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When you right-click on an icon in the Windows 7 Taskbar, the Jump List pops up which shows a list of common tasks for the corresponding application. But where have the Restore, Maximize and Close options gone?
Fig 1: Jump Lists in Windows 7 Taskbar
To view the Restore, Minimize and the Close options in the right-click menu for a taskbar icon, press the SHIFT key down and then right-click on an icon. This shows the window menu (Restore | Minimize | Move | Close)
Fig 2: SHIFT + Right-click on a taskbar icon
(Note that you can also right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu.)
Using Shift + Right-click on grouped icon Menu with show the Restore All | Minimize All | Close All options.
Fig 3: SHIFT + Right-click on a taskbar group icon
Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7
Taskbar (Superbar) Modifiers
| Shift + Click on icon | Open a new instance |
| Middle click on icon | Open a new instance |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon | Open a new instance with Admin privileges |
| Shift + Right-click on icon | Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc) Note: Normally you can just right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu |
| Shift + Right-click on grouped icon | Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc. |
| Ctrl + Click on grouped icon | Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group |
For other useful keyboard shortcuts for Windows 7, see Brandon Paddock’s post Windows 7 Beta hotkey cheat sheet.
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[...] Some Handy Windows 7 Taskbar (Superbar) Modifiers Published Saturday, 14 February 2009 Microsoft , Technology , Windows Tags: windows 7, Howtos, Tips [via WinHelp Online] [...]
The “Taskbar (Superbar) Modifiers” needs its own blog entry.
I’m interested in this, but not the first part of this post (which unlike the part I found interesting, logically matches the title of this post).
In the meantime, I’m going to give you credit and a link back to this article when I share your Superbar Modifiers with the world..
They should have put a tiny hint in the main right click menu when it pops up, the first time I used it I was so totally WTF, I’m still perplexed by it (time to get rid of the win 95 look) but what the heck, w7 is way more responding compared to vista, however I’m still annoyed but so many little changes that completely sent your muscle memory accumulated by years and years passed using windows.