Shortcut⚡School

You can do this — Grab some shortcuts and get moving!

No time to waste?

TOP SHORTCUTS:

The Basics
Jump entire words
option ⌥
+
←
or
→
Select characters
Shift
+
←
or
→
Select entire words
option ⌥
+
Shift
+
←
or
→
Jump to line ends
command ⌘
+
←
or
→
Select to line ends
Shift
+
command ⌘
+
←
or
→
Next field
Tabtab symbol
Previous field
Shift
+
Tabtab symbol
Switch windows
command ⌘
+
Tabtab symbol
Close window
command ⌘
+
W
Mac
command ⌘
+
Space
Spotlight search - open any program or file
option ⌥
+
command ⌘
+
Space
Open finder
mission control key
or
control ^
+
↑
Mission Control - view all open apps in a grid
command ⌘
+
Tabtab symbol
Quick-switch programs
command ⌘
+
H
Hide an app
command ⌘
+
Q
Quit an app
command ⌘
+
Space
, then type "activity"
Activity Monitor - diagnose problems like slow computer
click and hold the full-screen button in the upper-left corner of a window
Snap window to sides
Ctrl
+
→
or
←
Move between spaces (virtual desktops)
Shift
+
command ⌘
+
4
Copy screen clipping to clipboard
command ⌘
+
Shift
+
Y
New sticky note from selected text
command ⌘
+
mission control key
Show the desktop
control ^
+
↓
Show all windows of the front app
control ^
+
command ⌘
+
Space
🎈 Emoji menu 😎✨
Check out Quicksilver or AppleScripts — many scripts are already available!
Custom shortcuts
Google Chrome
Open link in new tab
command ⌘
+ Click or Mousewheel-Click
New window
command ⌘
+
N
Next tab
command ⌘
+
option ⌥
+
→
Previous tab
command ⌘
+
option ⌥
+
←
Close tab
command ⌘
+
W
Close window
command ⌘
+
Shift
+
W
New tab
command ⌘
+
T
Unclose tab (reopen last closed tab)
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
T
Select multiple tabs
Shift
or
Ctrl
+ Click tabs
Split tabs into new window
Drag tabs out of the tab strip
Save group of tabs for later
Save session in Toby tab manager
Go back one page in history
command ⌘
+
←
or
command ⌘
+
[
Go forward one page in history
command ⌘
+
→
or
command ⌘
+
]
Jump to the address bar
command ⌘
+
L

Gboard by Google

Voice Typing

Talk to write in most places where you can type with a keyboard

Glide Typing

Type words at a time by sliding your finger from letter to letter

Search and Share

Press the G to search and share anything from Google

Gesture Delete

Slide left from the delete key to quickly delete multiple words

Gesture Cursor Control

Slide your finger across the space bar to move the cursor

Symbol Hints

Show quick hints to access symbols with a long press

(Settings → Preferences → Long press for symbols)
Visual Studio Code
Command palette
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
P
Navigate files
Ctrl
+
P
Comment out lines
Ctrl
+
/
Copy Lines Down
Shift
+
Alt
+
↓
Add cursor at next instance of selection
Ctrl
+
D
Add cursors to selection line ends
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
L
Delete lines
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
K
Join lines
Ctrl
+
J
Toggle text wrap
Alt
+
Z
Expand selection
Shift
+
Alt
+
→
Terminal
Note: on Windows, use git bash (easy) or Linux bash (powerful)
cd [directory]
Change directory
cd ..
Up one level
touch [file names]
Create files
mkdir [folder names]
Create folders
start .
Open file explorer here (Windows)
nautilus .
Open file explorer here (Linux)
code .
Open VS Code here
Linux (Ubuntu)
Open terminal
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
T
New terminal tab
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
T
Go to terminal tab [N]
Alt
+
0
to
9
Close terminal tab
Ctrl
+
D
or
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
W
Cancel terminal command
Ctrl
+
C
Switch virtual desktops
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
↓
or
↑
Save area screenshot to clipboard
windows key
, type "Keyboard", scroll to "screenshots" and set a shortcut
Run any terminal command
windows key
, type "Keyboard", scroll to bottom, add custom shortcut
quote

Don't push harder,

lower the resistance.

Lois Bujold

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