a list of keyboard shortcuts i actually use

23 Jan, 2025

In an ideal world, I am free of the Mouse.

The keyboard is my favorite input device. I've learned keyboard shortcuts either accidentally, naturally or from actual cheatsheets on the Internet, so even though this isn't technically a cheatsheet in regards to its completeness, I want to come back to this post in the future and see if I've managed to acquire new ones. I thought it could be a good tell on how I'm doing in terms of my hardware or what kind of work I'm currently into at the moment.

Without furder ado, here is a list of keyboard shortcuts that I actually use as far as my memory goes:

windows

• Alt + Tab
  • Switch between windows
• Ctrl + Z
  • Undo
• Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V / Ctrl + X
  • Copy, Paste, Cut texts
• Ctrl + Shift + Left or Right Arrow Key
  • Highlight lines of text
• Windows Key + Up Arrow Key
  • For minimized windows: this will maximize the window
  • For maximized windows: this will place the window on the half top and another on the bottom
• Windows Key + Down Arrow Key
  • For minimized windows: this will hide the window
  • For maximized windows: this will minimize the window
• Windows Key + Spacebar¹
  • Change the keyboard's language
• Windows Key + D
  • Go to the desktop
• Windows Key + L
  • Lock the computer
• Windows Key + .
  • Pull up an emoji tray
• Ctrl + Shift + Esc
  • Pull up the Task Manager
• F2
  • Rename a file
• Tab
  • So many uses. I love you, tab key.

browsers

• Ctrl + Shift + T
  • My holy grail. Restore closed tabs.
• Ctrl + W
  • Close the current tab
• Ctrl + T
  • Open a new tab
• Ctrl + N
  • Open a new window
• Ctrl + Shift + N
  • Open an incognito window
• Ctrl + Tab
  • Switch between tabs
• Ctrl + (number)
  • Example: Ctrl + 1 switches you to the 1st tab of the currently opened browser window
• Ctrl + Shift + C
  • Select an element on the page to inspect it in the devtools

edge

• Ctrl + Shift + K - Duplicate the currently opened tab

vscode

• Alt + Z
  • Wrap text
• Alt + Shift + Up or Down Arrow Key
  • Duplicate the current line
• Ctrl + F / Ctrl + H
  • Find and replace operations. Ctrl + H will do the same thing on highlighted text.
• Ctrl + Shift + P
  • Open the command palette
• Alt + (Click anywhere on the editor)
  • Duplicate the cursor wherever you want on the editor
• Ctrl + Alt + Up or Down Arrow Key
  • Duplicate the cursor parallel to the same line above or below
• Ctrl + \
  • Duplicate a view of the currently opened file
• Ctrl + Alt + Left or Right Arrow Key
  • Move currently opened file between opened windows

VSCode Custom Shortcuts²

• Alt + T
  • Toggle the terminal
• Alt + /
  • Comment a line of code
• Ctrl + K, Ctrl + Shift + S
  • Save without formatting

other

• Opening a folder on VSCode³

  1. Go to the folder you want to open in File Explorer
  2. Ctrl + L to put the focus on the File Path
  3. Type cmd to pull up the command prompt
  4. Type code . on the command prompt to open the folder VSCode
  5. Alt + F4 to close the command prompt

end notes

This is it for now. I wrote this on a whim and just defined the shortcuts on my own. Resources can be found below for the more official ones. If you have other cool and nice tricks please share them with me (!!) or perhaps get back to me in a few months time if you've discovered something new here and successfully integrated it in your workflow ^^

• Keyboard shortcuts in Windows
• Keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio Code
• Chrome keyboard shortcuts

Last updated: 5 months, 1 week ago

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