-
Shift + F10
right-clicks.
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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.
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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\)
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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.
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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
-
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 homepage
-
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.
