Shotcut keys in Windows 8 (via: Technical Gallery – Krishnan Sriram)
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/10/19
Krishnan Sriram has a very nice list of New hotkeys for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
His lists starts with the shortcuts that stayed the same; these are the ones that are new:
| Key combination | Windows 8 functionality |
| Windows-Space | Switch input language and keyboard layout. |
| Windows-O | Lock device orientation. |
| Windows-, | Temporarily peek at the desktop. |
| Windows-V | Cycle through toasts. |
| Windows-Shift-V | Cycle through toasts in reverse order. |
| Windows-Enter | Launch Narrator. |
| Windows-PgUp | Move the Start Screen or a Metro-style application to the monitor on the left. |
| Windows-PgDown | Move the Start Screen or a Metro-style application to the monitor on the right. |
| Windows-Shift-. | Move the gutter to the left (snap an application). |
| Windows-. | Move the gutter to the right (snap an application). |
| Windows-C | Open the Charms bar. |
| Windows-I | Open the Settings charm. |
| Windows-K | Open the Connect charm. |
| Windows-H | Open the Share charm. |
| Windows-Q | Open the Search pane. |
| Windows-W | Open the Settings Search app. |
| Windows-F | Open the File Search app. |
| Windows-Tab | Cycle through apps. |
| Windows-Shift-Tab | Cycle through apps in reverse order. |
| Windows-Ctrl-Tab | Cycle through apps and snap them as they cycle. |
| Windows-Z | Open the App Bar. |
| Windows-/ | Initiate input method editor (IME) reconversion. |
| Windows-J | Swap foreground between the snapped and filled apps. |
Thanks to Sarah Jacobsson Purewal and PCWorld Editors
–jeroen






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