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 unfocused the current webpage in Microsoft Edge without using the mouse?
I'm using Microsoft Edge as my browser, and I'm wondering if there are any keyboard shortcuts available that would allow me to unfocused the current webpage, similar to clicking on a blank area of the ...
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Windows 10 one-hand Shift-mouse drag?
I am one-handed. In Windows-10 Often I need to perform Shift-mouse-drag or Ctrl-mouse-drag (click) When it comes to capital letters, I can stretch my fingers over the keyboard, but not with a precise ...
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Command works in terminal but not as a shortcut command
My system: Debian 11 / Xfce
To quickly insert the same text in different e-mails, I tried to create a keyboard shortcut using a xdotool type "text" command At first I tested this command in ...
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Is there a Windows 11 equivalent to Mac's "App shortcuts" in the keyboard preferences?
My specific case: I use DaVinci Resolve to edit videos, and I have a few UI layouts saved. These can be accessed in the Workspace menu up top, but the button for loading them is a few layers deep, and ...
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Holding ALT for longer causes it to stick up to 3 seconds after release
When I use ALT key, for instance ALT + TAB if I press ALT key for 2 seconds then it will act as pressed for additional 2 seconds(up to 3 seconds) as it was pressed. This means that the selected ...
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Is there a more direct keyboard shortcut to cascade windows?
Windows: 10
Keyboard: Windows - 104 - standard layout keyboard
When windows are displaying off-screen due to changing displays or display configurations, I have found that the best means to get them ...
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Alt+Spacebar cool Windows 10 menu gone
I recently discovered a cool menu on Windows 10 that you could summon by pressing Alt + Space that would allow you to type in calculations, app names, google searches, etc.
Now this has switched to ...
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How can I reprogram feature key F12 of HP ZBook
HP ZBook Power 15.6 inch G9 Mobile Workstation PC with Azerty keyboard.
In between the feature key for "flight mode" and "prt scr" there's a key with 3 diamonds (also F12 key), of ...
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Custom shortcut keys to .lnk files doesn't work anymore in Windows 11
I have created a custom shortcut key (in a .lnk file) for a folder directory, and it was working fine for a while. But it suddenly stopped working today when I tried to use the shortcut key. I have ...
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AltGr + E not working, WM_KEYDOWN for E missing
When pressing AltGr+E I get no euro char.
Both keys are working regularly in other combinations as well as on their own.
Using Spy++ (as 32bit and 64bit versions separately) I was able to nail down ...
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How do I map a keyboard shortcut with *more than two modifiers* to a FireFox extension?
I have a "hyper key" on my keyboard; which holds all of the modifiers (⌘⌥⌃⇧) at once; it's useful to map 'global' hotkeys that won't conflict with any (reasonable) application defaults or ...
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Maximize and Minimize windows in Mac (keyboard only)
I'm coming from linux and found the way to set up KB shortcuts and the whole system a bit alien.
I do not seem to find a way to just minimize and maximize windows using the keyboard only on MacOS. I ...
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Ctrl+Space not working anywhere?
I need help to solve this problem which is extremely weird. This morning I was working on a project for University, and while working, I found out the Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut wasn't working. At ...
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Visual Studio Code shortcut to close html tag
Could you please help, is there any shortcut in Visual Studio Code to complete/close html tags? For example I edit a file:
<div><p>Some text | <- cursor is here, I press a hotkey and ...
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Bind shortcuts instead of typing special characters in VS Code
I want to bind some shortcuts to the combination Ctrl+Alt+L etc. in VS Code. The combinations will use Ctrl+Alt and then add an alphabet.
The problem I am facing is that some of these keys type a ...
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Alt+Space cannot be remapped by PowerToys
Alt+Space seems to be a Windows default shortcut, and I wish to disable it because it interferes with the controls of a game I play. I did some research and came upon PowerToys, it seemed very useful ...
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How can I block Windows system functions, triggered by pressing, 'Windows Key' + F13-F24?
I'm using a Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite mouse with its accompanying Corsair iCUE software v.4.33.138. Thumb grid buttons 1-12 are assigned to F13-F24 using iCUE.
Within Windows 10 1809, certain mouse ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Flicker free Dimming in My-Asus app in Asus OLED Laptops
When I lower my laptop's brightness more then 60% in ASUS OLED laptop, my display starts flickering and my eyes strains a lot. Thankfully Asus provides flicker free dimming technology inside My-Asus ...
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Firefox address bar: How to tab through history without hitting tab twice due to new three-dot button menu?
With the recent Firefox 113.0 release, there is a new three-dot button menu in the history search results of the Firefox address bar. How can I stop that button from taking focus when pressing the tab ...
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Left shift acting as right click
If anybody is having the problem where when you press left shift it doesn't actually capitalize anything and for some reason decides to right click instead, just check your keyboards like software. ...
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Wikiwand keyboard shortcuts?
I have been using Wikiwand (Chrome extension) since 2017 and I seem to remember it having keyboard shortcuts, like / to bring up a search box.
With the recent styling update the keyboard shortcuts ...
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How to make Visual Studio Code forward caught keystrokes?
Some keystrokes are caught by Visual Studio Code (Ctrl + K for instance in my case), thus preventing the built-in terminal to receive it.
How could I make Visual Studio Code forward such a keystroke (...
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Configuration of the Windows Explorer Layout keyboard shortcuts
Configuration of the Windows Explorer Layout keyboard shortcuts
How can you control the keyboard shortcuts for the Explorer Layout?
On my old PC, the shortcuts were of the format ... Ctrl + Alt + ...
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Is there any program or way to make Windows' Alt-Tab behave like Mac OS X's ⌘-Tab?
I would like to switch between programs, not individual windows from every program. I believe this is how Windows used to work back in Windows XP.
When you switch between programs in macOS, you switch ...
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How to select text by paragraph in VS Code with a keybinding?
I've found how to customize a keybinding for jumping to the closest empty line here.
But I wonder if I can, in the same way, set a keybinding for selection of paragraph or to the next empty line. I'd ...
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Prevent full screen application from taking over system shortcuts
I'm currently facing the problem that a fullscreen app (Windows inside AWS Workspaces in my case) is taking over system shortcuts (ALT+TAB) from the host operating system (Windows). Is there a way to ...
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Is there a package or common set of shortcuts for Neovim/Vim in "insert" or "i" mode [migrated]
Coming from bunch of years of using the VS Code environment in windows I'm used to ctrl + some keys to manage the interface. In Vim/Neovim I always have to exit insert mode to do most operations.
Are ...
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How to disable the shortcut for showing developer tools in Chrome?
How to disable the shortcut for showing developer tool in Google Chrome?
I hate the shortcut Shift + Ctrl + I. I never use the dev tools. So I would like to disable that shortcut.
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How do I get the windows + print to save a screenshot again in Windows 11?
I have a computer with Windows 11 installed.
I would like to use the Windows + Print Screen key combination to save a screenshot to the Pictures folder of the current user, just like I used to do in ...
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Keyboard shortcut to Insert a new row in Excel on a Mac with a Swedish keyboard
I’ve tried pretty much everything I can think of at this point, but maybe someone will have the answer: is it possible to insert a new row with a keyboard shortcut on a Mac with a Swedish keyboard?
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How do I add a secondary shortcut / shortcut alias on macOS?
I would like to switch Mission Control desktops with another button while still keeping the normal ctrl + arrow shortcut. Is this possible in any feasable way without 3rd party apps?
I'm trying to ...
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How to suppress Jupyter's keybindings during the work with terminals?
I would like to use terminal sessions in Jupyter Lab as the staple tool. But the problem is to use specific keybindings, for instance, Ctrl+W for deleting command parts or Ctrl+B for tmux management. ...
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How to scroll up in PowerShell inside "screen" command?
I'm using Windows 11 Powershell and inside a screen -d -r command that doesn't let me scroll by default. The text inside the screen is too much to fit inside my actual screen! So I'm looking for a way ...
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How to prevent session list from overlaying on top of what is being displayed on TeamViewer?
Somehow, my g key has become the shortcut to bring the session list to the front.
It is infuriating trying to type a paper and have a key rendered useless. Worst, I can't even figure out how to undo ...
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How do I change Chrome's full-screen mode keyboard shortcut from the command line?
I would like to change the default Chrome keyboard shortcut, ctrl+cmd+f, to something else, and I would like to do so through a command-line, so that I can share it across my computers using Chezmoi.
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disable firefox's control+w
How can firefox's keyboard shortcut control+W, which closes a tab, be disabled? There's nothing in about:config under browser.tabs.
(When in a web session that is a virtual host's console, that's the ...
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Configure the key sequence "ctrl,ctrl,1" to change to the first tab
In Firefox, I want to change the "ctrl-1" keyboard shortcut (that brings up the first tab in the browse) to the key sequence "ctrl,ctrl,1", that is press "ctrl", then &...
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How to configure the display of characters .,;:/\{}[]()<>~*&?^%$#@!~`'"| on separate keyboard buttons for each character on Windows?
I'm wondering if it is possible to implement the output of each of the characters .,;:/\{}[]()<>~*&?^%$#@!~`'"| with a single click on one programmed button. Is it necessary for this ...
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Visual Studio Code shortcut to wrap html element into container tag
When you have a HTML tag and you want to wrap it into another html tag, what is the fastest/easiest way to do so? Since it happens quite often, I'm looking for a way to optimize it.
Currently, it ...
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Xmouse controlling zoom in Photoshop
I have a Logitech MX Master mouse, and I've installed X-Mouse to customize my buttons more than Logitech offers in their software.
In Photoshop you can zoom in/out by holding alt and srolling the ...
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Jupyter notebook upper/lowercase selected part
I wonder if there are shortcut keys for converting the selected block into uppercase or lowercase letters.
For example, Ctrl + Shift + U / Ctrl + U does this in Notepad++.
I searched
this page ...
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Can't set a RCtrl HotKey Combination with Autohotkey?
I'm trying to map Ctrl + G to send RCtrl + LAlt hotkey, but it doesn't work.
This is my code:
^g::
Send, {RCtrlDown}{Alt}{RCtrlUp}
return
I've also tried:
Send, {RCtrlDown}{LAlt}{RCtrlUp}
Send, {...
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How to keep task bar button order fixed in Window 11
I really want to know how to fix the task bar button order,
because I'd like to use the applications in an ordered way.
But in window11 , every time an notification comes, or when
my test finished in ...
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pressing super key twice switches windows as alt+tab would
I'm using windows 10.
When I have a fullscreen window in focus then press the super key to bring up the windows menu then press it again to get rid of it it switches to the next window as alt+tab ...
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Can't input text in Bash function called with key binding
I have added a simple function to my .bashrc file and bound it to a key combination using the bind command. The function prompts the user for input using read, like this:
myscript() {
read -p &...
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Disable Aero Shake mouse gesture but NOT keyboard shortcut
I have long known about the "Aero Shake" group policy setting located in:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop
But I have recently discovered that the policy name &...
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Are gnome shortcut keys case-sensitive?
I've noticed some inconsistency in case sensitivity of gnome shortcuts and am looking for some help and clarification...
From what I can tell, shortcuts are case-sensitive but must be assigned (using ...
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Opening Visual Studio Code command palette by Ctrl + P and Ctrl Shift + P
The shortcut for opening the Visual Studio Code command palette in Windows is Ctrl + Shift + P as in the screenshot.
But I occasionally found out that Ctrl + P also opens the command palette. What is ...
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How can I unset Ctrl+L in Windows PowerShell?
I am trying a very simple thing. I have a neovim config in which I use Ctrl + L for something. In PowerShell it's already mapped to the clear command.
How can I unset this keybind? I am very habitual ...
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Karabiner Elements: Is it possible to make a complex modification that takes of of multiple keybindings, and presses keys based on the input
I'd like a modification where I could press one of multiple keybinds, like CMD B or CMD I, and it outputs a specific key combination, like CMD A for example, and then outputs whichever keybind I ...
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