Shortcut To Switch Between Screens

Press Win + Shift + Left/Right Arrow . This immediately "jumps" the active window to the next screen.

Treats both screens as one large continuous desktop. shortcut to switch between screens

Screen switching shortcuts generally follow two logic models: Press Win + Shift + Left/Right Arrow

| Platform | Switch between apps | Switch virtual desktops | Move window between monitors | |----------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------| | Windows 10/11 | Alt+Tab , Win+Tab | Ctrl+Win+Left/Right | Win+Shift+Left/Right | | macOS | Cmd+Tab | Ctrl+Left/Right (or Ctrl+→ ) | Cmd+Option+Left/Right (with monitor arrangement) | | Linux (GNOME/KDE) | Alt+Tab | Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down (GNOME), or Ctrl+F1–F4 | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left/Right (varies) | | ChromeOS | Alt+Tab | Shift+Search+Left/Right | Alt+[ / Alt+] | shortcut to switch between screens

| Goal | Windows | macOS | Linux (GNOME) | |------|---------|-------|---------------| | Next application | Alt+Tab | Cmd+Tab | Alt+Tab | | Next virtual desktop | Ctrl+Win+→ | Ctrl+→ | Ctrl+Alt+→ | | Move window to other monitor | Win+Shift+→ | Cmd+Option+→ | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+→ |

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