Comments on: Windows Print Screen Key

By: Char

Char — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:03:56 +0000

OK, I know that there is a print screen button on a regular PC keypad. My problem is that I do not have the print screen key on my dual platform PC/Mac laptop. The keyboard does not have the number pad or the page up page down and the home end buttons. It is more difficult to do things without the keys I like to use. I wanted a screen shot the other day and I can find no way to do it with my current keyboard. HELP! It comes in handy when you have a project with ten or so files that are put in a notebook and I want to check off each one as it is finished. I can print screen and then paste to document and then cross them off as I go. Thank you in advance! Help! How do I do a screen shot without the keyboard button that states it.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:14:15 +0000

Trevs, perhaps you could share some “sensical” shortcut keys from a different OS?

To my knowledge, the shortcut keys on Mac are the same as on the PC, where Macs use “Option” instead of “Alt.” And, if they aren’t, they are extremely nonsensical. At least a “Windows-R” for Run makes sense. You could translate that to “DO a Windows Command Run” Where the “DO a Windows command” is dignified by the Windows key, and the “Run” is dignified by “R” which makes perfect sense.

Now, if you are saying that Linux has shortcuts that make more sense, I would like to know them.

Also, what would you postulate the F, Control, and Alt keys are there for, if not for shortcuts…

By: Trevs

Trevs — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:23:47 +0000

Windows has such nonsensical shortcut keys. Half of them are alt half control and F keys, what nonsense

By: Cliff

Cliff — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:22:17 +0000

These are things that I wish every developer knew. There’s also Alt Space to bring up the window context menu. Combine that with either N, X, or R to miNimize, maXimize, or Restore a window respectively. (So it’s Alt Space then N to quickly minimize, for example.) There’s WinKey L to lock the screen or log off. Then there’s the Winkey R combo that brings up the run dialog. I use that to quickly open a command prompt via [WinKey R, c,m,d,Enter]. Also I encourage everyone to download launchy (a crude implementation of Spotlight for Windows). I keep Launchy mapped to Alt F2 to match my mapping for Katapult in KDE/Linux. In fact, I used to set all of my KDE mappings similar to Windows so I wouldn’t have to learn a new key set switching back and forth. Recently I started using a Mac which changed all of that. Knowing these shortcuts as well as IDE hotkeys amounts to hours saved. I recently posted about block copy/ column mode and how it saved my life.

By the way, I’ve been keeping my eye on your site. It’s very informative! Keep the good articles coming!

Cliff