Thanks.  I was pulling my hair out because “My Documents” wouldn’t close with alt f4 unless I kept on pressing those keys.  Thanks.  You made me a happy camper.

Mona

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

When do you hit the passthrough key in the sequence?

Thanks,

Justin

Thanks JM! That works beautifully for me.

Cheers

Zel

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Thanks JM! That works beautifully for me.

Cheers

Zel

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

What is pass through and what does it do? And how is it done in this process?

Karen

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Hey Karen.

It is a jaws command, insert num-row  3 if you are using desktop layout, that passes the next key on to whatever application…IE, not JAWS. So basically, in this case, you can’t use alt-tab, delete to close an open window because JAWS has taken over the alt-delete keystroke. So you want to pass the keystroke through to the application (in this case, file explorer) and have jaws ignore it. That’s what that command does.

What is pass through and what does it do? And how is it done in this process?

Karen

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

So, would insert 3 be the same on a laptop?

And would I do insert 3, then the alt delete?

Karen

Hey Karen.

It is a jaws command, insert num-row  3 if you are using desktop layout, that passes the next key on to whatever application…IE, not JAWS. So basically, in this case, you can’t use alt-tab, delete to close an open window because JAWS has taken over the alt-delete keystroke. So you want to pass the keystroke through to the application (in this case, file explorer) and have jaws ignore it. That’s what that command does.

What is pass through and what does it do? And how is it done in this process?

Karen

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Hey.

Yes, I think the keystroke would still work on the laptop. I don’t use the laptop layout presently and haven’t in a long time, so I can’t really remember specifics about the key combinations. If you ever want to find out if a keystroke works though, you can just turn the keyboard learn mode on (insert num-row 1) and test the keystroke. If it’s valid, JAWS will announce what it does.

Anyway, you’ve almost got it – you would press pass key through, then, alt tab. Don’t let go of the alt key, but alt-tab through your open windows. When you hear the name of a window you want closed, just press delete, while continuing to hold down the alt key. The pass key through command will remain in effect until you release alt.

So, would insert 3 be the same on a laptop?

And would I do insert 3, then the alt delete?

Karen

Hey Karen.

It is a jaws command, insert num-row  3 if you are using desktop layout, that passes the next key on to whatever application…IE, not JAWS. So basically, in this case, you can’t use alt-tab, delete to close an open window because JAWS has taken over the alt-delete keystroke. So you want to pass the keystroke through to the application (in this case, file explorer) and have jaws ignore it. That’s what that command does.

What is pass through and what does it do? And how is it done in this process?

Karen

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

It is insert 3 and it works. The first time I tried it, it didn’t’ work. I tried again with edge instead of a document. That one worked. I did have to hold the alt and do the tab, before doing the delete.

So it is insert 3then hold down alt

Press tab until you get to the window you want

Then press delete, the backspace doesn’t work for this. Or didn’t for me.

Karen

Hey.

Yes, I think the keystroke would still work on the laptop. I don’t use the laptop layout presently and haven’t in a long time, so I can’t really remember specifics about the key combinations. If you ever want to find out if a keystroke works though, you can just turn the keyboard learn mode on (insert num-row 1) and test the keystroke. If it’s valid, JAWS will announce what it does.

Anyway, you’ve almost got it – you would press pass key through, then, alt tab. Don’t let go of the alt key, but alt-tab through your open windows. When you hear the name of a window you want closed, just press delete, while continuing to hold down the alt key. The pass key through command will remain in effect until you release alt.

So, would insert 3 be the same on a laptop?

And would I do insert 3, then the alt delete?

Karen

Hey Karen.

It is a jaws command, insert num-row  3 if you are using desktop layout, that passes the next key on to whatever application…IE, not JAWS. So basically, in this case, you can’t use alt-tab, delete to close an open window because JAWS has taken over the alt-delete keystroke. So you want to pass the keystroke through to the application (in this case, file explorer) and have jaws ignore it. That’s what that command does.

What is pass through and what does it do? And how is it done in this process?

Karen

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Hey.

Yes, I think the keystroke would still work on the laptop. I don’t use the laptop layout presently and haven’t in a long time, so I can’t really remember specifics about the key combinations. If you ever want to find out if a keystroke works though, you can just turn the keyboard learn mode on (insert num-row 1) and test the keystroke. If it’s valid, JAWS will announce what it does.

Anyway, you’ve almost got it – you would press pass key through, then, alt tab. Don’t let go of the alt key, but alt-tab through your open windows. When you hear the name of a window you want closed, just press delete, while continuing to hold down the alt key. The pass key through command will remain in effect until you release alt.

So, would insert 3 be the same on a laptop?

And would I do insert 3, then the alt delete?

Karen

Hey Karen.

It is a jaws command, insert num-row  3 if you are using desktop layout, that passes the next key on to whatever application…IE, not JAWS. So basically, in this case, you can’t use alt-tab, delete to close an open window because JAWS has taken over the alt-delete keystroke. So you want to pass the keystroke through to the application (in this case, file explorer) and have jaws ignore it. That’s what that command does.

What is pass through and what does it do? And how is it done in this process?

Karen

Oh ok. I was doing the pass through after alt tab.

Yo Kimsan.

You have to hit jaws pass key through before you hit alt-tab. It should be the first thing you hit in the sequence.

I’m trying to figure out how to use the taskkill command to close all open windows. I’m sure that with some filter it can be done, and then you could put a shortcut on your desktop to accomplish it. But that utility sounds neat as well.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Cool. I thought some people here might find it a good trick. This normally is hidden a bit from JAWS users since JAWS intercepts alt+delete.

Thanks JM! That works beautifully for me.

Cheers

Zel

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.