Flexible use of Tab key under Windows system

The Tab key is an abbreviation of TALBE (table), also called tab positioning key. You may think it will only come in handy when editing a document. In fact, in the Windows system, the Tab key can be used as a helper for improving efficiency in many cases. Let's take a look at the usage of the Tab key in Windows.

1. Change the focus

Focus on the next button, input box or link. For example, closing an unsaved notepad will bring up a prompt. At this time, there is a dotted box on the "Yes" button. If you press a space or press Enter, it is equivalent to clicking the "Yes" button with the mouse. If you want to use the keyboard to "click" the "No" button, press the Tab key, the dashed box will move to "No", and then press the space. There is also a very common usage. When you log in to the forum or QQ, you can enter the account and you don't need to click the password box with your mouse. Just press the Tab key to position the cursor to the password box. If you want to position it in reverse, press the key combination Shift + Tab.

2, Quick Rename

Under Vista or Windows Server 2008, Tab also has a magical usage: select an icon on the desktop, press F2 to enter the rename state, rename When you are done, press the Tab key to enter the rename state of the next file. To reverse the previous file, press the Shift + Tab key combination. It is very convenient when renaming multiple files.

3, switch windows

Old birds often use the Alt + Tab key combination to quickly switch windows. This combination of keys must first press the Alt key and then press the Tab key to quickly switch to the previous window. With the Alt key pressed, pressing the Tab key will bring up the icon for the currently open window, and then press the Tab key to switch between each icon. The Alt + Shift + Tab key combination is a reverse switch. Release the Alt key to switch the window. Under Vista, press this key combination and a window thumbnail appears.

4, switch tabs or tabs

Ctrl + Tab : Switch to the next tab or tab of the browser.

Ctrl + Shift + Tab : Reverse switching.

Firefox users can also install the Ctrl-Tab extension to implement tab switching with preview. By the way, press Ctrl + Shift + A to preview all the tags, and you can type them on the search box to filter the tags.

5, at the command prompt

At the command prompt, Tab is very useful, it can automatically fill in the names of files and folders. Some friends may already know, but this tip has another little secret that is little known.

The following is explained in detail by example:

Assuming the "D:\\test" path, there are folders: a, ab, and files: abc.txt, ac.txt. Click "Start → Run" and type "cmd", press Enter to open the command prompt. First enter "D:", press Enter to switch to D drive, then enter "cd test" command to enter the "D:\\test" folder. Enter "dir" after "D:\\test>" (note that there is a space after dir):

Automatically populate the name of the folder or file: you can cycle through the folders and files by pressing the Tab key directly The name can be filled with Shift + Tab. Automatically fill the name of the folder or file at the beginning of a specific letter: Enter "a", and then press the Tab key to fill the folder "a" and the file "abc.txt" in sequence. Useful when entering a folder or file with a very long name. Automatically fill in the name of the file with a specific extension: Enter "*.txt", and then press the Tab key to fill the file "abc.txt", "ac.txt" in sequence. At the command prompt, an asterisk stands for any character. The second letter is automatically filled with the names of specific folders and files: Enter "?b*" and press Tab to fill the folder "ab" and the file "abc.txt" in sequence. The question mark represents a character here. Automatically fill the file name with a file of a specific length: Enter "???.txt", and then press the Tab key to fill the files "abc.txt" and "ac.txt" in sequence. 6. In the input method

In the Google Pinyin input method, the Tab key is to page backwards. Shift + Tab is page forward. In the Sogou Pinyin input method, press the Tab key to enter the stroke selection mode. To use it, after entering the pinyin of one or more words, press the tab key, and then enter the first one by h (horizontal), s (vertical), p (撇), n (捺), z (fold). The stroke of the word is always found until the word. In this mode, you can also use the word-assisted auxiliary code. For example, if you want to input a Chinese character “娴”, but it is very late, you can't find it, then type “xian”, then press the Tab key, then enter the two parts of “娴”. The first letter "nx" of the female "free" can be seen only with the word "娴".

7. In Photoshop

After pressing the Tab key, the toolbar and panel will be hidden, leaving only the menu bar. This shortcut is often used in conjunction with the full-screen shortcut "f".

8. Under EmEditor and EidtPlus

When programming code under EmEditor and EidtPlus, select multiple lines and press Tab to quickly indent the selected multiple lines. The Shift + Tab key combination is reverse indented.

9, in the browser

Some forums support the use of the key combination "Ctrl + Enter" to quickly submit, but this combination of keys does not necessarily support each browser. I am accustomed to using the Tab + Enter key combination to quickly submit, use the Tab key to move the focus to the "Submit" button (in a few cases, you need to press the Tab key multiple times), press the Enter key. The "Ctrl + Enter" key combination needs to be called by a javascript script. With this method, even if the web page is not scripted, it can be submitted quickly.

10, replace the Tab key

When opening, mention the Tab key can produce tabs, what if you want to replace the tabs? Very simple, in Word, press the key combination Ctrl + H, enter "^t" in "Find Content", "Replace with" does not fill, click on all replace to quickly delete the tab. In EmEditor, press the key combination Ctrl + H, enter "\\t" in "Find", "Replace with" without filling, and check "Use escape sequence", click "Replace all".

It can be seen that the Tab key is actually used in Windows systems. If you can master these usages, it will also play a role in improving work efficiency.