:===:Full Keyboard
Shortcuts:===:
All keyboard Shortcuts Windows Shortcuts Shift + F10 right-clicks.
Win + L (XP Only): Locks
keyboard. Similar to Lock
Workstation.
Win + F or F3: Open Find
dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some
applications which use F3
for their own find dialogs.
Win + Control + F: Open
Find dialog. (Computers)
Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
Win + F1: Open Windows
help.
Win + Pause: Open System
Properties dialog.
Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter
clicks, AppsKey or Shift
+ F10 right-clicks.
Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle
through taskbar buttons in
reverse. Alt + Tab: Display Cool
Switch. More commonly
known as the AltTab
dialog.
Alt + Shift + Tab: Display
Cool Switch; go in reverse. Alt + Escape: Send active
window to the bottom of
the z-order.
Alt + Shift + Escape:
Activate the window at the
bottom of the z-order. Alt + F4: Close active
window; or, if all windows
are closed, open
shutdown dialog.
Shift while a CD is loading:
Bypass AutoPlay. Shift while login: Bypass
startup folder. Only those
applications will
be ignored which are in
the startup folder, not
those started from the registry (Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Run\)
Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl +
Alt + NumpadDel (Both
NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager
or NT Security dialog.
Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/
XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt +
NumpadDot) : Invoke
the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl +
Escape.
Print screen: Copy
screenshot of current
screen to clipboard.
Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current
active window to
clipboard.
Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow:
Invert screen. Untested on
OS's other than XP. Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo
inversion.
Win + B : Move focus to
systray icons.
General Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert:
Copy.
Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete:
Cut.
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert:
Paste/Move. Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab,
Entry, etc.
Ctrl + S: Save.
Ctrl + O: Open...
Ctrl + P: Print.
Ctrl + Z: Undo. Ctrl + A: Select all.
Ctrl + F: Find...
Ctrl+W : to close the
current window
Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child
window. F1: Open help.
F11: Toggle full screen
mode.
Alt or F10: Activate menu
bar.
Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the
icon on the
titlebar.
Escape: Remove focus
from current control/
menu, or close dialog box. General Navigation Tab: Forward one item.
Shift + Tab: Backward one
item.
Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through
tabs/child windows.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/
child windows.
Enter: If a button's
selected, click it,
otherwise, click default
button. Space: Toggle items such
as radio buttons or
checkboxes.
Alt + (Letter): Activate item
corresponding to (Letter).
(Letter) is the underlined letter on the
item's name.
Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to
the beginning of previous
word.
Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next
word.
Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to
beginning of previous
paragraph. This and all
subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section
have only been known to
work
in Rich Edit controls.
Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to
beginning of next paragraph.
Shift + Left: Highlight one
character to the left.
Shift + Right: Highlight one
character to the right.
Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to
one line up.
Shift + Down: Highlight
from current cursor
position, to one line down.
Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous
word.
Ctrl + Shift + Right:
Highlight to beginning of
next word.
Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous
paragraph.
Ctrl + Shift + Down:
Highlight to beginning of
next paragraph.
Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
End: Move cursor to
bottom of a scrollable
control. File Browser
Arrow Keys: Navigate.
Shift + Arrow Keys: Select
multiple items.
Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change
focus without changing selection. "Focus" is
the object that will run on
Enter. Space toggles
selection of the
focused item.
(Letter): Select first found item that begins with
(Letter).
BackSpace: Go up one level
to the parent directory.
Alt + Left: Go back one
folder. Alt + Right: Go forward one
folder.
Enter: Activate (Double-
click) selected item(s).
Alt + Enter: View
properties for selected item.
F2: Rename selected item
(s).
Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a
Details view, resizes all
columns to fit the longest item in each one.
Delete: Delete selected
item(s).
Shift + Delete: Delete
selected item(s); bypass
Recycle Bin. Ctrl while dragging item(s):
Copy.
Ctrl + Shift while dragging
item(s): Create shortcut(s).
In tree pane, if any:
Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or
select the parent
folder.
Right: Expand the current
selection if collapsed, or
select the first subfolder.
Numpad Asterisk: Expand
currently selected directory
and all
subdirectories. No undo.
Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected
directory.
Numpad Minus: Collapse
currently selected
directory. Accessibility
Right Shift for eight
seconds: Toggle FilterKeys
on and off. FilterKeys
must be enabled.
Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High
Contrast on and off.
High Contrast must be
enabled.
Left Alt + Left Shift +
NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off.
MouseKeys
must be enabled.
NumLock for five seconds:
Toggle ToggleKeys on and
off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.
Shift five times: Toggle
StickyKeys on and off.
StickyKeys must be
enabled.
6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType
Software Installed
Win + L: Log off Windows.
Win + P: Open Print
Manager.
Win + C: Open control panel.
Win + V: Open clipboard.
Win + K: Open keyboard
properties.
Win + I: Open mouse
properties. Win + A: Open Accessibility
properties.
Win + Space: Displays the
list of Microsoft IntelliType
shortcut keys.
Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off. Remote Desktop
Connection Navigation Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the
NT Security dialog.
Alt + PageUp: Switch
between programs.
Alt + PageDown: Switch
between programs in reverse.
Alt + Insert: Cycle through
the programs in most
recently used order.
Alt + Home: Display start
menu. Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch
the client computer
between a window and a
full screen.
Alt + Delete: Display the
Windows menu. Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus:
Place a snapshot of the
entire client window
area on the Terminal
server clipboard and
provide the same functionality
as pressing Alt +
PrintScreen on a local
computer.
Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus:
Place a snapshot of the active window in the
client on the Terminal
server clipboard and
provide the same
functionality as pressing
PrintScreen on a local computer. Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts
Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl +
PageDown: Cycle through
tabs.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl +
PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.
Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab
corresponding to number.
Ctrl + N: New window.
Ctrl + T: New tab.
Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location
bar.
Ctrl + Enter: Open location
in new tab.
Shift + Enter: Open location
in new window. Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch
focus to search bar.
Ctrl + O: Open a local file.
Ctrl + W: Close tab, or
window if there's only one
tab open. Ctrl + Shift + W: Close
window.
Ctrl + S: Save page as a
local file.
Ctrl + P: Print page.
Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.
Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...
Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3:
Find previous...
Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open
Bookmarks sidebar. Ctrl + H: Open History
sidebar.
Escape: Stop loading page.
Ctrl + R or F5: Reload
current page.
Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page;
bypass cache.
Ctrl + U: View page source.
Ctrl + D: Bookmark current
page.
Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text
size.
Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl
+ Minus: Decrease text
size.
Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.
Alt + Left or Backspace:
Back.
Alt + Right or Shift +
Backspace: Forward.
Alt + Home: Open home page.
Ctrl + M: Open new
message in integrated mail
client.
Ctrl + J: Open Downloads
dialog
