Open app commands

You can use app commands to do things like add attachments and make text bold in an email, or pause and skip tracks while listening to music. Commands in apps aren’t new, but they now stay hidden until you need them so you can use the whole screen for what you’re doing.

When you open app commands, they appear along the top and/or bottom of your screen.

Here’s how to see most app commands:

• With touch, swipe up from the bottom edge or down from the top edge, and then tap the command you want.
• With a mouse or the trackpad, right-click and then click the command you want.
• With keyboard, press the Windows logo key + Z.

Windows logo key 

Here’s how to see commands for a specific item (like a tile or a photo):

• With touch, swipe down or across an item to select it, and then tap the command you want.
• With a mouse or the trackpad, right-click an item (like a tile or a photo) to select it, and then click the command you want.