Mouse Movements
Windows 8 offers certain hidden methods to display key features, such as the Charms bar and the Switch List bar. You can trigger these features by moving your mouse to various hot corners around the screen. This section lists the mouse movements that you can use to launch these features.
Table B.1 details mouse movements to launch certain Windows 8 features.
Table B.1 Mouse Movements
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Move to the bottom-left hot corner |
Display shortcut to Start screen or previous app |
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Move to the top- or bottom-right hot corner |
Display the Charms bar |
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Move to the upper-left hot corner |
Display shortcut to next active application |
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Move to the upper-left hot corner and move down |
Display the Switch List bar with shortcuts to all open apps |
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Move to the bottom-left hot corner and right-click mouse |
Open the Power User Tasks menu |