Windows keyboard shortcuts that I use very often
Posted by cavemansblog on August 3, 2009
Following are some keyboard shortcuts that use very often.
- Ctrl + Enter – Auto complete a URL, prepends and appends a website name with “http://” and “.com”.
- Shift + Enter – Auto completes a URL, prepends and appends a website name with “http://” and “.net”.
- Ctrl + shift + Enter – Auto completes a URL, prepends and appends a website name with “http://” and “.org”.
- Ctrl + Esc – Opens the Start menu.
- Ctrl + Tab – Switch between open tabs in a MDI.
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab – Switch between open tabs in a MDI in reverse order.
- Ctrl + Shift + Esc – Opens windows task manager.
- Ctrl + A – Make a selection.
- Ctrl + T – Open a new tab in IE, Firefox, Chrome.
- Ctrl + W – Close a tab in IE, Firefox, Chrome.
- Ctrl + X – Cut
- Ctrl + C – Copy
- Ctrl + V – Paste
- Ctrl + Z – undo
- Ctrl + R – Redp
- Ctrl + B – Bold
- Ctrl + S – Save the file
- Ctrl + U – Underline a selection
- Ctrl + F – Find
- Ctrl + H – Search and Replace
- Ctrl + G – Go to line #
- Ctrl + O – Opens file dialog box
- Ctrl + P – Opens print manager
- Ctrl + D – Bookmark a web page in a browser
- Alt + Tab – Switch between open programs
- Alt + Shift + Tab – Switch between open programs in reverse order.
- Alt + Enter – Display properties (file, folder, etc).
- Alt + F4 – Close a window.
- Alt + Space – Display system menu of active window.
- Alt + Home – Launch home page in a browser application.
- F1 – open help file of the current application.
- F2 – rename a file.
- F5 – Refreshes the current window
- Shift + F10 – Display context menu
- Windows logo + E – open explorer
- Windows logo + M – Minimize all windows
- Ctrl + Alt + End – Security dialog in remote desktop
- Ctrl + Alt + Break – Toggle full screen in remote desktop
- Alt + Home – Display start menu
