Timeline is a feature that leverages the Microsoft's cloud infrastructure allowing you to pick up activities you're working in the past within the Task View experience.Īctivities can include articles you're reading in Microsoft Edge, an Office document, or task from an app that you started on your computer, or from another device connected with the same Microsoft account, including on your Android or iOS device. Under the 'Virtual desktops' section, you'll notice two drop-down menus that allow you to decide whether the taskbar and pressing the 'Alt + Tab' keyboard shortcut should include the open windows only on the virtual desktop that they're on, or on all desktops. While virtual desktops is a simple feature, using the Settings app, you can customize a few options to get the most out of the experience. Show windows from this app on all desktops. If you need to show an app or a window on all desktops, while in Task View, right-click the app, and select one of two options:

You can even drop the app into the plus (+) button, in which case, it'll create a new virtual desktop with the app.Īlthough virtual desktops is a feature to separate activities into groups, sometimes, you need a particular app to be available on all desktops. While in Task View, virtual desktops will appear a the top of the experience.Īlternatively, you can drag and drop a running application to the virtual desktop you want. To access the experience, click the Task view button in the taskbar or use the Windows key + Tab keyboard shortcut. Typically, this feature comes in handy to keep work tasks separate from your personal tasks, or when multitasking between different activities, and you don't have a multi-monitor setup. Using this feature, you can create multiple environments that each can run different apps keeping your focus on a particular project. Virtual desktops is an easy-to-use feature in Task View designed to help you organize related activities into groups. In addition, you can keep pressing the shortcut to cycle through apps, and when you land on a particular app, it'll take you to that application on the desktop that's running. On the other hand, when using the Alt + Tab keyboard shortcut, you're accessing a list of all your running applications no matter in which virtual desktop they're running.

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