What is Alt + F8 keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 55 programs in our database.

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General (9)

Linux Mint - If the window is not maximizded, resize it

Windows 11 - Show your password on the sign-in screen

Dolphin Emulator 5.0-13178 - Connect Wii Remote 4

GNOME - Resize window

Foxit PDF Reader 2.0 - Reset Toolbars

Deepin Linux - Resize window

Ubuntu - Resize current window

Mapedit (Blood) - Trace incoming trigger to this wall/sprite

Dolphin Emulator 5.0 - Connect 4th Wii Remote

Text editing (4)

Microsoft Word 2019 - Run a macro

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Ignore Encoding Tags.

WordPerfect X8 - Styles

Microsoft FrontPage - Display, edit, or run macros.

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Imaging (4)

Siemens NX - Play Journal

CorelDRAW 2020 - Specify the object's rotation.

LightWave 3D - Show / hide field chart

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Rotate

System tools (5)

GeForce Experience and GeForce Now - Toggle broadcasting on/off

Xfce - Resize window

Remote Desktop Manager - Navigation pane

Mintty 3.4.0 - Reset

Aorus Smart HUD - Fast backward

Developer tools (7)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Open database in Object Explorer

Android Studio - Evaluate expression

GoLand (Windows) - Evaluate expression...

WinHex - Windows calculator

Turbo C++ IDE - Go to the next Error

FileMaker - Run to Breakpoint command

GitLab (Windows) - Go to next problem (error, warning, information)

File manager (1)

Far Manager - Command history

Games - PC (2)

Tibia - Show current framerate (frames per second) and ping

Verisurf - Open Systems Configuration

Blackboard Collaborate - Enable tabbing in toolbars of secondary windows: Closed captioning, notes, activity, and file transfer

Productivity (18)

FL Studio 20 - Show/hide Sample Browser

FL Studio 21 - Show/hide Sample Browser

Kali Linux - Resize window

WPS Office - Displays the Macros dialog box to run, edit or delete macros.

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Create, run, edit, or delete a macro

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Displays the Macro dialog box to create, run, edit, or delete a macro

Vegas Pro 18 - Quantize to frames

Ninja Trader 8 - Triangle up

Microsoft Publisher 2021 - Display the Macros dialog box

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Play macro

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TallyPrime - Open Delivery Note

Tally ERP 9 - Select the Delivery Note Voucher Type

Tally ERP 9 - View the Columnar report

Microsoft Access 2019 - Invoke the Field List pane in a form, or report (if the Field List pane is already open, the focus moves to the Field List pane)

Microsoft Access 2019 - Show or hide the Field List pane

WordPerfect Office Suite 2021 - Styles

BricsCAD 23 - Launches the VBARUN command.

Studio Pro 10 - Continue – instructs the debugger to continue until it reaches another breakpoint

Scientific (4)

Catia V5 - Run macros

Mastercam 2022 - Configure Mastercam

Autodesk Inventor (2022) - MACROS / Opens the Macros dialog box.

Femap 2020.2 - Pan…

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Table of contents

General (9)
Text editing (4)
Imaging (4)
System tools (5)
Developer tools (7)
File manager (1)
Games - PC (2)
Social & Messaging (1)
Productivity (18)
Scientific (4)

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