Many people ask about keyboard shortcuts… sometimes they may forget and
some don’t know… so here I tell full keyboard shortcuts…
Full 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\Window
s\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
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