Questions tagged [keyboard-shortcuts]
Keyboard shortcuts are combinations and oft-struck keys that help you work faster, or do more with less typing.
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to indent a nested bullet point in a table cell the proper way?
Open Word and insert a table (1 x 1 will work just fine).
Right-click in the table and, in the context menu, select "Bullets" and a bullet image from the bullet library.
Type something and press ...
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Move window to another monitor in Ubuntu using keyboard
In Windows 7, you can press Shift++←/→ to instantly move the current window to the next/previous monitor. Is there an equivalent feature in Ubuntu 11.04? I poked around the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog ...
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Firefox shortcut to open a particular account container
Firefox has multi-account containers that allow you to use the same website with several accounts, without having to use a different browser:
Problem: I always open tabs with CTRL-t because clicking ...
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Using the Terminal keybindings with bash on macOS
I have been trying to learn the keyboard shortcuts for the shell on macOS, but when I tried using ALT+B, it did not work.
How do you discover, configure and use keybindings in the shell? Any ...
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What other tool is using my hotkey? [duplicate]
I use Greenshot for screenshots, and it's been nagging about some other software tool using the same hotkey. I started receiving this warning message about two days ago. It shows up each time I reboot ...
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Disable control+enter when typing a message in Lync
Is it possible to disable or re-configure the control+enter keyboard shortcut that starts a video call to the user I'm chatting with?
I've used this keyboard shortcut to send messages in other IM-...
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Alt + Shift to change language no longer working after upgrade to Windows 10
Just updated to Windows 10. The expected change language shortcut stopped working.
In the settings it shows that "Alt + Shift" is supposed to work, just like before the upgrade, but it does not. The ...
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Shell SIGKILL Keybinding
How can I setup a keybinding to send a SIGKILL to the current foreground job?
I already know that Ctrl+C is SIGINT and Ctrl+\ is SIGQUIT. I would like a more severe option.
Is there anything ...
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How to change control-tab in Notepad++ to web browser style?
How can I make control-tab (and control-shift-tab) behave sensibly in Notepad++? I would like these shortcuts to behave as they do in my web browser, ie. control-tab moves focus to the next tab to the ...
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Run a shell script on OS X without having a terminal window appear?
I'm trying to set up a few keyboard shortcuts that open specific iTerm sessions, which I was able to do with BetterTouchTool and a bit of AppleScript magic. The problem is that OS X insists to open a ...
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How do I move my current active window from one monitor to another using a keyboard shortcut?
I use a multiple-monitor setup on Windows XP. I would like to be able to move the active window from one monitor to the other with a keyboard shortcut.
I know that I can use Alt+Space, M, or drag the ...
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How can I change the default shortcut in Windows for closing programs?
I like the close program keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X which is ⌘ + Q. Nice and convenient for hand placement. In Windows however, the equivalent shortcut is Alt + F4, a little awkward.
Is there a ...
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Is there a Keyboard shortcut to close a Command Prompt window?
Is there any keyboard shortcut to close the Command Prompt window in Windows 7? Alt+F4 does not seem to work on a Command Prompt window.
I close it right now by typing exit and Enter at the prompt. ...
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Google Chrome: Is there a keyboard shortcut to open a link in a new tab?
Is is possible to open a link in a new background tab in Google Chrome with a keyboard shortcut?
(I know it's possible with Ctrl+click and middle click, and I know that Shift+Enter opens the link in ...
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Is there a Win7 shortcut to position mouse in center of primary screen?
I have a three monitor set up on Windows 7 and I sometimes lose track of where my cursor is. Is there any Windows shortcut to reset the mouse position? I'm guessing there is not, but might there be a ...
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Keyboard focus on first file in Windows explorer?
When i open windows explorer, I usually navigate it with keyboard most of the time. My biggest annoyance is when I open a folder, and in it I want to open the first folder or file in the list. For ...
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Windows 10 shortcut keys only work when shortcut is on desktop
I am creating a keyboard shortcut to open the calculator in Windows 10. I have created a shortcut on my desktop and added the following key configurations:
Link to settings screenshot of shortcut
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keyboard shortcut in Windows 7 to center window
I find Win-left arrow and Win-right arrow really useful in Windows 7 to make a window take up 50% of the left or right side of the screen, respectively. However, is there any command that will make a ...
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How do I control the system volume on OS X with a keyboard without media controls?
I'm using a PC keyboard on Mac OS. I can use the menubar to control the volume, but are there any keyboard shortcuts I can use to change the system volume?
Or perhaps a simple script or solution I ...
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What is the keyboard shortcut to enter address bar of Windows Explorer in the German version of Windows 7?
I open Windows Explorer mostly by using the Win+E shortcut. I want to enter the folder directly after Windows-Explorer opened but for that I have to use the mouse, click to the address bar and then I ...
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Disable Ctrl+Z shortcut or clear undo history in Windows Explorer?
Is there any way to disable the CTRL+Z (Undo) shortcut in Windows Explorer? Alternatively, is there a way to have Windows Explorer "forget" its undo history?
The reason I ask is that you may have ...
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Disabling Win+V on Windows
I've been using Win+V for a long time with PureText.
My Windows version is 1809 (OS Build 17763.439)
Now all of a sudden windows has stolen the shortcut for its own clipboard history.
Window shows a ...
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Windows 10 shortcuts - onenote vs cortana
I'm happy with my windows 10. It looks just like windows 7, but nicer. There's just this little thing...
I like OneNote snipping tool. At the press of Windows+S it lets you pick a region on the ...
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How to change Mozilla Firefox quit shortcut?
I'm using Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu(version - 39.0)
I want to change the quit short-cut which is currently Ctrl+Q.. To some other keys, because sometime while closing tabs with Ctrl+W., I ...
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Can I change the keyboard shortcuts for tab switching in Firefox?
How do I reassign the keyboard shortcuts for Firefox? I want to use ctrl+right/left to switch tabs. Is there a plugin for this, if Firefox doesn’t natively support this?
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How to toggle Scroll Lock in Excel 2010 without a Scroll Lock key in the keyboard
I have a notebook with no Scroll Lock key (or any shortcut using the 'Fn' key).
Somehow Excel 2010 got the Scroll Lock on. I see it left down in the status bar and now I can't navigate through cells ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to pause the output of a CMD window while it's running?
I'm in the middle of running a batch script that's taking a really long time and whose output is whizzing by at an unreadable rate. Is there a keyboard shortcut that allows you to pause the CMD ...
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OS X: using the keyboard to select an option in a message window / box?
I'm still a new Mac owner, and I've struggled with the message windows / boxes / popups that sometimes appear and ask me to choose an option, like "save" "don't save" and "cancel" in TextEdit's case. ...
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How to do a quick find with forward slash in Chrome?
In Firefox forward slash is mapped to quick find. Is it possible to let forward slash behave the same in Google Chrome as in Firefox? To find a link and follow it in a page in Google Chrome I now have ...
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Custom keyboard shortcut to paste a pre-defined text?
I've been working on several website designs lately, and it looks like I'll be making a lot more in the near future. I find myself browsing to lipsum.com and copying a handful of paragraphs of random ...
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Creating Spotify keyboard shortcuts
I'm on Windows 10 64 bit, Using spotify desktop free version. Is there a way to create keyboard Spotify shortcuts to pause/play and skip tracks, while outside Spotify? I don't want to keep opening it. ...
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How to disable only some Windows 10 global shortuts to use them in third-party applications?
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I want to disable only some Windows 10 default global hotkeys, to use this hotkeys for run Sublime Text commands.
2. Detail
I have Windows 32-bit 10.0.14393. In Windows 10 we have many ...
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Is there any way to disable certain keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7?
There is something going on with my Windows 7 machine where attempting to unlock the workstation the Win key is "stuck" on (not quite sure what is causing this).
What this causes is that when I am ...
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Keyboard shortcut for creating a new folder or file? (Windows)
Does anybody know if there's a keyboard shortcut equivilant to the right click -> New context menu in explorer?
Given that I suspect that there isn't, does anybody know of an explorer extension that ...
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Is there a key combination to cycle through clipboard history when pasting in windows?
In Visual Studio, I can cycle through my clipboard history by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+V rather than CTRL+V. I believe it's called a clipboard ring. But that feature doesn't seem to exist outside of Visual ...
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How to determine which app is stealing (listening on) keystroke / key combination (Windows)?
CTRL+S and CTRL+A is not working on my computer at work.
I presume that some application working in background is listening on that keystroke so accessing 'Save' feature via key combination in all ...
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Keyboard shortcut to start Calculator in Windows 7
Does anyone know it? Is there a way to create it?
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Create a keyboard shortcut for fast user switching in Mac OS X
How do you create a keyboard shortcut that activates fast user switching (i.e. brings up the login window) in Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
I'm trying to emulate the Windows Start+L keyboard combination, ...
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Chrome no longer focus address bar after opening a new tab
Previously when I opened a new tab using Ctrl+T shortcut, Chrome would automatically focus on the address bar. Therefore I could start typing and when I pressed enter it would search on Google.
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Why doesn't windows command prompt still support ctrl + v? [closed]
This is just one of those things that I started wondering about.
Why aren't the copy/paste keyboard shortcuts (that we all love) in command prompt not aligned with the rest of the software population?...
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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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Xcode: multiple key bindings per function
In Xcode I'd like the ability to set up several key bindings for the same function. For example, I'd like the step over function to be mapped to both F6 and F16. I don't see a way to do this from ...
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How to unselect Excel Cell using Keyboard Shortcut?
One can select multiple Excel cells (either contiguously or not) using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Click.
How do you deselect one or more of these previously-selected cells?
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Command Backtick isn't working to cycle through windows in some apps (including Safari)
For some reason I can't use (Apple Meta Key / Apple Key) and Backtick aka ` to cycle through Windows anymore...
Trouble is I'm not sure when it quit working so I'm not sure if I created a conflict, ...
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Keyboard shortcut to switch between sheets in Excel
Does Excel 2007 have a keyboard shortcut that switchs between worksheets?
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Do user-specified shortcut keys for Windows only work on certain directories?
I am trying to mute my computer's speakers by pressing a shortcut key. My keyboard doesn't have a button for 'Mute' or any other extra multimedia buttons.
With my keyboard, I mute my computer by ...
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shortcut for accessing tab menu in Google Chrome
When using ALT+SPACE_BAR the window menu of Google Chrome pops. but I was wondering if the same can be don for showing a tab's menu with Reload, Duplicate, New Tab, Pin Tab, etc.
Is there a shortcut ...
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Keyboard shortcuts in non-English version of Microsoft Office
I have a big problem with the Portuguese version of MS Office 2007 and 2010.
The standard shortcuts that any common application uses are changed.
Some shortcuts that are not working: Ctrl+s (save), ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut for 'Open file location' within Windows Search?
Here's what I want to do:
Hit Windows.
Type in a search for a file.
Select the file (arrow keys).
Open the file's containing folder
without right-clicking (like in
Spotlight with Command +
Enter).
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Move E-mails into specific folder using keyboard shortcut in Outlook 2010
I am looking for a way to move e-mails in Outlook to a specific folder.
For example:
Windows+M - Will automatically move highlighted messages into "FOLDERA" without any popups or anything.
I know ...
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