Windows Shortcuts
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Shift + F10 right-clicks. -
Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation. -
Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs. -
Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers) -
Win + U: Open Utility Manager. -
Win + F1: Open Windows help. -
Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog. -
Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks. -
Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse. -
Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog. -
Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse. -
Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order. -
Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order. -
Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog. -
Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay. -
Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\) -
Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog. -
Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape. -
Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard. -
Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard. -
Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP. -
Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion. -
Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.
General
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Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy. -
Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut. -
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move. -
Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc. -
Ctrl + S: Save. -
Ctrl + O: Open... -
Ctrl + P: Print. -
Ctrl + Z: Undo. -
Ctrl + A: Select all. -
Ctrl + F: Find... -
Ctrl+W : to close the current window -
Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window. -
F1: Open help. -
F11: Toggle full screen mode. -
Alt or F10: Activate menu bar. -
Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar. -
Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.
General Navigation
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Tab: Forward one item. -
Shift + Tab: Backward one item. -
Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows. -
Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows. -
Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button. -
Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes. -
Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name. -
Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word. -
Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word. -
Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich Edit controls. -
Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph. -
Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left. -
Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right. -
Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up. -
Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down. -
Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word. -
Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word. -
Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph. -
Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph. -
Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control. -
End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.
File Browser
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Arrow Keys: Navigate. -
Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items. -
Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item. -
(Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter). -
BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory. -
Alt + Left: Go back one folder. -
Alt + Right: Go forward one folder. -
Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s). -
Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item. -
F2: Rename selected item(s). -
Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one. -
Delete: Delete selected item(s). -
Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin. -
Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy. -
Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s). -
In tree pane, if any: -
Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder. -
Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder. -
Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo. -
Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory. -
Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory
Accessibility -
Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled. -
Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled. -
Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled. -
NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled. -
Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled. -
6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed -
Win + L: Log off Windows. -
Win + P: Open Print Manager. -
Win + C: Open control panel. -
Win + V: Open clipboard. -
Win + K: Open keyboard properties. -
Win + I: Open mouse properties. -
Win + A: Open Accessibility properties. -
Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys. -
Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
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Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog. -
Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs. -
Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse. -
Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order. -
Alt + Home: Display start menu. -
Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen. -
Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu. -
Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer. -
Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PrintScreen on a local computer.
Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts
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Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs. -
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse. -
Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number. -
Ctrl + N: New window. -
Ctrl + T: New tab. -
Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar. -
Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab. -
Shift + Enter: Open location in new window. -
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar. -
Ctrl + O: Open a local file. -
Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open. -
Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window. -
Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file. -
Ctrl + P: Print page. -
Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar. -
Ctrl + G or F3: Find next... -
Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous... -
Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar. -
Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar. -
Escape: Stop loading page. -
Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page. -
Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache. -
Ctrl + U: View page source. -
Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page. -
Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size. -
Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size. -
Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default. -
Alt + Left or Backspace: Back. -
Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward. -
Alt + Home: Open home page. -
Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client. -
Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog. -
F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab. -
Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame. -
Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type. -
Slash (/): Find text as you type.
Gmail Shortcuts
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Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings. -
C: Compose new message. -
Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message. -
Slash (/): Switch focus to search box. -
K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email. -
J: Switch focus to the next oldest email. -
N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages. -
P: Switch focus to the previous message. -
U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail. -
Y: Various actions depending on current view: -
Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views. -
Inbox: Archive email or message. -
Starred: Unstar email or message. -
Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox." -
Trash: Move back to "Inbox." -
Any label: Remove the label. -
X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails. -
S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging." -
R: Reply to the email. -
A: Reply to all recipients of the email. -
F: Forward an email. -
Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window. -
Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window. -
Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window. -
Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox. -
G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view. -
G then S: Switch to "Starred" view. -
G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view. -
G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view. -
G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.
List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the Command Prompt
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F1 / right arrow: Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one. -
F2: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line -
F3: Repeats the last command line -
F4: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line -
F5: Goes back one command line -
F6: Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z) -
F7: Displays a menu with the command line history -
F8: Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent) -
F9: Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered. -
Alt+Enter: toggle full Screen mode. -
up/down: scroll thru/repeat previous entries -
Esc: delete line -
Note: The buffer allows a maximum of 50 command lines. After this number is reached, the first line will be replaced in sequence.
Helpful accessibility keyboard shortcuts
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Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds -
Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN -
Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK -
Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times -
Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds
