For many years, it’s been easy to place two windows side-by-side on the desktop. Windows 10 expands on that concept, letting you easily place
four windows side-by-side. With all your windows visible on the desktop, it’s much easier to copy and paste information between them.
Windows 10 also includes virtual desktops, a way of creating several separate desktops. You can align one project’s windows and programs on one desktop, for example, then switch to a second desktop to place windows for a separate project.
Snapping Windows
| To Do This. . . |
. . . Press These Keys |
| Snap window to upper-right corner |
Win+→, then Win+↑ |
| Snap window to upper-left corner |
Win+←, then Win+↑ |
| Snap window to lower-right corner |
Win+→, then Win+↓ |
| Snap window to lower-left corner |
Win+←, then Win+↓ |
Virtual Desktops
| To Do This. . . |
. . . Press These Keys |
| Create new virtual desktop |
Win+Ctrl+D |
| Close current virtual desktop |
Win+Ctrl+F4 |
| View current virtual desktops |
Win+Tab (The desktops appear as thumbnails along the screen’s bottom edge.) |
| Switch between virtual desktops |
Win+Ctrl+Left or Win+Ctrl+Right |
