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I would have expected this to be a very simple task: switching between windows of the same application, but I can't seem to find the shortcut to do it. I generally have several windows of applications like Chrome (each window holding all the tabs related to a particular topic).
The behaviour I am looking for is what is implemented in Mac OSX with the Cmd+~ keyboard shortcut.
Is there a way to achieve the same on Windows 7?
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Hold down the Alt key and tap the Tab key. This will open a gallery of all your open applications. Whilst continuing to hold down the Alt key, you can tab to the application you want to go to or use the mouse to select the application. Using this keyboard shortcut is an efficient way of switching applications.
On Windows you can only cycle through windows of all open applications via (Shift) Alt+Tab.
It's not a keyboard shortcut, but holding ctrl+clicking on the icon in the taskbar repeatedly will cycle through that program's open windows. Show activity on this post.
This explains the Keyboard Shortcut key combination used to cycle through the opened programs on the Taskbar in Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. The Shortcut key, Windows Logo Key + T is used to cycle through the programs opened and available in Taskbar in Microsoft Windows 7 OS.
Cycling through open programs (windows) In Windows press and hold Alt on your keyboard, then press and release Tab (while still holding Alt), this brings up the programs and windows that are currently open on your computer.
I found out that you can you Alt + f6 to cycle between multiple windows of the same program from the link given below: Althogh it says, that the supported OS includes windows 7, i cannot switch between the multiple windows in the same program
There is no such a keyboard shortcut but holding Ctrl + clicking on the icon in the taskbar repeatedly will cycle through that program's open windows.
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See https://superuser.com/questions/435602/shortcut-in-windows-7-to-switch-between-same-applications-windows-like-cmd.
Scott's answer is the closest one I've found to doing this. To summarize what he said:
Win + n where n is the number position of the application in the TaskBar. Then to cycle through, keep Win down and press n again.
(Updated thanks to @ZYinMD's comments - but also see their 1st comment)
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Use AltEsc for fast switching without any GUI pop up
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts
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Maybe related: If you want that the windows open directly when click on the stacked taskbar symbol (instead of opening the list), you can add the DWORD "LastActiveClick" to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
and set it to 1.
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