Windows: Keyboard shortcut to view calendar

Question

Is there a keyboard shortcut to bring up the calendar in Windows 7? I am referring to the calendar that is displayed if you click on the date-time display in the system tray. If that is not possible, is there any trick to display any calendar (with current date highlighted) with a keyboard shortcut?

If you hit Win+B, it would select the tray, then you could use the arrow keys to select the time. I hope then the enter key would bring the calender(can't test now ) — RogUE, Oct 15 '16 at 05:53

JohnnyO · Answer 1 · 2022-09-21T16:06:14.330

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Windows 11

Win+n

Windows 10 (as of Anniversary Update)

New in Windows 10 Anniversary Update:

Win+Alt+d

This will pop-open the calendar and pressing it again will close it.

For a full list of windows shortcuts go here.

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answered Oct 15 '16 at 04:57

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Windows 11 users: This was updated to `Win`+`N` ([see also](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-dcc61a57-8ff0-cffe-9796-cb9706c75eec)) – Evan Wondrasek Sep 06 '22 at 20:23
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Thanks @EvanWondrasek, I updated my answer – JohnnyO Sep 21 '22 at 16:06

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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Keyboad shortcut

You can display the calendar with a combination of three keyboard shortcuts:

Win+B, Arrow right, Enter

Explanation

Win+B selects the Windows system tray
Arrow right selects the calendar
Enter opens the calendar

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_{Image source: How-To Geek.}

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answered Mar 22 '16 at 12:02

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I think you should update your answer. This does not work in case there are other minified apps appearing in the tray.(This at least does work on windows 10) – YetAnotherBot Jun 14 '19 at 11:05
@AdityaGupta: the question is tagged "windows-7" and there it works regardless of how many minified apps there are. For Windows 10 press Win+Alt+D. – Lernkurve Jul 02 '19 at 15:28

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 11 '17 at 16:40

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Write this AutoHotKey script:

!d:: send #t{tab}{tab}{left}{enter}

Now Alt+D will open the date/clock window.

If you don't know what Autohotkey is, just google it, download it, open a notepad document, insert the script line and save the file. rename it as filename.ahk. The file logo will become a green H. Double-click it. The logo will appear in the right hand task bar icons, and the script should work. To change the hotkey, exchange ! for #, ^, or + for Win, Ctrl, or Shift, respectively (or keep ! for Alt). And change the letter if you want. Or learn about AHK and do anything you like:)

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answered Dec 17 '13 at 15:55

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For Windows 10, it would be `windows+t, tab, left, enter`. Update: `windows+b, left, enter` to target system tray first, rather than toolbar first. – Anonsage Mar 23 '16 at 00:23
Note: alt+d is used for highlight the address bar in explorer windows and most browsers – Janac Meena Jun 22 '17 at 14:25

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 06 '12 at 01:07

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You can bring up the "Date and Time" window, which comes up when you click on the "Change date and time settings...", with a shortcut key by doing the following:

On the desktop (or any folder) right-click an empty location and click "New", then "Shortcut".
For the location type timedate.cpl. Click "Next", enter any name you prefer. Then click "Finish".
Now right-click the new shortcut and select "Properties". In the "Shortcut key:" text box type any key you would like for the shortcut.

Source

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answered Dec 06 '11 at 12:52

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This will bring up the change date and time settings, but the question is just to show the date time box – Anto Varghese Mar 14 '16 at 05:11

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 05 '22 at 04:33

The suggested shortcut is physically difficult to trigger. So I used PowerToys to use a simpler shortcut. PowerToys is much simpler to use than AutoHotkey if you're just starting out.

Win+C is usually for Cortana, which I don't use, so I have set it to map to the original Win+Alt+D. Now, if I press Win+C, the Calendar opens.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 15 '18 at 12:12

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I could not find any direct way to do this. Instead, I added the Calendar gadget in Windows 7 and created a AutoHotKey script to show or hide Gadgets (and thus Calendar) whenever needed when a keyboard shortcut (Win+G) was pressed. The AHK script to do this can be found here and more details on it here.

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answered Jun 12 '11 at 06:57

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links are not working, do you have details or working links? – Anto Varghese Mar 14 '16 at 04:54

Windows: Keyboard shortcut to view calendar

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Keyboad shortcut

Explanation

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