All keyboard Shortcuts - Computer trick

All keyboard Shortcuts

 

Windows Shortcuts

  • 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
 

  • 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
 

  • 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

  • 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

 

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

 

  • 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

  • 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