Windows 8 Keyboard shortcuts
Read this article to know more about Keyboard shortcuts of Windows 8 Developer preview version. Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 8 Developer version in the build conference.
In my previous article, I discussed about Windows 8 new features. Few days back, in the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft conformed few features of Windows 8 operating system.
As many of the developers are busy in downloading the Windows 8 developers review version, few lucky users already downloaded the review version and started using the Windows 8 operating system. Below are the 18 official shortcut keys to access some of the features in Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 Keyboard shortcut keys
Windows Logo Key + Spacebar – Switch input language and keyboard layout
Windows Logo Key + Y – Temporarily peek at the desktop
Windows Logo Key + O – Locks device orientation
Windows Logo Key + V – Cycles through toasts
Windows Logo Key + Shift + V – Cycles through toasts in reverse order
Windows Logo Key + Enter – Launches Narrator
Windows Logo Key + PgUp – Moves tiles to the left
Windows Logo Key + PgDown – Moves tiles to the right
Windows Logo Key + Shift + . – Moves the split to the left
Windows Logo Key + . – Moves the split to the right
Windows Logo Key + F – Opens File Search App
Windows Logo Key + C – Opens Charms Bar
Windows Logo Key + I – Opens Settings charm
Windows Logo Key + K – Opens Connect charm
Windows Logo Key + H – Opens Share charm
Windows Logo Key + Q – Opens Search pane
Windows Logo Key + W – Opens Settings Search app
Windows Logo Key + Z – Opens App Bar
Once I get any updates about the keyboard shortcuts, I will update the above list.
Reference: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/seealso/archive/2011/09/13/a-few-windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts.aspx