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.

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