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Microsoft refers to Alt+Tab as switching to the window last used.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hickey [SMTP:DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 1:59 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Alt+Tab window
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> Greetings!
>
> > Does anyone know the name of the window that comes up when you are
> > toggling between open applications using Alt+Tab?
>
> Ah geez.... I've looked this up in the GUI Guide and the Microsoft Manual
> of
> Style, and unless I've missed it completely, it doesn't seem to have a
> name.
> I found a reference to this thingee (technical term), but the book didn't
> actually name it.
>
> If I had to give it a name, I would probably call it "active session
> pop-up".
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> Be seeing you,
>
> Dave
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