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. 

Internet Explorer Navigation

·        CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)

·        CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)

·        CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)

·        CTRL+H (Open the History bar)

·        CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)

·        CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)

·        CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)

·        CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)

·        CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)

·        CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)

·        CTRL+W (Close the current window)

 

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