Windows 10 brings a lots of awesome features to the PC, but one that power users are greeting with an exasperated "finally" is virtual desktops.
Windows has supported the feature for a while despite note making virtual desktops, but now the feature is going mainstream as a part of windows 10. But virtual desktops are not a stand alone features. They are built into windows 10 new task view which reminds OS X's expose feature that shows all your open windows at a glance.
Windows has had something equal for years you have seen it if you have ever used the keyboard short alt+tab to cycle through open programs. But the Alt+tab feature disappear as soon as you let go of the keyboard. Showing all your open windows in a constant view that doesn't disappear. As soon as you let go of the keyboard. Task view takes a different approaches by showing all your open windows in a permanent view that doesn't disappear until you dismiss it or pick a window to be in the forground.
The easiest way to get to task view and multiple desktops is to click on the new icon next to the cortana entry box on your taskbar. We'll start with that, but let me stress this is neither the simplest nor the most efficient way to use the new features. You'll need to learn a few keyboard shortcuts which we'll discuss shortly.
But first let's click on the new task view icon. As you can see above, it shows all my open windows so I can quickly return to a particular program of document. This is an extremely helpful feature for those times when you have many windows open at the same time.
Quick note to multi-monitor user: Task view will only show what you have got on a particular monitor. When you click on the icon, task view is displayed across your all monitors which will helpo you to find what you are looking for, but don't expect to see all your open windows on one display. If you are running a full screen video on a particular monitor, then you would not see task view on that monitor at all.
Windows 10 still supports snap, an awesome feature that let's you set a windows to take half your screen. But you can snap the windows in four rectangular grid on the display. This feature is called quadrants.
To use snap, hit the windows logo key and then one of the side arrow keys. The two side keys snap window to the compatible half of your display. If you then use the up and down keys, Quadrants activates and the snap window to the upper or bottom half of that side.
To make task view more profitable, it automatically shows up on the empty half of the screen whenever you use snap with multiple applications open. Instead of, to set manually two separate windows, you can just snap one window and then task view lets you pick the next one to fill the blank space on the screen. Things are not so easy with quadrants.
Windows has supported the feature for a while despite note making virtual desktops, but now the feature is going mainstream as a part of windows 10. But virtual desktops are not a stand alone features. They are built into windows 10 new task view which reminds OS X's expose feature that shows all your open windows at a glance.
Starting with the Taskbar
The easiest way to get to task view and multiple desktops is to click on the new icon next to the cortana entry box on your taskbar. We'll start with that, but let me stress this is neither the simplest nor the most efficient way to use the new features. You'll need to learn a few keyboard shortcuts which we'll discuss shortly.
But first let's click on the new task view icon. As you can see above, it shows all my open windows so I can quickly return to a particular program of document. This is an extremely helpful feature for those times when you have many windows open at the same time.
Quick note to multi-monitor user: Task view will only show what you have got on a particular monitor. When you click on the icon, task view is displayed across your all monitors which will helpo you to find what you are looking for, but don't expect to see all your open windows on one display. If you are running a full screen video on a particular monitor, then you would not see task view on that monitor at all.
Task View and Snap
To use snap, hit the windows logo key and then one of the side arrow keys. The two side keys snap window to the compatible half of your display. If you then use the up and down keys, Quadrants activates and the snap window to the upper or bottom half of that side.
To make task view more profitable, it automatically shows up on the empty half of the screen whenever you use snap with multiple applications open. Instead of, to set manually two separate windows, you can just snap one window and then task view lets you pick the next one to fill the blank space on the screen. Things are not so easy with quadrants.
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