Shortcut to minimize a single window

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James Silverton

Hello All!

This thought occurred after discussion of minimizing Outlook
Express. I have a keyboard and mouse with a variety of
programmable keys but I can't find a shortcut to minimize just
the *one* window in use. Is there such a thing? I know you can
minimize *all* windows with Logo+M.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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James said:
Hello All!

This thought occurred after discussion of minimizing Outlook Express. I
have a keyboard and mouse with a variety of programmable keys but I
can't find a shortcut to minimize just the *one* window in use. Is there
such a thing? I know you can minimize *all* windows with Logo+M.
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ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu,
you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)

Part of this page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

Its not direct but its still keystroke.
 
Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:
ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the
System
menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or
close the window)
Click to expand...
Part of this page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449
Click to expand...


Thanks, I'd not thought of that but you have to click on the
system menu window to get to the - , AFAICT, and the - is
available as single click by mousing up to the top bar. I just
wondered if I could minimize the window with a programmed mouse
click. I've done one or two things that way; the most useful one
to me is "mark all read" for the posts in a newsgroup.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
James said:
Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:





Thanks, I'd not thought of that but you have to click on the system menu
window to get to the - , AFAICT, and the - is available as single click
by mousing up to the top bar. I just wondered if I could minimize the
window with a programmed mouse click. I've done one or two things that
way; the most useful one to me is "mark all read" for the posts in a
newsgroup.
Click to expand...

Alt/Spacebar opens the window, then "n" minimizes. If you can program
that sequence, it may work.
 
Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:





Thanks, I'd not thought of that but you have to click on the
system menu window to get to the - , AFAICT, and the - is
available as single click by mousing up to the top bar. I just
wondered if I could minimize the window with a programmed mouse
click. I've done one or two things that way; the most useful one
to me is "mark all read" for the posts in a newsgroup.
Click to expand...

You don't need to click on the - . Use the accelerator key on "n" for
MiNimise, i.e.

Alt Space n

....Alan
 
Alan wrote on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:16:23 +1000:
You don't need to click on the - . Use the accelerator key on
"n" for MiNimise, i.e.
Click to expand...
Alt Space n
Click to expand...

Now that does work, thanks! The next thing is to see if I can
program the keyboard or the mouse to use it.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
I have a Multimedia keyboard with Keyboard Hotkey Setting. You can assign
certain keys to particular function including minimize, maximize, etc.. It
has a Multimedia keyboard driver always running using more 30 MB memory.
Whats your keyboard?
 
Rey wrote on Tue, 6 May 2008 06:26:02 -0700:
I have a Multimedia keyboard with Keyboard Hotkey Setting. You
can assign certain keys to particular function including
minimize, maximize, etc.. It has a Multimedia keyboard driver
always running using more 30 MB memory. Whats your keyboard?
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I have a Logitech wireless media keyboard and I haven't found a
choice to minimize a single window. Key strokes can be
programmed but only 2 of them, AFAICT. Three would be needed for
the suggested CNTL-space n.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
James wrote to Rey Santos on Tue, 6 May 2008 11:15:39 -0400:
I have a Logitech wireless media keyboard and I haven't found
a choice to minimize a single window. Key strokes can be
programmed but only 2 of them, AFAICT. Three would be needed
for the suggested CNTL-space n.
Click to expand...

I have an apology Rey. I missed the choice of "Minimize
application under mouse", which means that if the window has
been clicked or otherwise chosen it can minimized. For me, it's
a much more useful choice for the "Close Window" key (on my
Logitech Media keyboard: the one on the extreme lower left
marked with an X.)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
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