KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS
1.) Windows
Hotkeys
- Ctrl + Escape or Win:
Display start menu.
- Shift + F10 or AppsKey: Display context menu.
- Win + E:
Open Windows Explorer.
- Win + R:
Open Run dialog.
- Win + M:
Minimize all windows.
- Win + Shift + M:
Undo minimize all windows.
- Win + D:
Toggle minimize all windows. or toggle desktop view, using
Show_Desktop.scf, while MinimizeAllWindows doesn't minimize dialog boxes
(including Properties windows).'.
- Windows Hotkeys:
Activate system tray. Arrow keys select, Enter double-clicks, and AppsKey
or 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 CoolSwitch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
- Alt + Shift + Tab:
Display CoolSwitch; 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.
- Printscreen:
Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
- Alt + Printscreen:
Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
- Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OSes other than XP.
- Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow:
Undo inversion.
- Win + B :
Move focus to systray icons.
2.) Generic
- 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.
3.) Generic Navigation
- 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 RichEdit
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.
4.) Generic File Browser
- 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.
- NumpadAsterisk:
Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.
- NumpadPlus:
Expand currently selected directory.
- NumpadMinus:
Collapse currently selected directory.
5.) 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.
7.) Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
- 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.
8.) Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts
- 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.
9.) GMail
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.
10.) List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the
Command Prompt
- 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 fullScreen 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.
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