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38 Keyboard shortcuts keys for Windows & Linux that you should know.
Ctrl Combination
Ctrl + A |
Select all. |
Ctrl + C |
Copy item. |
Ctrl + E |
Open search bar. |
Ctrl + H |
Open history tab. |
Ctrl + N |
Start another instance of a browser with the same web address. |
Ctrl + O |
Open selected item. |
Ctrl + S |
Save work. |
Ctrl + T |
Open new tab. |
Ctrl + V |
Paste item. |
Ctrl + W |
Close active tab. |
Ctrl + X |
Cut item. |
Ctrl + Y |
Redo |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo |
Ctrl + Tab |
Move forward through the tabs. |
Ctrl + F5 |
Hard refresh a web page. |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
Create new folder. |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
Move backward through the tabs. |
Ctrl + Win-Key + Arrows |
Left, right, up & down align an active window. |
Ctrl + Mouse Click |
Select or deselect clicked items. |
Alt Combination
Alt + Enter |
View properties of selected items. |
Alt + Tab |
Move between open windows. |
Alt + F4 |
Close open windows & Shut down computer. |
Alt + F10 |
Maximise or Minimise an active window. |
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Shift Combination
Shift + Delete |
Delete permanent. |
Shift + Prt Scrn |
Let you select the part of a screen you want to print. |
Shift + Tab |
Move backward through options. |
WinKey Combination
Win-Key + D |
Display the desktop. |
Win-Key + E |
Opens windows(file) explore. |
Win-Key + (e.g. 1) |
Opens any program on the taskbar according to the number specified. |
Single Keys
Esc |
Cancel current task. |
End |
Display the end of the active window. |
F2 |
Rename selected item. |
F5 |
Refresh an active window. |
Home |
Display the top of the active window. |
Prt Scrn |
Print screen. |
Tab |
Move forward through options |
Win-Key |
Display or hide start up menu. |
Delete |
Delete item. |
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helliash, 09:58 12 May 20
Hi, I'm missing the sw spec - at which sw are these shortcuts aimed?
hint: shortcuts for windows you should know.
because it does only partialy work on linux and definitely not on mac (different keys and combinations]
energy_d_hacker, 23:53 16 May 20
Thanks for your comment I'll work on that but for Linux they should work only one key combination that doesn't work, I'm using Linux mint. And again thank you very much for pointing out that.
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