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Old 10-20-2019, 04:45 PM
 
Location: High Desert New Mexico
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How does one open multiple screens in Win 10 and toggle between them?
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Old 10-20-2019, 05:16 PM
 
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How does one open multiple screens in Win 10 and toggle between them?
How did you open the first screen?
Now do the same with the second screen, and so on.

You can 'see' small icons on the bottom of your screen which screens you have 'open'.
Tapping any of those icons will bring that screen into the foreground.
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Old 10-20-2019, 05:22 PM
 
Location: High Desert New Mexico
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How did you open the first screen?
Now do the same with the second screen, and so on.

You can 'see' small icons on the bottom of your screen which screens you have 'open'.
Tapping any of those icons will bring that screen into the foreground.



Thank you but it did not work for my sig. other. We can't tell what is what in Windows 10. He can't open some account on the Internet because it's telling him to enter a code# sent to his email.
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Old 10-20-2019, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Thank you but it did not work for my sig. other. We can't tell what is what in Windows 10. He can't open some account on the Internet because it's telling him to enter a code# sent to his email.
I agree it's a pain - it does NOT show at the bottom like it used to - you have to click on that little thing on the bottom that looks like a film strip in order to get a thumbnail pic. of other open windows. I've had the same issue - Amazon sends a code to email for instance.
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Old 10-21-2019, 07:51 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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OK back it up here. Multiple screens of what? Browsers? Files explorer?
Toggling is the same it's always been: ALT-TAB.

Right click on your TASK BAR. Choose SETTINGS. Look for a setting "Combine Taskbar Buttons" and change it to "Only When Full".
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Old 10-22-2019, 02:12 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Or, an easy way is to open each page in a new tab then go from one to the other.
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Old 10-22-2019, 01:42 PM
 
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Do you mean so you can see two things side by side? You can resize them, I use it with a mouse so it's easier. Sometimes I just do it manually so I can watch some news on one half and play a game in the other. Certain times if you get it exactly half the other pages will get smaller and you can click on the other half you want.


In a browser in Chrome click on the 3 dots in the upper right hand side and click on New window, or open in new window,
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Old 10-22-2019, 02:35 PM
 
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Certain times if you get it exactly half the other pages will get smaller and you can click on the other half you want.

This happens when your mouse pointer hits the right or left side of the screen while dragging the window.


You can also snap windows with the keyboard by tapping the Windows Key, and the left or right arrow key (the currently active window will snap to the side of the screen that matches the arrow key). But you won't get the option to select another window if you use the keyboard.

You can also use the up and down arrows to go back to full screen, and multiple taps on any arrow will cycle between the different states.
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Old 10-22-2019, 10:15 PM
 
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You can separate the monitors. There is no need to extend the desktop. That sounds like what you are asking.
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Old 10-23-2019, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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You can also snap windows with the keyboard by tapping the Windows Key, and the left or right arrow key (the currently active window will snap to the side of the screen that matches the arrow key). But you won't get the option to select another window if you use the keyboard.
And this is why I love this field. I still learn new stuff every damn day almost.

I did not knwo this had a keyb shortcut!
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