Desktop Short cuts

Action Activate Menu bar File menu Edit menu View menu Undo the last operation Redo the last operation Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard Copy the selected area into the clipboard Paste contents of clipboard at cursor Paste special Select everything in focused control or window Toggle among installed keyboard languages Windows XP / Vista / 7
Alt Alt+F Alt+E Alt+V Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+X or Shift+Del Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+Ins Ctrl+V, or Shift+Ins Ctrl+Alt+V Ctrl+A Shift+Alt

[edit] Text editing

Many of these commands may be combined with Shift to select a region of text.[4] Action delete char to the right of cursor delete word to the right of cursor delete word to the left of cursor start of line End of line start of document end of document previous word next word previous line next line previous line break (paragraph) next line break search next search result previous search result search and replace search a regular expression search and replace a regular expression Windows XP / Vista / 7
Del

Home End Ctrl

+ Home Ctrl + End Ctrl+ Ctrl+

Ctrl+ Ctrl+ Ctrl+F F3

Shift+F3 Ctrl+H

[edit] Web browsers

Action Windows XP / Vista / 7

Bookmarks menu URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .com) URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .org) URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .net) Add bookmark for current page Add bookmark for current url Manage bookmarks Web Search Focus and Select Address Bar Refresh a Webpage Open a New Tab Close a Current Tab Close all Tabs but the Current One Open a Previously Closed Tab Zoom Options (zoom in +, zoom out -, zoom 100%)

Ctrl+B Control + Enter Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter Shift + Enter Ctrl+D Ctrl+B Ctrl+E

or F6 F5 or Ctrl+R Ctrl+T Ctrl+W

Ctrl+ Shift+T Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- and Ctrl+0

Ctrl+L

[edit] Go menu
Action Go to Browser according language Go to the previous location in history Go to the next location in history Go up one level in the navigation hierarchy Go to the starting page defined by the user or application only) Alt+ or Shift+ Backspace (web browser only) Alt+(Vista only) or Backspace(Windows Explorer)
Alt+Home Alt+ or Backspace(web browser

Windows XP / Vista / 7 Alt+D or Alt+C

[edit] Text formatting

Action Make selected text bold/regular Toggle underlining of selected text Make selected text italic/regular Change to upper/lower case Make selected text superscript Make selected text subscript Windows XP / Vista / 7 Ctrl+B Ctrl+U Ctrl+I Shift+F3 (Office products only?) Ctrl+ Shift++ Ctrl++

[edit] Window management

Action Windows XP / Vista / 7

Alt+Tab

Switch to next/previous focused window

Shift+Alt+Tab

Switch focus to the next/previous window (without dialog) Switch focus to the next/previous tab within a window Switch focus to the next/previous panel on the desktop Switch focus to the next/previous panel (without dialog) Pop up window menu Close the focused window Restore the focused window to its previous size Move the focused window Resize the focused window Hide the focused window Minimize the focused window Maximize the focused window Maximize horizontally Maximize vertically Minimize all Minimize all non focused windows Undo minimize all Switch fullscreen/normal size Show the window in full screen mode, with no border, menubar, toolbar or statusbar Rollup/down window Show all open windows Show all windows of current application Switch to next/previous application Show all workspaces Move window to left/right/up/down workspace Move window to workspace n Switch to next/previous workspace list Go to workspace n
Alt+F4

Alt+Esc

Shift+Alt+Esc Ctrl+Tab

Alt+Space

or Ctrl+F4 or Alt+Space then C or Ctrl +W

Alt+Space

then R

Alt+Space

then M then Arrow Keys Alt+Space then S then Arrow Keys

then N, or Win+ (Windows 7 only) Alt+Space then X, or Win+ (Windows 7 only)

Alt+Space Win+ Shift+ (Windows 7 only)

or Win+D Win+Home (Windows 7 only) Shift+ Win+M

F11

Win+M

Win+/ (Windows 7 only)

Win

+D

Go to left/right/up/down workspace Show / hide desktop Activate window demanding attention Quit application of current window Close dialog Open/Focus (preview) pinned program on the taskbar

[7]

Win+D Alt+F4 Win+(#)

or Ctrl+F4 varies [8]

Esc

where "#" is the position of the program on the Windows 7 Taskbar (Windows 7 only) Win+(#) where "#" is the position of the Open new program window of pinned program on the Quick Launch toolbar program in Quick Launch (Windows Vista only?) Open new program window of the pinned Win+ Shift+(#) where "#" is the program on the taskbar (if program is position of the program on the Windows 7 already opened) Taskbar (Windows 7 only) Win+T , you can back and forth. Focus the first taskbar entry. Pressing Hold Shift to cycle backwards again will cycle through them (Windows 7 only) Peek at the desktop Win+Space (Windows 7 only) Bring gadgets to the front of the Z-order Win+G (Windows Vista,7) or and cycle between gadgets Win+Space (Vista only, no cycling) Open the Run dialog box Win+R Open the Search dialog box Win+F External display options (mirror, extend Win+P (Windows 7 only) desktop, etc.)

[edit] Widget navigation

Action Windows XP / Vista / 7 Tab / Shift+Tab Shift+F1

Moves keyboard focus to next/previous control Pop up tooltip for currently focused control Show context-sensitive help for currently focused window or Shift+F1 control Give focus to next/previous pane Ctrl+F6 / Alt+F6 Give focus to splitter bar in paned window Give focus to window's menu bar F10 or Alt Pop up contextual menu for currently selected objects (aka Shift+F10 or Menu context menu) Toggle selected state of focused checkbox, radio button, or Space toggle button Enter Activate focused button, menu item etc. Select/move to first/last item in selected widget Scroll selected view by one page up/left/down/right

Scroll selected view to top/bottom

[edit] Tab management

Action Create new tab Close current tab Go to next/previous tab Windows XP / Vista / 7 Ctrl+T Ctrl+W Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+ Shift+Tab

[edit] Desktop navigation

Action Run new application Open new browser window with same page as current Start menu / Access applications Lock desktop Show desktop Switch active user Task manager Rename file Open file or program Windows XP / Vista / 7 Win+R, enter executable name Alt+( D then Enter ) / Internet Explorer) Win or Ctrl+Esc Win+L Win+D or Win+M (then use Win+ Shift+M to bring back all windows) Win+L [10] Ctrl+ Shift+Esc, Ctrl+Alt+Delete[11]
F2 Enter Ctrl+N (Explorer

[edit] Power management

Action Place computer into sleep/standby mode Shutdown computer Restart computer Place display in sleep mode Bring up power/sleep dialog box Windows XP / Vista / 7 Sleep (available on some keyboards, configurable in Power Options dialog)

Alt+F4

(while on Desktop only)

[edit] Making screenshots

Action Save screenshot of entire screen as file Copy screenshot of entire screen to clipboard Save screenshot of window as file Windows XP / Vista / 7
Print Screen

or Ctrl+Print Screen

Copy screenshot of window to clipboard Copy screenshot of arbitrary area to clipboard Save screenshot of arbitrary area as file

Alt+Print Screen

[edit] Command line shortcuts

Below is a list of common keyboard shortcuts that are used in a command line environment. Action Scroll through History of typed commands Signal end-of-file Abort current command/typing Erase word to the left Erase word to the right Erase line to the left Erase line to the right Yank/paste previously erased string Move one word to the left (backward) Move one word to the right (forward) Move to beginning of line Move to end of line Reverse search of history Stop execution of the current job Insert the next character typed verbatim Autocomplete command/file name Scroll window up Scroll window down
Tab

Microsoft Windows (cmd.exe)

/ Ctrl+Z Ctrl+C

Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End

Ctrl+ Ctrl+ Home End F7

(enabled by default in Windows XP and later) Shift+PageUp (may not work in some versions of Windows XP) Shift+PageDown (may not work in some versions of Windows XP)

[edit] Accessibility
Action Utility Manager Sticky mouse Windows XP / Vista / 7 Win+U (Ctrl+Alt+ Shift When your mouse goes wild and highlights from

the place you clicked and you are unable to release it) Inverse (Reverse Colors) Mode
Alt+ Shift+PrtScn

[edit] User interface shortcuts

Below is a list of common keyboard shortcuts that are used to select a User interface (UI). Action CLI GUI GPU enhanced GUI Microsoft Windows