Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
There are a lot of useful keyboard shortcuts in a large amount of applications and operating systems that make using those a lot easier and faster. You should always look up the keyboard shortcuts for the applications you use to be able them better. Here are some various examples from apps I commonly use.
Windows
Ctrl + Shift + ESC
This will bring up the task manager directly which is incredibly useful.
Ctrl + ESC
This will bring up the start menu which is good when you have a non working windows key such as when you have removed it for gaming purposes.
Win + Shift + S
This will bring up a menu where you take a screenshot just by clicking on a window and you can also select other modes using the menu that pops up.
Win + Alt + PrintScreen
This will use Windows Game Bar to take a screenshot which is good for games that are not on Steam therefore does not have any F12 screenshot key.
Win + G
This will bring up Windows gamebar where you can do things like record video of games, adjust volume controls or take screenshots.
Alt + PrintScreen
This will take the current window and take a screenshot of it and place in clipboard. I useed to use this a lot before I knew of other methods and had a special tool that I ran afterwards to save the image. Then I made an even better tool for it. Keep in mind if Dropbox is installed it tends to use this shortcut to save a screenshot to Dropbox.
Alt + Space
This will bring up a menu for the current window where you can for example maximize or minimize or even move it. This is very good when windows get stuck in weird positions.
Text editors
Ctrl + Up or Down key
This will scroll up and down without moving the cursor
Ctrl + Left or Right key
Skip a whole word forwards or backwards in a text document. You can also hold down shift to select at the same time
Tab when text is selected
This will indent the lines where the text is selected one step and you can use shift also at the same time to unindent instead.
Firefox
Shift + ESC
This will bring up the task manager for firefox which can be very
Space bar
Just pressing space bar without anything selected will scroll down. If you use shift at the same time you will scroll up instead.
Ctrl + Tab
This will switch to the next tab and holding shift at the same time will go to the previous.
Ctrl + 1-9
Will switch to the tab with that position.
Ctrl + Shift + s
Open a special take screenshot menu with built in cropping.
Firefox has a large amount of shortcuts in general which are good to know
More
Which of these shortcuts did you already know and do you know of any other useful shortcuts. Tell in the comments.
*Mweeoops*
By ellietheyeen 10 October 2024 Permalink Tags: basic