Snap Apps to Screen Sides Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to snap apps to screen sides using keyboard shortcuts on Windows 8 computers. Let's open an app, Explorer, to illustrate.

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   Double-click a shortcut for an app on the desktop

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   In our case, we will double-click "This PC".

   

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   Press and hold the Windows key

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   Press the left or right arrow key

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   In this example, we will press left. This will snap the window to the left.

   

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   Repeat the process with the opposite arrow key

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   This will snap the window back to normal.

   

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   Repeat the process once more

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   We will use the right arrow key. The window will snap to the right.

   

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   Press and hold the Windows key, and press either the up arrow or the down arrow

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   If we press up, the window will maximize.

   

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   Repeat, using the down arrow key

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   It will go back to its previous size.

   

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   Repeat again, using the down arrow key

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   This will minimize the window. This same thing can be done with any application. For another example, let's go to the start menu.

   

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   Click in the lower left corner of the screen

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    Click to open any application

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    We will open "Store" for this example.

    

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    Press and hold the Windows key, and press the left arrow

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    This will snap the Store to the left. We can choose another application to run on the right side of the screen, which we illustrate in another tutorial.

    

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    Repeat with the right arrow key to revert the window back to where it was

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    Repeat with the right arrow once more

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    This snaps it to the right.

    

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    Minimize the app by pressing the Windows key and the down arrow together

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    Alternatively, close the app by pressing and holding the "Alt" key and then pressing the "F4" key.

    

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    Go back to desktop by clicking "Desktop"

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    This concludes our tutorial on how to snap apps to screen sides using keyboard shortcuts on Windows 8 computers

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