All Keyboard Shortcuts

All Keyboard Shortcuts



1.) Windows Hotkeys

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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