You can as easily automatically cycle through tabs in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Internet Explorer. All you need to do is change $wshell.
In previous versions of Windows, ALT + TAB ('Windows Flip'), WINKEY + TAB ('Switcher,' 'Windows Flip 3D') and their touch-based equivalents were used to quickly switch between running apps. These shortcuts and actions are still available in Windows 10, though they've changed and improved yet again. ALT + TAB dates back decades, though in Windows Vista this keyboard shortcut was retroactively renamed to Windows Flip, a term that few people probably remember, let alone use.
But the theory has always been the same: Using a UI that evolved only somewhat over the years, you can hold down on the ALT key and then tap TAB repeatedly to switch between the available running applications, using on-screen thumbnails. When you find the one you wish to switch to, just let go of both keys. In Windows 8, Microsoft added an edge swipe alternative to Windows Flip, letting users flip between running apps by swiping from the left edge of the screen.
With this form of app switching, you simply keep swiping until the app you wish is displayed on the screen. In Windows 10, these interactions have evolved yet again. The ALT + TAB keyboard shortcut works much like it did before, but the app thumbnails are now much larger. And the edge swipe—which was further confused in Windows 8 by being overloaded by a Switcher interface described below—no longer has an ALT + TAB connection.
Instead, it works as does WINKEY + TAB only. So let's look at that next. In Windows Vista, Microsoft added WINKEY + TAB as an alternative to ALT + TAB.
Dubbed Windows Flip 3D at the time, it provided a neat effect that utilized Vista's hardware acceleration capabilities. Windows Flip 3D disappeared in Windows 8 and was replaced by Switcher and the new edge swipe interfaces. So if you hold down WINKEY and tap TAB, the Switcher UI pops up on the left edge of the screen. Subsequent taps of TAB will move the focus to other running (Modern) apps, but not the desktop, which is confusing.
Let go of both keys to switch to the current selected app, as before. Switcher is on the left This form of app switching was further complicated by the fact that the left edge swipe in Windows 8 is overloaded. A 'full' swipe in from the left edge of the screen switches to the next app in the 'app stack' as noted above, and is an alternative to ALT + TAB. But you can also do a partial swipe—one of the most difficult gestures in Windows 8—and bring up the Switcher UI if you do it just right. Then you can tap the app you wish to switch to. So it's an alternative to WINKEY + TAB too. But not in Windows 10.
If you type WINKEY + TAB in Windows 10, or swipe in from the left edge of the screen, you will see the new Task View, which will stay onscreen if you let go of the keys, a big difference from before. This interface combines the thumbnail-based app selection/switching capabilities with the new multiple desktops feature, so you can switch between both apps and desktops. (And can otherwise add and manage those desktops too.) There's even a mouse-based way to activate this screen: Click (or tap) the new Task View button in the taskbar. This is a special button, like Start and Search, that is part of the taskbar and not something you can add or remove. (Or move.) These interfaces are only the tip of the multitasking iceberg in Windows 10.
I'll look at other aspects of this functionality—include new Snap features like Snap Assist and the new keyboard shortcuts—in future tips.
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Apple devices, services discussions. Hey folks I have had this problem since resetting my pc completely and freshly installing with the creators update, didn't have it before.
What happens is when I have for example two tabs open in Edge, one say Google and the other Youtube, when I want to switch between the tabs, it takes like 1 second to do so, and during this short period, if there is like a video playing for example on youtube, the audio stops, so what im guessing is the page completely freezes when I switch, then continues along just normally once I do. Like I said its a very short period so I've been trying to ignore it but I'm getting tired of it. It makes listening to songs in the back while browsing very painful. I have all the win10 updates installed, also the latest nvidia drivers. I have a gtx980 and a 6700k, I don't have this issue on chrome and firefox, only on Edge, so I'm guessing somewhere in the settings, deep down, there is a box i need to tick or untick(hopefully its this easy to solve lol) Thanks for your time! The problem is a little hard to explain but I did my best, I can upload a video showing it if needed.
Thanks in advance. Edit: the freeze in audio doesnt happen when I say switch from google page to wikipedia page. It only happens when im switching TO youtube page from another tab. I have this exact issue.
I'm using version 40.15063.0.0 (Latest Stable) When I switch between a twitch stream or youtube video, there's a 1 second delay where it interrupts the video and audio, sometimes just the video. It's a short delay but it's incredibly irritating over enough time. This is the only thread I've found on the issue. Which is surprising, since it seems like an issue that would draw a lot of attention especially for people that multi-task a lot.
I have this awful feeling it's something to do with caching and the way the browser decodes video/audio. It's probably something in the actual code that's causing the interference. I like Edge but I can't deal with this issue so I've switched back to Chrome for now. I have done some testing since this post, and I have found out that this issue only happens with the first tab that you launch Edge with. For example to try it out, -Launch Edge -Open a second tab -now close the tab you just opened -It will 'lag' before it returns you to the first tab(that comes open when you launch Edge) Apparently the delay is related to the first tab that launches with the Edge, for whatever reason. When you open, say, 3 tabs and switch between tab 2 and tab 3, there is no delay at all.
This seems to have definitely fixed audio delay. However I still experience a video delay of one second when switching tabs. It's weird, it's like it needs to reload the video input every-time you switch tabs. It will show a black screen for a second before the video appears.
I know i'm cherry picking here but when everything else with Edge is silky smooth you really do notice how jarring it is to see this happening. Especially since the transition on Chrome and Firefox is seamless. I might have to experiment more to see why this is. Thanks for the tip though, no more audio delays. This is going to sound typical and whatnot, but hear me out.
Microsoft is TERRIBLE at creating internet browsers. When I first did a reset a few months ago, I was actually considering staying with Edge instead of immediately installing Chrome simply because I thought the extra disc space would be nice, and I wanted to see if Edge fixed a lot of the slowness and compatibility issues Internet Explorer had. Within the first week, I couldn't take it anymore. YouTube videos would take up half the screen even if I wasn't in theater mode. It took entire seconds to load up the browser itself or create a new tab, and it was often (but not always) slow when closing tabs. Some websites would ask me to install Flash or tell me to go to Chrome.
I can't say I know why you have this issue only after resetting. I'd imagine it would be faster after doing it, but it's strange that it only got slower. I'm no expert, but try running it in Administrator Mode since that can sometimes be the magic solution. Look through every setting and see if there's anything that looks off. If all else fails, switch to a different browser until you find a good solution.
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