than the button we need.

Folders and applications on any PC open in windows. These standard commands are provided for them, such as: close, collapse, expand or move. Many users prefer to operate their windows with the mouse. Some are accustomed to using the keyboard entirely. There is a situation when the mouse is out of order and it is necessary to minimize the window using the keys. In this article, we will talk about how to minimize the window with the buttons and consider how to do it with the mouse.

How to minimize a window

• You can minimize the window using the mouse as follows. There are three icons in the upper right corner of the window. You can minimize the window by moving the mouse cursor over the line icon, which resembles a dash or underscore. You can minimize all windows by moving the mouse cursor to a special icon with the same name on the taskbar located at the bottom of the monitor.
• Using the keyboard, the window can be minimized in the following ways. The first is the use of the window control menu. To do this, press the Alt and Spaсe key combination. A context menu will appear in the upper left corner. Using the arrow keys on the keyboard, you can navigate it. Select the "Minimize" command and press the Enter key.
• You can minimize windows without a control menu by pressing the Alt, Spaсe and C keys. These methods minimize only the active window. You can expand it later by moving through different elements of the screen using the Tab key and arrows. The required element will be highlighted and after that you need to press Enter.
• You can also minimize all open windows. This is done with the Windows key, which shows the flag. It is pressed with one of the Latin M or D, but before that it is held. To restore windows, press the Windows, Shift and M keys.

After reading this article, you shouldn't have any more questions about how to minimize one window. Now you know how to do this using both the keyboard and the mouse.

Are there too many open windows on your desktop? Do you want to quickly jump between them, or, for example, expand one and collapse another? Or maybe you just want to focus and expand the window to full screen? For each of these actions there are hotkeys that, for some reason, are not accepted to be actively used. Meanwhile, they are very helpful at work. Here are some keyboard shortcuts you can use to control windows and save time.

1.Switching between windows of the active application - Command + ’

Do you switch between applications using the "Command + Tab" combination? The suggested combination is the same, only inside the active application. This is much faster than right-clicking an application shortcut to find the window you want.

So that no one has any questions - the second key from this combination is the same tilde, usually located above the "1" key of a standard keyboard.

2. Minimize the current window - Command + M

Want to get rid of the current window without closing it? Just press Command + M and the window will be minimized to the Dock, where you will find it when you decide to return to it.

3.Expand the current window

Tired of clicking the green button in the corner of the window to expand it to full screen? This can be done using the keyboard shortcut, although you will have to configure it yourself - by default, it is not.

• Open "System Preferences"
• Select the Keyboard menu
• In this menu, go to the "Keyboard shortcuts" tab
• In the left column, select "Keyboard shortcuts for the program" and click "+"
• In the "Menu Name" field, enter "Zoom", and in the "Shortcut Keys" field, a keyboard shortcut you like, for example Command + =

4. Hide Other Applications - Command + Option + H

If, in addition to the current application, you still have a bunch of windows open and you want to quickly eliminate this mess, then the best solution is to press Command + Option + H. As a result, you will remain in the current program window, and all other applications will be minimized and will no longer interfere with your life and work.

5. Enter Full Screen Mode - Command + Power

If you want to focus on the current task, say, working in a text editor, then expand the window to full screen. To do this, press Command + Power and there will be nothing on the screen except the current application. To reverse the action, press the same key combination again. If this option does not work for you, then from the previous paragraph you already know how to make it work.

6.Close the current window - Command + W

This keyboard shortcut has existed in OS X since the early days of the system, but I still meet people who have never heard of it. One way or another, pressing these hotkeys closes the current program window (for example, a tab in the browser), and if there is only one window in the application, then Command + W closes the application.

7.Close All Application Windows - Command + Option + W

The keyboard shortcut is similar to the previous one. Only it closes all windows of the current application. Convenient when the browser is littered with tabs, for example.