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==Alt key combinations== The {{key press|Alt}} key is well known as part of the key combinations: *{{key press|Ctrl|Alt|Delete}} may restart the computer (its original function); in some operating systems it brings up a [[task manager]] - see [[Control-Alt-Delete]]. *{{key press|Alt|Cmd|Esc}} (often referred to as {{key press|Cmd|Opt|Esc}}.) brings up the [[Force Quit]] window in [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[macOS]], see [[Option key]]. *{{key press|Ctrl|Alt|Backspace}} usually causes the X [[display server]] to shut down or to restart, see [[Control-Alt-Backspace]]. *{{key press|Alt|F4}} closes the current window (or shuts down the computer if the desktop is in the foreground) on most windowing systems. *{{key press|Alt|Shift}} switches between language layouts. *{{key press|Alt|Tab}} switches between the currently opened windows on most windowing systems, often referred to as [[alt-tab]]bing. *{{key press|Alt|Enter}} allows for a new line when Enter performs another command. (This is also done by {{key press|Shift|Enter}} in other programs.) For example, in a word processor, this creates a [[Newline|line break]] rather than a [[Newline#Unicode|paragraph break]]. *Holding <kbd>Alt</kbd> while dragging the mouse over a [[hyperlink]] selects it as if it were solid text. On [[Linux]], this is done using <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>. (The Linux [[Super key (keyboard button)|"Super" key]] is physically the same as the [[Windows key]].) *When only holding <kbd>Alt</kbd> while dragging with the mouse on Linux ([[X Window System]]), the [[Window (computing)|window]] is moved.
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