If you’re like most people, you use your computer for work, entertainment, and other tasks. You might use different programs to do different things, so it can be hard to keep track of which program is in which tab. Windows 10 has a new feature that can help. To show all your browser tabs in Alt+Tab on Windows 10, follow these steps:
- Open the Start menu and click the “Search” icon.
- Type “Alt+Tab” and press Enter.
- In the “Search Results” window, click on the “Windows 10” icon (it should be at the top). This will open the “Windows 10 Start Menu.” Scroll down until you see “Task View.” Click on it to open it up. (If it’s not visible, right-click on one of the empty spaces inside Task View and select “Show Task View.”)
- In Task View, click on the three lines in the bottom left corner of your screen (these are called thumbnails). These are called icons because they represent different types of files or folders: Pictures (a photo), Videos (a movie), and Documents (a document).3. To see all your browser tabs in Alt+Tab, double-click one of these icons: a video or a document file for example.4. When you double-click a file or folder in Task View, all its tabs will open in your default web browser - usually Chrome or Firefox - depending on what you double-clicked it from.(If you don’t want any particular tab to open when you Alt+Tab to it from another program or window - for example if you’re using Microsoft Word and want to keep all your Word documents open when you switch between them using Alt+Tab - just drag that tab out of Task View into its own window.) ..
Beginning with the October 2020 update, Windows 10 can now show your Microsoft Edge browser tabs as separate entries with thumbnails in the Alt+Tab switcher. By default, it shows the five most recent tabs. Here’s how you can show all of them.
You’ll have to use Microsoft Edge if you want browser tabs in your Alt+Tab switcher. As of October 2020, this doesn’t work in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. The good news is that the new Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium and is very similar to Google Chrome.
First, launch Settings by opening the “Start” menu and clicking the gear icon on the left. Or you can press Windows+i.
In Settings, click “System,” then select “Multitasking” from the sidebar.
In Multitasking settings, locate the “Pressing Alt + Tab shows” drop-down menu and click it. When the menu appears, select “Open windows and all tabs in Edge.”
The default option is “Open windows and 5 most recent tabs in Edge.” You can also select “Open windows and 3 most recent tabs in Edge” for fewer tabs, or select “Open windows only” to hide Edge browser tabs from your Alt+Tab switcher.
Close Settings. The next time you use Alt+Tab while running Edge with multiple tabs open, you will see each open tab as a separate entry in the list with its own thumbnail.
If you ever want to change it back, just visit Settings > System > Multitasking again and choose “Open windows only” from the “Pressing Alt + Tab shows” drop-down menu. Very handy!
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