Shortcut to minimize a single window

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

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

Big
Mon May 05 09:07:01 PDT 2008

James Silverton wrote:
> 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.

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.

James
Mon May 05 12:24:09 PDT 2008

Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:

> James Silverton wrote:
>> 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.

> 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


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.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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

Elmo
Mon May 05 13:07:53 PDT 2008

James Silverton wrote:
> Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:
>
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> 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.
>
>> 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
>
>
> 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.

Alt/Spacebar opens the window, then "n" minimizes. If you can program
that sequence, it may work.

--
Joe =o)

Alan
Mon May 05 13:16:23 PDT 2008

On Mon, 5 May 2008 15:24:09 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, "James Silverton"
<jim.silverton@verizon.net> wrote:

> Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:
>
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> 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.
>
>> 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
>
>
>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.

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

Alt Space n

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm

James
Mon May 05 14:30:30 PDT 2008

Alan wrote on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:16:23 +1000:

>> Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:
>>
>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>
>>> 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
>>
>> 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.

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

> Alt Space n

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

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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

ReySantos
Tue May 06 06:26:02 PDT 2008

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


"James Silverton" wrote:

> Alan wrote on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:16:23 +1000:
>
> >> Big wrote on Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:01 GMT:
> >>
> >>> James Silverton wrote:
> >>>> 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.
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>
> >> 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.
>
> > You don't need to click on the - . Use the accelerator key on
> > "n" for MiNimise, i.e.
>
> > Alt Space n
>
> Now that does work, thanks! The next thing is to see if I can
> program the keyboard or the mouse to use it.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>
>

James
Tue May 06 08:15:39 PDT 2008

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?
> --
> Rey

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
Wed May 07 10:51:34 PDT 2008

James wrote to Rey Santos on Tue, 6 May 2008 11:15:39 -0400:

>> 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

> 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.

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