Windows 8 Metro application switching skills

In the Win8 system, to switch between the regular application and the Metro application in the system, there is a premise. First, you need to enable the application switching option to allow switching between recently used applications, and also open "When I am from When the left source is swiped in the middle, switch directly to the "Apps I Recently Used" feature.

Figure 1 Application switching settings

First, use Alt+Tab combination key

Alt+Tab as a traditional application switching combination key, in Win8 In the system, it is still practical, not only can switch the regular application in the Windows system, but also switch the Metro application.

Figure 2 Alt+Tab key combination switch application

When pressing Alt+Tab key combination, the regular application of the system and the Metro application preview window will appear together in the middle of the desktop, each press With a Tab key, you can switch to the app preview widget. When you switch to the desired application preview widget, release the Alt key to switch to the application window.

Second, using Win+Tab combination key

In Win8 system, users can also use Win+Tab key combination to directly switch Win8 system Metro application. When you press the Win+Tab key combination at the same time, a sidebar will be displayed on the left side of the desktop, and the recently opened Metro application preview widget will be displayed in the sidebar.

Figure 3 Win+Tab key combination to switch Metro application

Each time you press the Tab key, you can switch the application preview window once, until you switch to the desired Metro application preview window, loose Open the Win button to switch to the application window.

Three, use mouse
direct switch

In Win8 system, when you need to switch Metro application, you can also mouse
Move to the top left corner of the desktop. When the recently used application preview widget appears, if you want to switch to the app, you can switch to the app window with a single click.

If you want to switch to other Metro applications, you can continue the mouse directly along the left side of the desktop, you can see the other application preview window that you have recently used, and move the mouse to the Metro application preview window that needs to be switched. When you click on the preview widget, you can switch to the app window.