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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How to use current keyboard layout for keyboard shortcuts in i3?
I've just installed i3 with the default configuration, and there's a major issue with keyboard shortcuts: even though my keyboard layout isn't QWERTY the keyboard shortcuts are mapped to the relevant ...
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What is the ` key on a Mac French (Canada) keyboard?
I was a bit annoyed that Cmd-Tab, in Mac OS, cycled between applications, not windows, on Macs, and I was looking for a way to do this with windows instead. For example, if I have 2 Finder windows and ...
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Alternate of Alt+F6 for Win7?
Alt+F6 used to cycle between opened windows of same application in Windows XP but this does not seem to work in Win7. Is there any alternate shortcut for the same? I tried finding it on google but ...
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How to make desktop icon for keyboard shortcut (linux)
I use Linux Mint 18.3 with KDE Plasma 5.8. There's a shortcut for all open windows view (ctrl+F8 I believe). It looks similar to Activities view from Gnome. I would like to have an icon for desktop or ...
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How do I tab off a textarea in a Java application?
At work I am obliged to use a proprietary Java Web Start application for filling in certain forms. I suspect that the application uses Swing as its widget toolkit.
I prefer to fill in the forms ...
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How to remap Tab as Win key in AutoHotKey so it has two functions Tab and Win modifier?
I would like to remap Tab key in such a way that:
On Tab key down it BEHAVES AS WINDOWS(SUPER) KEY waits for extra key like ex: m or t and perform some action like maxize window(ex: WIN+m, WIN+t). It ...
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How to prevent the delete key from acting like backspace
In PowerShell 6.0.1, the out-of-the-box behavior is that when I press Delete while my caret is not at the end of the line, it deletes the character above the caret, as expected. However, once I delete ...
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Is there a way to change the current mail view to another folder Outlook for Mac with keyboard shortcuts?
I use a lot of folders in Outlook/Exchange and rules for automatically sorting incoming mail. I know that there are shortcuts like:
⌘1 = Mail
⌘2 = Calendar
⌘3 = Contacts
... and so on. I've also ...
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Use Meta (Super) for all keyboard shortcuts in KDE (at least for KDE apps)?
I come from the Mac so I'm used to use the Command-key (Windows-key) on my keyboard to initiate shortcuts like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+P etc.
Especially in the Konsole I miss the convenience of the Mac ...
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xmodmap how to remap keys and disable the original ones?
I'm considering getting a 60% keyboard and want to try out working with that layout before buying the actual keyboard.
I'm trying to map arrow keys to caps lock + ijkl and disable the real arrow keys....
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A hotkey to move a file through directories (MacOS)
Are there any hot keys to move folders up or down through parent folders and subfolders in MacOS?
e.g. In this simple example I want to move File 1234.pdf to Folder A, which would leave Subfolder A ...
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How do I make Auto Hotkey do Alt+F4 when I press right mouse button and scroll wheel?
My question is simple, I want a script in Auto Hotkey so that I can press Alt+F4 by pressing the right mouse button and scroll wheel. How do I do this?
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Konsole page up/down keyboard shortcut
In CentOS 4.6, Shift+PgUp browses half-page up and Shift+ mouse wheel up is one-page up. Is there a keyboard shortcut to do a one-page up? How would I set Shift+PgUp to browse one-page up?
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Disable keyboard layout switching for a specific app
Is it possible to lock the keyboard layout for a specific application? I'm used to Ctrl+Shift combination, but it's inconvenient in some programming IDEs where I often use Ctrl+Shift+arrows for ...
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What is Ubuntu doing with my keyboard shortcut?
I used to be able to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+← → to cycle between workspaces and Ctrl+Shift+Alt+← → to move windows to different workspaces in ubuntu 12.04.
Now for ...
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Re-mapping the «PowerOff» key on Asus laptop keyboard under Windows 10 64 bits?
What I am trying to accomplish:
To re-map a laptop's power button that is absurdly placed as a key in the keyboard.
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I have recently bought an upgraded version of ASUS VivoBook Pro N552VW ...
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Looking for Exhaustive List of Firefox Hotkeys [closed]
I'm looking for a definitive list of all Firefox 58 hotkeys / keyboard shortcuts. I am trying to use the mouse less in Firefox, and I want the hotkeys to guide the change in my browsing behavior while ...
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Shortcut or script to open Screen Sketch on Win10 [duplicate]
Does anyone know a shortcut or even an AutoHotKey script that opens Screen sketch directly? i know that the shortcut Win+W opens Windows Ink Workspace but i have to select screen sketch afterward (...
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Can't override Excel shortcuts via VBA
So I've got a bunch of keyboard shortcuts mapped to various macros for my worksheets. Normally they work fine, but suddenly a bunch of them aren't working.
What's weird is this is inconsistent. So a ...
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Highlighting cursor or changing cursor size temporarily with keyboard shortcut
My machine has two large screens, and I often find myself editing high-res pictures with a tiny cross-hair cursor that allows me to easily see the image content around the pixel I am editing.
However,...
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Registry key for reserved Windows keyboard shortcuts
In Windows 10, the Win+Shift+S shortcut/hotkey opens SnippingTool.exe, located in C:\Windows\System32. Is there a way to remap that shortcut to open a different executable? Ideally would do so without ...
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How can I stop Firefox from intercepting the '/' key event?
I miss using it to activate the search field in DuckDuckGo. Can anyone please give me advice on how to stop Firefox from intercepting / from webpages?
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How to use keyboard shortcuts to access MS Office 2013 QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) shortcuts using an Azerty keyboard?
In MS Office 2010, keyboard shortcuts for the Quick Access Toolbar were immediate, even with a Azerty keyboard : ALT + [&] key (1 in CAPS) --> means ALT+1 --> first icon in the QAT
In MS Office ...
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Automatic Key Strokes
I have a custom software where there is no automatic delete button (to delete a record). I need to delete literally 100's of lines to remove custom pricing. Right now, I can delete lines through the ...
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Mac-like alt-tab replacement for Windows 7? [closed]
Is there an alt-tab replacement for Windows 7 that works in the same manner as command-tab and command-tick (tilde) on OS X?
Requirements:
1. Completely keyboard-shortcut-based, no mouse action ...
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How can I toggle an extension action on Firefox using a keyboard hotkey?
Is there a way I can toggle actions on extensions using the keyboard, on Firefox? i.e. I'm looking for a way to map keyboard shortcuts to perform the same actions as when I click on extension buttons.
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Outlook Choose Profile Once-Off
Is there a way to get Outlook to only ask to choose profile as a once-off every now and then?
Currently I would go into Control Panel and change the setting to ask at boot and then turn it off when I'...
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windows hotkey combination to start the browser?
Is there a win hotkey combination to start your browser? I know that win + E will start windows explorer, but I have found nothing to start the browser in windows 7?
If there isn't such a key is ...
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Firefox Clear Web Console keyboard shortcut
Is there a keyboard shortcut to clear the Firefox Web Console?
According to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console/Keyboard_shortcuts, Ctrl + L should work, but it does not work ...
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Move to beginning/end of comment in Word
In Word (version 14 from Office 2010), when I'm editing a review comment (text that appears in the right margin in the user interface), I want the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End to move to ...
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Move e-mail to custom mailbox 'done' with keyboard
My use case is this:
I'm a 'zero-inbox' person. Any Mail that I want to keep, I manually move to my 'done' Mailbox. I'm trying to find a way to do this automatically.
I know that there is a commercial ...
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Ditto (clipboard manager): can't set shortcut of Win+<num>. Get “Error Registering Position 1”
Someone made a YouTube video on Ditto (maybe this one?), and that person uses Win+Num to paste items from the list. He put a screenshot of his settings on Google Plus:
When I try to do the same, ...
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Move to the next mail instead of the previous one when hitting Delete in Claws Mail
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When I hit Delete (or Ctrl+d) in order to delete a selected email, the program selects the previous email (an older one).
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Is it possible to modify this behaviour so I can ...
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Fn key locked - why/how to prevent?
While using my HP EliteBook 850 with Windows 10, sometimes it appears that the Fn key status is inverted (pressed/unpressed) until i visit Keyboard Properties via All Tasks and test the repetition ...
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Editing mode and using "switch to formulas" keyboard shortcut
While in the editing mode, if you press Ctrl + ` (or the appropriate localized keyboard shortcut, as I do myself),
then the actual cell's border disappears and so do the narrow lines under (right of) ...
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Change the function of Alt+Shift on Windows to the Caps Lock (Like the way it works on High Sierra)
As you may know, the switch language input keys is "Caps Lock" on latest OSx, High Sierra. I really liked this change because I rarely use caps lock but I have to switch between two languages thousand ...
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Changing keyboard shortcuts for magnifier in Windows 7
How can I change keyboard shortcuts for in-built magnifier?
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Disable shortcut “Control+N” on Windows 7
The problem that I want to solve is I have made one software on Windows: The software allow the user to use only this software on the computer. But when the user wants to load a file from mysoftware , ...
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Windows manually rename a bunch of pictures
I have a folder containing a couple hundred images, and I need to go trough them and (manually) give them appropriate names. I'm looking for a way to do this efficiently, preferably using only the ...
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Is there a consensus on keyboard shortcuts?
I know there are some ubiquitous shortcuts across most apps and platforms like Ctrl/Cmd S for save.
But I've noticed there is a lot of inconsistency with other common functions. For example, some ...
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Remapping Alt+Key to same Key not working?
Here is my current keyboard, a Logitech K270:
I want to override the Browser_Home like this:
Browser_Home >>> Media_Next
ALT + Browser_Home >>> Browser_Home
While the first remap works the second ...
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Sublime Text, move tabs with keyboard
In Sublime Text 3, is there a way to reorganize tabs using keyboard only?
I know you can switch a tab from a pane to another pane using for example ctrl+shift+2 to move a tab from pane X to pane 2 ...
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PyCharm: How to search in all files for something containing whitespace?
PyCharm's has two search features:
Search everywhere (Ctrl+Shift+f)
Normal search (Ctrl+f).
Normal search only searches in the current file, but Seach everywhere can't search for literals ...
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How To pair Rock Candy Mouse with Rock Candy Keyboard receiver (And Vice versa)
SO I bought myself a rock candy keyboard and mouse. No the box it says "Mouse sharable USB receiver" Unfortunately it does not share how to pair them together. Wondering how to? I will answer my own ...
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Cannot use F10 key in Midnight commander running in OS X's terminal
I connect to my server from Terminal in Mac OS X 10.5. When I run Midnight Commander there I cannot use function keys like F10 to close MC even I cannot use mouse to control MC. Any idea why function ...
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Bind shortcut to raise the window of 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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Awesome WM shortcut to kill window
How can I set a shortcut to kill current window in awesome WM ?
I know Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + C close a window, but what I want is KILL (kill <PID> for instance).
I need this to kill process a ...
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Modify keyboard layout/shortcuts
I'm using US International keyboard to type in English and Hungarian.
It covers all the Hungarian characters except for the double acute accent chars (e.g. Ő and Ű).
Is there a way to modify the ...
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How Can I Change the Binding of my Keyboard Volume Dial (Linux Mint, MATE) so That I Can Raise the Volume Above 100%?
My keyboard has a volume dial on it, and by default that dial triggers an "Audio raise volume" action (that's what the shortcut is called in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog) when I turn it up. However, ...
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How can I add Shift+Right-Click SendTo items in Windows 7?
Unlike Windows XP, in Windows 7 appear more items in Send to menu when you press Shift before right click. You can easily add shortcuts to simple right click copying them to %AppData%\Microsoft\...
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