What are your Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts?
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Recently, I made a comment about needing to map keys for my OS X keyboard. Using keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time when you’re working. One of our community members sent this list of shortcuts in to give all of us a bit of help when we attempt to GTD!
- Option + Left / Right arrows When editing text, this combination will scoot you back and forth through the text one word at a time.
- Option + Up/ Down arrows These move you through paragraph breaks. Up takes you to the start of the paragraph, and down to the end of said paragraph. Within the average Internet site, this also allows you to ’scootch’ the page up and down a little, ala mouse wheel style.
- Command Key + Left / Right These keys can move you back and forth through pages in the same manner as the back and forward buttons themselves. This (for me) is much faster than using the trackpad, or reaching for the mouse.
- Command Key + Up / Down These act as what I can only describe as being the ‘home’ and ‘End’ Keys. Basically, they will take you to the top or bottom of the page/text.
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42 Comments
Johnathon
April 4th, 2008
at 3:37pm
I think my favorite keyboard shortcuts for OS X is Command + Delete, which sends the selected object straight to the trash. I also set it up so that Command + any arrow key will switch to another space on my desktops. I love how OS X will let you customize them. It makes it a lot easier to be productive.
Ron Good
April 4th, 2008
at 4:56pm
My favourite Windows keyboard shortcut is CNTRL/z otherwise known as “the great UNDO” of whatever you did last…it sometimes works in situations when the other undos won’t or aren’t even available.
DebianBasedLinuxDist
April 4th, 2008
at 5:45pm
I use these:
To close a window: Ctrl+W
To quit an app: Ctrl+Q
To open a tab in Firefox: Ctrl+T
fedex
April 4th, 2008
at 7:22pm
Well i love my favorite keyboard bindings on linux of course but on windows i would like to develop some new ones. I just wish i had more support with windows key bindings. Thanks Chris See you on live.pirillo.com
OmniDragon
April 4th, 2008
at 7:49pm
The cut, copy, and paste shortcut keys: cmd+x, cmd+c, cmd+v
In Safari: cmd + T to open a new tab
cmd + W to close a window or current tab
cmd + L to highlight the addressbar
cmd + D to add a bookmark
shift + cmd + left/right arrow to move between tabs
cmd + R to refresh current page
cmd + shift and +/- to make text on a webpage smaller or larger
Also in Safari, I like adding my favorite pages to the top bookmarks so that I can get to them by using the command key and their corresponding number.
OS-X:
Command + Tab to switch between applications
Command + Tab + Q to quit the application that is highlighted
Command + Space to invoke Spotlight
So many more!! lol
rymanspencer
April 4th, 2008
at 8:13pm
My favorite is Fn+Page Up or Page Down for volume. I didn’t know a lot of those ones, thanks for posting them.
rymanspencer
April 4th, 2008
at 8:30pm
thanks for posting these tips Chris.
Dave Mora
April 4th, 2008
at 11:34pm
I love alt+f4
Jeremy Watehouse
April 5th, 2008
at 6:11am
I constantly use:
windows key + r for the run command
windows key + shift + n for MS onenote
windows key + s to get a screen shot for onenote
Windows key + e to get to my computer
windows key + d to get to the desktop
windows key + l locks the computer
Sometimes I rely on these a little too much…
VesperDEM
April 5th, 2008
at 10:26am
Actually my favorite shortcut is Ctrl-Shift when hovering over the Dock. If you have Dock Magnification off, it will turn it on as long as you have Ctrl and Shift held down. If you have Magnification on, it will turn it off.
This is really great for people who want to see their Dock icons big, but don’t want to have Dock Magnification on all the time.
DLSS
April 5th, 2008
at 10:47am
ctrl+shift+esc
win+d
win+r
:p
PianomanREC
April 5th, 2008
at 12:38pm
Do not try Bobertoq’s shortcut. I tried it and it shut my computer down and it got me really pissed.
Bobertoq
April 5th, 2008
at 12:43pm
sorry man :( i just joking
emil
April 5th, 2008
at 3:47pm
cmd+J, try it in Safari or any text editor :)
DR
April 5th, 2008
at 6:45pm
I like Ctrl +c and ctrl +x and ctrl + v (Copy, Cut, paste)
tonylka10
April 6th, 2008
at 2:51am
alt+tab
for games or full screen applications
SgtSavage166
April 6th, 2008
at 3:04am
ctrl+alt+del
Zorkman777
April 6th, 2008
at 9:26am
27 ratings of 5 stars, wow.
ellendegeneres89
April 6th, 2008
at 9:42am
ctrl+alt+delete
apuz5
April 6th, 2008
at 10:15am
windows:
windows key+tab
or
alt+tab
chevyissicknasty
April 6th, 2008
at 12:40pm
windows
ctrl+Z
Kyon098
April 6th, 2008
at 2:21pm
alt+f4 :P
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at 11:09pm
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JvH2424
April 7th, 2008
at 5:10am
shift opition k
rs621
April 7th, 2008
at 5:57am
Control+C
Control+V
Control+X
Win+Tab
christm3
April 7th, 2008
at 7:17am
wow learnt something today.
nice one. thanks
srod712
April 7th, 2008
at 7:29am
favorite= option+ shift+ k
KGSProductions
April 7th, 2008
at 9:31am
⌘+C
⌘+V
⌘+X+Z
⌘ +⇧+Z
⌘+Q
Haxale
April 7th, 2008
at 9:34am
My favorite Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
The old original shortcuts…
Ctrl + Insert = Copy
Shift + Insert = Paste
4543563
April 8th, 2008
at 12:41am
control + alt + delete
benwms
April 8th, 2008
at 4:58am
Crtl + C - Copy
Ctrl + V - Paste
Ctrl + X - Cut
Alt + Tab - Switch apps
Windows Key - Open Start
Windows + L - Lock
Alt + F4 - Close window
Operating on XP
Slashfan90210
April 8th, 2008
at 6:29am
ctrl and the arrows does flick between words.
weeman5872
April 8th, 2008
at 6:30am
Ctrl+Alt+4=€
travis30384
April 9th, 2008
at 6:49am
alt+f4 - make sure you have 0 tabs open, and it plays a short video from the firefox creators. Works on firefox or internet explorer, but you can’t have tabs open.
–JOKE don’t do that. It closes the window.–
I would say windowkey+l - locks my laptop
Technobabble
April 10th, 2008
at 2:59am
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rednas321
April 14th, 2008
at 5:38am
WINDOWSKEY + L is the best
rockmusicfreak101
April 17th, 2008
at 6:32am
The Ultimate keyboard shortcut- ctl+alt+delete
proent
April 25th, 2008
at 7:51pm
start+d = show desktop
thisguyown
May 10th, 2008
at 7:50am
control alt down/left/right turns ur screen to the direction of the arrow. it dont work on all computers
jedixo
May 15th, 2008
at 1:25am
on vista
ctrl + alt + del
start orb + tab
alt + tab
coldspot
May 23rd, 2008
at 8:07pm
ctrl+alt+del
Is at the top no kidding!
jedixo
May 25th, 2008
at 3:52pm
yea well i use it for doing outher stuff not for programs that arent responding because i dont get that much like once a month maby