Alt-Tab

English Noun ~ en computing GUI A keyboard shortcut in Windows that switches between application-level windows, sorted by most recently active. en informally An equivalent keyboard shortcut that switches between windows or applications, such as Windows-Tab, or Command-Tab on macOS. en Verb en computing intransitive To switch between windows or applications by pressing Alt-Tab (or equivalent). en tab#Verb 2 en 1996 PC Magazine 15 13–16 87 If I Alt-Tabbed through all other open programs, eventually returning to the screen from which the cursor disappeared, it would reappear and everything seemed fine. en 2014 B. T. O’Brien The Kong Meng Legacy 25 170 ‘Oh, good,’ said Professor Wright brightly, Alt-tabbing to her calendar and skimming the appointment. en 2024 Prakhar Gupta, Mudit Yadav Don't Shut Up: How to Talk So the World Listens 14 At times when I was deep in the middle of a calculation, that sudden shudder of my chair and his shrill voice pulled me out of my semi-trance state as I alt-tabbed to hide any confidential data and turned my chair around to entertain his novel question.