List Of Keyboard Hotkeys To Remember For Windows 8

- October 29, 2013

Windows 8 is a much secure and reliable operating system, which supports both touch-based and Keyboard / Mouse users to improve overall experience along with creating new levels of productivity.
Touch screen users can make full use of its intricately designed navigation interface feature for e.g Charms, Metro UI, and Swipes. (Not to mention a much faster and quicker way to get your done by swiping with your thumbs). But for those who are upgrading existing PC’s or purchasing brand new ones, Windows 8 brings significant advantages to them no matter what device they are on. The over dependence of a touch based interface leads towards a tendency to not using the keyboard as much, which is why keyboard hotkeys / shortcuts are a great way to work your way around the Windows OS.
In this article, we will be presenting the most useful keyboard hotkeys for Windows 8 users that will time and effort. This comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts will help you to do your work more efficiently and organize your files and folders much easily. Be warned, you might even forget the need for using a mouse!

Charms Menu

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used while in the Charms menu of the Windows 8 OS.
Windows Key + C
It open the charm menu
Windows Key + F
It will access the files search screen
Windows Key + H
It access the share charm
Windows Key + K
It access the devices charm
Windows Key + I
It access the settings charm
Windows Key + Q
It search for the installed apps
Windows Key + W
It access the settings search screen
Escape Key
It will close a charm
Modern UI

Windows Key + Tab
It opens the modern desktop Taskbar
Windows Key + Shift + Tab
It opens the modern desktop Taskbar in reverse order
Windows Key + . (Dot)
It move the screen to the right (split screen multitasking)
Windows Key + Shift + . (Dot)
It moves the screen to the left (split screen multitasking)
Alt + F4
It closes down the modern UI app
Other shortcuts

Windows Key + L
This shortcuts locks the PC and go to lock screen
Windows Key + V
It will show all the toasts or active notifications
Windows Key + M
It minimizes all the windows running on your computer
Windows Key + Shift + M
It restores all minimized windows
Windows Key + F1
It opens Windows help and support
Shift + Delete
It permanently deletes all the files without being sent to Recycle Bin.
Ctrl + Shift + Escape
It opens the Task Manager
Windows Key + Left arrow
It maximizes current window to left side of the screen
Windows Key + Right arrow
It maximizes current window to right side of the screen
Windows key + Up arrow
It maximize the current window
Window Key + Down arrow
It minimize the current window
Windows Key + X
It shows advanced windows settings menu
Windows Key + R
It opens the Run dialog box

There are a multitude of other keyboards shortcuts for the Windows 8 OS, but we believe the above mentioned are more than enough to get you through your basic ever day tasks and activities.