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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

> How to Control a Window with the Keyboard?

This trick might be very much useful while using Laptops.
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 Even when the title bar or sizing frame is off-screen and not reachable by the mouse cursor, you can still move or resize a window. 

  1. Click on the visible part of the window and press Alt-Spacebar to bring up its system menu. 
  2. Then press S (for Size), press the right arrow key(->) to select the right-hand edge of the window, and press the left arrow key(<-) repeatedly. 
  3. When the window is reduced to a manageable size, press Enter.  
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  1. To move a window whose title bar is not visible, click the window or its corresponding taskbar button and again press Alt-Spacebar.
  2.  Even if the window is entirely off-screen, not visible at all, the system menu will appear as close to it as possible, so you can use the menu's location as a pointer to the "lost" window.
  3.  This time press M (for Move), use the arrow keys to bring the window back into view, and press Enter when you have it back under control.
Enjoy....

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