KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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.