Flip 3D

Flip 3D definition - computer

A feature in the Aero interface of Windows Vista that displays the desktop and all open applications as 3D images of the current windows. Pressing the Windows key + Tab key invokes Flip 3D, and continually pressing Windows-Tab rotates the windows from back to front. If the mouse has a secondary scroll wheel, windows can be moved in both directions.

In this mode, any application playing back video will show the continuous movement in the window even as all the windows are rotating.

Alt-Tab Lives On
The common Alt-Tab method of moving from program to program or toggling between two programs in Windows is available in all versions of Vista. However, the Vista version shows thumbnails of the current windows rather than only icons as in previous versions. This Flip method (without the 3D) is the way users jump from program to program in the basic versions of Vista without the Aero interface. See Aero.


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Flip 3D in Aero

All open applications can be displayed as floating 3D windows and made to rotate. Clicking the window brings it back into 2D form. The desktop also becomes a floating window (at the back in this example). Selecting the desktop minimizes all open applications.






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