KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

1.) Windows Hotkeys

* Ctrl + Esc ap e 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 doesn't 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 ap plications 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 + Esc ap e: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
* Alt + Shift + Esc ap e: 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 ap plications 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 + Esc ap e (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Esc ap e.
* 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. Sam e as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
* Esc ap e: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.





3.) Generic Navigation

o Tab: Forward one item.
o Shift + Tab: Backward one item.
o Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.
o Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.
o Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.
o Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.
o Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.
o Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.
o Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.
o Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragr ap h. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in RichEdit controls.
o Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragr ap h.
o Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.
o Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.
o Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.
o Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.
o Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.
o Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.
o Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragr ap h.
o Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragr ap h.
o Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
o 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: Coll ap se the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.
+ Right: Expand the current selection if coll ap sed, or select the first subfolder.
+ NumpadAsterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.
+ NumpadPlus: Expand currently selected directory.
+ NumpadMinus: Coll ap se 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 C ap sLock on and off.




7.) Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

o Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog.
o Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs.
o Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse.
o Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.
o Alt + Home: Display start menu.
o Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.
o Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu.
o Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a sn ap shot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer.
o Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a sn ap shot 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.
+ Esc ap e: 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/coll ap ses 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.