Keyboard Shortcuts
The absolute basics
CTRL + C Copy
CTRL + V Paste
CTRL + X Cut
CTRL + Z Undo
CTRL + A Select all
CTRL + S Save
CTRL + F Find/search
CTRL + + Zoom in
CTRL + - Zoom out
ALT + F4 Cheat mode
F11 Fullscreen
ALT + TAB Switch application
CTRL + TAB Go to next tab
CTRL + T Open new tab
CTRL + W Close current tab
CTRL + SHIFT + T Reopen closed tab
+ V Paste from history
+ S Search for program
+ D Switch to/from desktop
+ L Lock screen
You can sometimes add shift to modify/reverse the action (i.e. ALT + TAB)
Text editors
word + click x2 Select word
word + click x3 Select line
Browser specific
CTRL + L Focus address bar
F12 Open Dev Tools
CTRL + R Refresh
CTRL + SHIFT + R Hard refresh (clears cache)
Tricks with arrows
CTRL + To end of word
CTRL + To start of word
add shift to also select
And some more..
HOME To line start
END To line end
CTRL + HOME To document start
CTRL + END To document end
Try some things and see what happens
Visual Studio Code
ALT + Multiple cursors
Middle click + drag Multiple cursors
CTRL + P Navigate to file
CTRL + SHIFT + P Command palette
CTRL + SHIFT + Space Trigger parameter hints
CTRL + / Toggle comment
CTRL + N New file
CTRL + enter Go to new line
Less common but still useful
CTRL + B Toggle sidebar
CTRL + SHIFT + ` Terminal
CTRL + H Find & replace
CTRL + SHIFT + D Duplicate line
ALT + UP Move line up
ALT + DOWN Move line down
ALT + Z Toggle word wrap
ALT + CLICK + Folder Expand/Collapse folder
CTRL + SHIFT + K Delete line
CTRL + SHIFT + D Duplicate line
Windows explorer (and more)
CTRL + SHIFT + N Create new folder
F2 Rename file
enter Open file
DEL Delete file
CTRL + Select multiple files
SHIFT + Select from first to last file
Let's put it to the test!
There are a keyboard shortcuts to test. Once you click "start", the timer begins and you can start pressing ALL the right buttons!
Make sure you're in fullscreen mode or some shortcuts won't work.