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 doesnt 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 buttons 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 items 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 theres 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. o Inbox: Archive email or message. o Starred: Unstar email or message. o Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to Inbox. o Trash: Move back to Inbox. o 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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