I did something to my windows on my computer accidentally and can't get it to go back. Can you help me out?
The other day, I accidentally pressed some combination of keys, and now the window border (with the address bar and such) disappears until I put the mouse up there, then it comes back down.
I’m using windows vista enterprise and internet explorer (I’m at work).
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Oh you have it on hidden mode. I use a Mac, but let me see if my horrible memories will help. Properties + scrollbar… whoops I forgot, screw Windows :P
@Blackberry, this same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago, and it was only by accident that I discovered the toggle with F11. Computers—can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em.
I wonder: is there a list of key commands for things like this?
I did some googling and found some things, but I’m usually too lazy to read the manual. Fluther is usually a vast compendium of knowledgeable folks. Good to know we have the Jellies to consult.
Funny, but I accidentally did the same thing with my browser window. It was an accidental keypress when I was moving the laptop and the mouse and mousepad moved on the keyboard, expanding the window and hiding the menus.
The accident for me was moving the mouse to the top of the window (pointer trying to move off the screen) and a pop-down dialog showed that said (as you have already learned) “Press F11 to exit full-screen mode.”
Try putting it in full-screen again and see if you get a message like that when you roll the mouse pointer off the top of the screen.
F11 is the full-screen command for many programs, not just browsers. Sometimes I hit it just to freak people out.
@Blackberry
“I wonder: is there a list of key commands for things like this?”
F3: Gives you the “Find: <text>” window at the bottom of the screen.
F5: Reloads the page.
F6: Highlights and removes highlighting from the URL in the address frame at the top of the page.
F11: You already know.
None of the other “F ” keys on my keyboard do anything, although F10 highlights the “File” function on my Menu bar.
@Brian1946 You forgot F1: Help not universal, but quite common.
@jerv
I tried F1 on this page when I started making my list, but as far as I could see, it didn’t do anything. I’m using Ff 7.0.1 .
However, as you imply, it does invoke Help on my word doc. I had a rough time getting rid of that stethoscope thingy with the eyes, after I did the invocation. ;-p
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