Keystrokes by Program
Windows Operating System Keystrokes
- Windows Logo – Display or hide the Start menu
- Windows Logo + BREAK – Display the system properties dialog box
- Windows Logo + D – Display the desktop
- Windows Logo + M – Minimize all of the windows
- Windows Logo + Shift + M – Restore minimized windows
- Windows Logo + E – Open My Computer
- Windows Logo + F – Search for a file or folder
- Ctrl + Windows Logo + F – Search for computers
- Windows Logo + F1 – Lock the keyboard
- Windows Logo + R – Open the Run dialog box
- Windows Logo + U – Open Utility Manager
- F1 – Gives help on the active window or selected item
- F2 – Rename the selected itemF3Search for a file or folder
- F4 – Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
- F5 – Update the active window
- F6 – Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
- Alt + F4 – View the properties for the selected item
- Ctrl + Esc – Display the Start menu
- Ctrl + F6 – Opens the next document window in the active application
- Tab – Forward 1 item
- Shift + Tab – Backward 1 item
- Alt + Tab – Cycle through Windows
- Ctrl + Tab – Cycle through tabs/child windows
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
- Arrow Keys – Navigate
- Shift + Arrow Keys – Select multiple items
- Ctrl + Arrow Keys – Change focus without changing selection.
- (Letter) – Select first found item that begins with that letter
- Backspace – Navigates up one level to the parent directory
- Alt + Left – Go back one folder
- Alt + Right – Go forward one folder
- Alt + Enter – View properties of selected item(s)
- F2 – Rename selected item(s)
- F7 – New folder
- Ctrl + NumpadPlus – Resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one
- Shift + Delete – Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin
- Ctrl (while dragging item(s)) – Copy
- Ctrl + Shift (while dragging items) – Create shortcut(s)
Word Processing Keyboard Shortcuts
- Ctrl + Left – Move cursor to beginning of previous word
- Ctrl + Right – Move cursor to beginning of next word
- Ctrl + Up – Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph
- 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
- Home – Move cursor to top of scrollable bar
- End – Move cursor to bottom of scrollable control
- CTRL + C – Copy selection to clipboard
- CTRL + X – Cut selection
- CTRL + V – Paste from clipboard
- CTRL + Z – Undo previous action
- CTRL + B – Bold
- CTRL + U – Underline
- CTRL + I – Italics
- CTRL + S – Save
- CTRL + O – Open…
- CTRL + N – New…
- CTRL + A – Select all
- CTRL + F – Find
- CTRL + F4 – Close tab or child window
- F1 – Help
- F11 – Full Screen
- Alt or F10 – Activates menu bar
- Alt + Space – System Menu
Mozilla Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
- Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown – Cycle through tabs
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + Page – UpCycle through tabs in reverse
- Ctrl + (1-9) – Switch 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 window open)
- Ctrl + Shift + W – Close Window
- Ctrl + S – Save page as a local file
- Ctrl + P – Print
- Ctrl + F or F3 – Find
- Ctrl + G or F3 – Find next…
- Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3 – Find previous…
- Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I – Open bookmarks sidebar
- Ctrl + H – Opens history sidebar
- Esc – Stop loading page
- Ctrl + R or F5 – Reload
- 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 – Default text size
- Alt + Left or Backspace – Back
- Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace – Forward
- Alt + Home – Opens homepage
- Ctrl + M – Opens new message in integrated mail client
- Ctrl + J – Opens downloads dialog
- F6 – Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.
- Shift + F6 – Previous frame
- Apostrophe (‘) – Find link as you type
- Slash (/) – Find text as you type
Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts
- 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 oldest email
- J – Switch focus to next oldest mail
- N – Switch focus to the next message in the “conversation” Enter or “O” expands/collapses messages
- P – Switch focus to 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