Keyboard shortcuts are ninja claws for the people typing away at their computers looking to speed up the time it takes to run certain menus or common functions. In the land of Windows, the Ctrl, and Alt keys often feature in these shortcut tips. For Mac users, it's the Command, or the ⌘ key that ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to close windows from the Windows 7 taskbar window selector?
If, for example, Windows Explorer is in the first position of the taskbar and there are multiple explorer windows open, holding START and pressing 1 will cycle through the available windows and ...
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Use keyboard to control application menu in Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Is it possible to use the keyboard to control application menus in Mac OS 10.6 and later? I have tried CtrlF12 but it's not working for me. I am running OS X Lion.
Also is this acceptable use in OS ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to END an application? (more than just alt+f4)
I use Spotify, an application which, like many others, remains running when you close the window. That is to say, when I alt+F4, it doesn't have the desired effect. It only closes the window. The ...
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What is the little box accepting text in lower right of Ubuntu 1204
I recently installed ubuntu 1204. The lock screen key is supposed to be Super + L but when I press that combination a little text box opens in the lower right corner and it gets the input 'l'. ...
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Precedent for terminal key bindings for Windows or Mac Cmd key
Unix terminals send ASCII codes below 32 for Ctrl + another key, and have at least two ways of sending "meta" (viz. either prefixing code 27 or setting the high bit of an ASCII character). Is there a ...
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How to override default bash key-bindings?
I write this config file:
# ~/.inputrc
Control-d: "\C-udate +'%F %T'\C-m"
I want to run date command when I type Ctrl-d.
But I cannot override the default behavior(exit).
Thanks for your help.
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Enable ALT+S in Outlook 2010
Just setup a new machine with Outlook on it. however, Alt+s does not sends emails anymore. in my previous machine, it used to send emails with simple ALT+S.
any tips around how to enable that ? i ...
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Defining keyboard shortcuts involving the Fn key
I am accustomed to pressing Fn+Left to simulate the Home key and Fn+Right for End.
On a keyboard with physical Home and End keys, using these Fn keyboard shortcuts do not work.
How can I map custom ...
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Shortcut key to display all Windows 7 windows?
I'm trying to see if Windows has a built-in shortcut for viewing all the open windows on your box using a keyboard.
Something like this (Ubuntu example):
We have a Microsoft Touch Mouse that ...
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Why does Windows sometimes “copy to clipboard” when I press the delete key? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent shift-delete from cutting in Windows?
I'm a programmer so I spend a lot of time in a text editor. For whatever reason about 25% of the time when I ...
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Getting a Bloomberg keyboard to work on a standard machine
I have just gotten my hands on a Bloomberg Keyboard (Model CTB100) and it looks quite interesting... Its got a shed load of extra buttons (hopefully programmable), a USB port on the back, place for ...
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F5 and F12 keys not working in Chrome? [closed]
I used to use F5 to reload a page in Chrome and F12 to open the console. Today I've updated Chrome and it seems these keys are no longer working. Is it just me or did Google disabled these shortcuts? ...
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Keyboard combination notations - is there list?
Wikipedia has a list of notations about the Control key:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_key#Notation
Is there a resource that lists the different notations for combinations of other keys ...
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Access bookmarks bar with keyboard shortcuts a la Safari
Pretty much the only reason I still choose to use Safari over Google Chrome is the ability to access your bookmarks with keyboard shortcuts. For the first 9 bookmarks in your bookmarks bar, you're ...
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slow windows desktop keyboard shortcuts
I've got a couple of shortcuts on my desktop and on some of them I've configured the "Shortcut key" to a keyboard combination. For example I have a shortcut pointing to d:\documents\todo.txt and I've ...
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Looking for a simple macro/keyboard shortcut software
I'm looking for a simple software which would do this:
When I type in something like dbs and hit tab or enter, it will replace dbs with $this->db->set() in the program that I typed it in.
It ...
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How can I restart a Windows 7 computer without screen or mouse?
I've recently had problems with my work computer not recognizing either of its attached screens. I've also had problems with my home computer "locking" the mouse to one app, and no longer ...
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How do i acknowledge gnome 3 notifications using the keyboard?
The title says it. I have been looking for a mouseless method to acknowledge the spiffy gnome 3 notifications.
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How to define custom keys in a keyboard - Windows
I am using a laptop having Windows Vista. It lacks a numpad. But I want a numpad, without having an external keyboard, for some reason. I have a Fn key for special functions like screen brightness, ...
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How to add a menu item keyboard shortcut where there is a duplicate menu item in the same sub menu
I have seen the previous posts on this type of subject and nothing worked so far
In mail.app on osx lion 10.7 in the menu:
Format > Alignment > Writing Direction > Paragraph > Right to Left
and :
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How to disable all keyboard shortcuts for Firefox?
I know how to modify them, but there is no option to delete them, I can only replace them with another key combination, but I dont want to put some magical key combination to all possible functions, ...
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How can I disable Quick Find hotkey in Firefox?
Firefox's Quick Find, activated with ‘/’, is a feature that I really don't use and the key conflicts with access keys in certain web sites (namely Pinboard and ScalaDoc). How can I disable this ...
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Microsoft Visio 2010 Zoom to 100% using keyboard
I'm using the mouse to change zoom level to 100% and this annoys me because I use it a lot.
Using zoom CTRL+[+] or CTRL+[-] and zooming with mouse (left click or wheel) almost never result in exactly ...
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I've remapped ctrl <-> win and ctrl+L in Chrome does not work
Per default you can use the shortcut ctrl+L to jump to the address bar in a web browser like Chrome.
However, as a Mac user I'm used to using the super key instead of the control key: super+L whereby ...
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Way to switch F keys to 'application' keys and back on mac via terminal? (10.6)
Is there a command I can issue via terminal to switch my F1-12 keys to being application keys (media, screen brightness ...) and back? i.e. replicate toggling System Preferences => Keyboard => ...
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OSX: How can I change Command+D from “browse to desktop” to “browse to X” folder?"
OSX question here: My mental default, albeit lazy, way to save files is to command + s, then when the "Save To" prompt comes up, command + d to browse to the Desktop, then Save.
I'd like to use ...
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Switch to first/last worksheet directly with keyboard
Is there a keyboard shortcut to directly go to first/last worksheet in Microsoft Excel without cycling through all with Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn?
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Mimicing Mac-style command/alt/control keys in Linux
I absolutely love that Mac separates the command key from the control key, allowing OS shortcuts and text shortcuts to co-exist. It's incredibly useful, especially because it allows emacs shortcuts ...
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Shortcut To Full Screen App In Lion
I postponed getting OSX Lion for as long as I possibly could. Now that I have it, I'm having lots of difficulties getting it to perform how I want.
On Snow Leopard my typical setup for working was 4 ...
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How can I change what cell is selected after I press Enter in Excel?
Is there an Excel keyboard shortcut for changing editing , i.e., for "After pressing Enter, move Selection Direction (to) Right/Down"?
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Bind shortcut switch to a specific application
I usually have several applications running on my workstation. Usually I need VIM, Google Chrome and Terminal and some other applications that I don't always need, e.g. mail client, IM, VLC, etc.
It ...
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Can I bind a key or button to switch between the tab characters or spaces in Notepad++?
I would like to have either a keyboard shortcut or a toolbar button that toggles if I use tabs (ie tab key for indentation) or make notepad++ use spaces instead.
Would be nice extra if a toolbar ...
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How can I arrange tabs in Google Chrome with the keyboard?
I want to arrange tabs in Google Chrome with keyboard shortcuts. For example, I want to take the tab I currently have open, and shift it left several times, similar to how I can switch tabs by using ...
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Ctrl+F12 reads texts, how can i prevent
When my caret is inside a text and I press Ctrl+F12, windows reads that text.
I couldn't find how to disable it, or which program does this.
Thank you
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Why does Ctrl + V not paste in Bash (Linux shell)?
When I copy something to the clipboard and press Ctrl + V in Bash, nothing happens; However, right clicking and selecting Paste does the job.
Why? Is there any reasonable issue (I'm sure there is) ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for Transmission Web Interface?
I am using the Transmission Web Interface on my Readynas Duo at home. I wonder if anyone knows if there are any keyboard shortcuts that can be used on the web page (such as Open, Remove, Pause, Resume ...
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How come my bind for ctrl-` doesn't work in Sublime Text 2 on Bootcamp?
Not sure what's up with this. But my default bind for ctrl-` in Sublime Text 2 doesn't work. I can rebind it to something else, that works, but the app doesn't recognize any bind involving the ` key.
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How to move to next Macintosh field from a popup?
I'm used to on Windows of using the keyboard to choose a popup combo box menu item in a window and then once it is selected, using the tab key to move to the next field for entry.
I'm finding this ...
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kate: add quotation marks (or square brackets or parentheses) to selected word via shortcut
Is there any way (Plugin, Script) to add quotation marks (or square brackets or parentheses) at the beginning and the end of selected text via a keyboard shortcut in the Kate editor?
I think of ...
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When caps lock is pressed, space bar returns underscore
Basically, what I'm looking for is: when CapsLock is on I want Space to return _ and I want Shift + Space to return .
Detail: This is kind of a continuation of this question I asked about the ...
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Remapping SHIFT + SPACE to an underscore (_)
I found this question and was so excited when I found out I could remap my whole keyboard with a really simple Microsoft product called Keyboard Layout Creator.
My problem: Keyboard Layout Creator ...
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Change Pseudo-Function Keys to Show/Hide Application
On my macbook air, the F5 key is un-assigned. So in Sparrow I set that key to hide/show Sparrow. Basically I have a dedicated F key to look at my inbox then hide it again to go back to my work.
My ...
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Operating Skype from the keyboard in OS X
I have a Mac, and I would like to operate Skype from the keyboard.
Is there any site with shortcuts summarized? Or can someone publish them here?
I'm interested in stuff like bringing Skype up with ...
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keyboard F6 doesn't seem to work
I've the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Several application which should had accept and react to the F6 key seem to ignore it. Same applications accept the other function keys (F5, F7, ...
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Chrome - “Reopen last closed tab” not working
I noticed that lately the CTRL+SHIFT+T keyboard shortcut no longer works, although the Chrome Help Page does not state that anything changed.
I got this behavior on two different computers running ...
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Alt+O pressed, Format menu doesn't descend
I'm using Word 2003. (Not my choice!) The keyboard shortcuts work normally except that Alt+O highlights but does not open (descend) the Format menu. I have to use Alt+O, Enter, to open the Format ...
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Can LALT+TAB be re-binded to another combination?
In Windows 7, could the "cycle windows", by default bound to LALT+TAB, be re-binded to another combination (without altering the keyboard layout itself).
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Is there a key combination that mimics the “Windows Key” press when using Remote Desktop
I love using my keyboard for most tasks, and use the Windows Key quite frequently to start programs, or do things such as Windows+R to get the Run prompt, etc. Is there a key combination I can hit ...
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How to open a set of tabs together quickly?
How to open a set of tabs together quickly? I normally use "Pin Tab" in a session, and if Chrome is closed normally, the previous set of pinned tabs will be opened pinned automatically next time. ...
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Is there any way to set up a keyboard shortcut for specific symbol in MS Excel?
How to set up a keyboard shortcut for specific symbol in MS Excel? Let's say euro sign wanted on Ctrl+Alt+e.
