If you’ve ever used a Mac, you should know that there’s a pretty useful keyboard shortcut Command + ` that allows you to switch between windows of the same app, like Chrome, Firefox, Onenote, Excel, Word, etc. For those of you using Windows 10, you know that it has a keyboard shortcut that does the same thing, but not so efficiently. The “Alt + Tab” Windows 10 shortcut allows you to move through windows of all active apps. “Alt + Shift + Tab” does that in reverse order. However, it’s not as fast since you have to go through all active apps to switch between windows of the same app.

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How to Switch Between Windows of the Same App on Windows 10?

Place the desired app (for me, it was Chrome) in the #1 position of the order of the Windows 10 taskbar. You can set it at any position in the order, but #1 is generally easy to remember to use with your most used app.

Windows 10 Taskbar

To switch an application window between Spaces desktops, drag the window to the edge of the desktop and hold it there. Spaces will automatically move the window to the next desktop. (Applications can also be dragged between desktops within the Mission Control screen.).
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Jun 20, 2019 If you’ve ever used a Mac, you should know that there’s a pretty useful keyboard shortcut Command + ` that allows you to switch between windows of the same app, like Chrome, Firefox, Onenote, Excel, Word, etc. For those of you using Windows 10, you know that it has a keyboard shortcut that does the same thing, but not so efficiently.The “Alt + Tab” Windows 10 shortcut allows you to.

Press the “Win + 1” keyboard shortcut. It will bring an Aero preview of all the Windows of the app.
Press the same shortcut again to switch to the windows you want to open from the Aero preview. If you want to do the switching in reverse, press “Windows + Shift + 1”.

Related article: How to Switch Between Windows/Tabs in Chrome & Safari on Mac

Method 2 to Switch Between Windows of the Same App/ Program:

Note: Requires you to install an extra program.

- Download “Easy Window Switcher” by NeoSmart Technologies from this link. It’s free.
- Open the download .exe file.

Select the option “Automatically Start Easy Windows Switcher” in the next step. It will add the app to be started during every startup.
That’s it. Just press “Alt + `” on your keyboard to switch between windows of the same app. It’s latter key of the shortcut is also called “Backtick”, it is the key before the number “1” on the US Keyboard layout.

Pros of this method: Very useful utility. Lightweight. Suffices the basic function.

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Cons: An extra program/task for your OS to handle. Doesn’t allow switching between multiple instances of the same app.

Related article: Guide to Windows 10 File Explorer

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Many of us work with multiple languages on our computer. Generally, people use English for professional and native language for personal communication. This makes it necessary to quickly switch the language when you type on your computer. Here is how you can do in Windows 10 and Mac.

Prerequisite

The prerequisite for language switch is that you have installed the language pack on your Mac or PC. After having the necessary language packs, it is easy to switch the language using keyboard shortcut.

Switching Language in Mac

On Mac, the language or input method icon appears on the top bar. You can click on the input method icon and switch the available language.

Enable Input Method Icon on Top Menu Bar

If you are not seeing the input icon on the top bar, follow the below instructions to enable it.

Go to “Apple Menu > System Preferences…”.
Click on the “Keyboard” and go to “Input Sources” tab.

Select the check box for the option “Show Input menu in menu bar”.

This will enable the input menu icon on the top bar. In the same dialog, click on + icon and add new language if you want. Learn how to add Unicode Hex Input method in Mac.

Add Keyboard Shortcut for Switching Language

When you have multiple language, you can toggle the languages using keyboard shortcut.

When you are in “Keyboard” preferences section, go to “Shortcuts” tab.
Select “Input Sources” and enable the default shortcuts.

“Control + Space” is the default keyboard shortcuts for switching language in Mac. This will select the previous input source.
You can use “Control + Option + Space” to go through the next input sources.

Click on the default shortcuts to change and assign your custom shortcuts. Any time you can reset the shortcuts by clicking on the “Restore Defaults” button.

Related:100 Windows keyboard shortcuts list.

Using the Shortcut

You can use the shortcuts in two ways. Simply pressing the shortcut keys will automatically toggle the previous or next language input source. However, pressing and holding the shortcut keys will show the list of available languages to select as below:

You can use mouse or press space by continuing to hold control key to navigate through the options.

Handwriting Input Source

Some languages support handwriting inputs. Press, “Control + Shift + Space” to open handwriting panel. You can start using freehand writing on the panel.

Again, press “Control + Shift + Space” to hide the handwriting panel.

Switching Language in Windows 10?

Similar to Mac, you can switch the language input source in Windows 10. By default, Windows 10 will show the language bar on lower right corner on the taskbar tray. You can click on the language bar icon to change the language.

If you are not seeing the language bar, follow the below instructions to enable it.

Enable Language Bar in Windows Taskbar

Press “Win Logo + I” keys to open Windows Settings app.
Go to “Devices” and then to “Typing” section.
Scroll down and click “Advanced keyboard settings” link under “More keyboard settings” section.

Enable “Use the desktop language bar when it’s available” option under “Switching input methods” section.

This will enable the language on the taskbar tray. If you are still not seeing the icon in the taskbar tray, click on the “Language bar options” link.

This will open “Text Services and Input Languages” dialog box.
Make sure “Docked in the taskbar” option is selected and not the “Hidden” option.
Click on the “Apply” button to view the changes.

Keyboard Shortcut for Switching Language in Windows 10

“Win Logo + Shift” keys is the default keyboard shortcut in Windows for language switch. You can press the shortcuts keys alternatively to toggle between the language inputs.

Learn complete list of Windows Logo key shortcuts.