Windows 7 nifty little feature..

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/22/2010 03:35:02 AM · #1

Some of you probably already know this, but I saw it on a Windows 7 ad on TV last night. If you grab the top bar of any window on the desktop and give it a shake, it minimises all other windows aprt from the one you are `holding`.. Pretty neat.. anyone know of any others?

Another one I like is pressing the windows key and the left or right arrow to attach the window to the side of the screen.

bmatt17

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

05/22/2010 04:05:47 AM · #2

That's new to me. If you keep shaking you can bring all the other windows back too.

zxaar

05/22/2010 04:12:57 AM · #3

my gf said as long as she is here i do not need to shake anything. :-D

05/22/2010 04:15:06 AM · #4

Originally posted by zxaar:

my gf said as long as she is here i do not need to shake anything. :-D

Sorry, I don't get the joke?

Edit - cant be bothered anymore.

Message edited by author 2010-05-22 04:21:26.

zxaar

05/22/2010 04:33:53 AM · #5

Originally posted by Simms:

Originally posted by zxaar:
my gf said as long as she is here i do not need to shake anything. :-D

Sorry, I don't get the joke?

Edit - cant be bothered anymore.

I did not mean what you thought.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

05/22/2010 04:39:50 AM · #6

see previous edit.

Apple iPhone 5

05/22/2010 06:42:37 AM · #7

Best. Thread kill. Ever.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

05/22/2010 08:58:09 AM · #8

Thanks for the tip. I've been using the ability to drag a window to attach it to one side of the screen, but with a multi monitor setup, it only snaps to the edges of my desktop, which spans 2 monitors. Using the keyboard, it applies it to the monitor screen the window is on, rather than the entire desktop.

Louis

Nikon D800

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

05/22/2010 09:28:58 AM · #9

You can use the windows keys to snap to the side, or just drag the window to the left or right. Dragging it to the top maximizes it. Dragging the bottom edge of the window maximizes it vertically (width stays the same).

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/22/2010 09:32:30 AM · #10

If using two monitors and you want a window to be full screen on the other monitor. Just drag to the other screen and bump it to the top of the screen. It will automatically expand to fill the screen.

One thing I'm curious about is how windows 7 remembers which monitor to open an application on. I've had times where I've left a window on one monitor and shut down the computer expecting it to open on that monitor the next time but it doesn't always do that.

one2one

Olympus E-5

Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom

05/22/2010 10:57:14 AM · #11

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Sad to hear that still happens with W7. I was hoping it would be fixed, if indeed it can be. Winamp, for some reason, remembers where it was but I can only think of that one app.

05/22/2010 11:03:22 AM · #12

Originally posted by Jac:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:
If using two monitors and you want a window to be full screen on the other monitor. Just drag to the other screen and bump it to the top of the screen. It will automatically expand to fill the screen.

One thing I'm curious about is how windows 7 remembers which monitor to open an application on. I've had times where I've left a window on one monitor and shut down the computer expecting it to open on that monitor the next time but it doesn't always do that.

Sad to hear that still happens with W7. I was hoping it would be fixed, if indeed it can be. Winamp, for some reason, remembers where it was but I can only think of that one app.

Photoshop, Lightroom, Photojunction all open on the monitors I last used them on.. Same with Chrome, Firefox and IE...

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

05/22/2010 03:41:37 PM · #13

I use the windows button + tab button a lot which enables you to see all your open apps in a sort of cascade/at an angle view and allows you to cycle through them - much better than alt+tab. Though I suspect most people know about this anyway.