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I’ve just discovered the Snap Windows shortcut [Windows Key+Left/Right Arrow], which is pretty nifty.

 

My fave ones have been assigned to mouse buttons: Refresh [F5] (Mouse wheel Left), Full Screen [F11] (Mouse wheel Right), Back [Alt+Left Arrow] (Mouse side button 4), Forward [Alt+Right Arrow] (Mouse side button 5), Minimize All [Windows Key+M] (Mouse wheel click), Copy [CTRL+C] (Mouse side button 7) & Paste [CTRL+V] (Mouse side button 8).

 

Oh & I’ve also added Sleep & Shut Down to a couple of G Keys on the keyboard (via Macros).

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16 minutes ago, adarw said:

please say what it does.

 

mine is control-w, deletes the tab your on.

Ctrl + W to close a tab and Ctrl + T to open a new tab. Use them all of the time.

 

Ctrl + <number> to switch to that specific tab in your browser window. 

 

Also Alt + F4. Spam that a few times to quickly close everything and open the Shut Down Windows menu to power down my work laptop for the day. 

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Control + Option + C

macOS, btw. And this is a shortcut for a 3rd party window tiling app, it aligns the current window to the exact center of my screen

For a built in shortcut,

Control+ any of the arrow keys.

Up arrow- Opens Exposé

Down, shows all windows of a particular app

Right/Left - Switch work space.

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Ctrl + F

 

you probably already know what it is,

It's very useful when looking through a datasheet (imo)

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Win Shift S - take a screenshot of a selected area, and copy that to the clipboard. Honestly, that is the single most shortcut I use, it's REALLY helpful.

Win D - Handy when I just want to open a file on my desktop

Win Ctrl left and right - to switch between desktops.

Not exactly keyboard shortcut, middle click on a tab to close it

Ctrl Home - to get to the beginning of the text

Ctrl End - handy when I just went editing a word or two into my post and want to get back to the end

 

Cmd: 

Ctrl shift c - copy

Shift Insert - paste

(I realized these were some shortcuts a few months back, until then I right clicked on the window title bar, then edit and then paste, lol I'm an idiot)

 

EDIT: 

Forum shortcut - Ctrl Enter to submit your post, easy to submit without having to reach for your mouse

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On 4/5/2024 at 10:13 PM, LAwLz said:

I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 

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14 minutes ago, Ralfi said:

How could I forget this. It’s rocketed up my most used list in the past year or so!

Just don't update to Windows 11 just yet until they fix Snipping Tool... because that shortcut currently does nothing last time I checked. 

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Win + L; used to put my computer to sleep whenever I left the room, now I just lock it if I'll be gone for a short period of time.

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

Ctrl+shift+n

Ctrl + Shift + P for Firefox. My second favorite shortcut.

40 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Just don't update to Windows 11 just yet until they fix Snipping Tool... because that shortcut currently does nothing last time I checked. 

Works on my end. Either it was fixed, or it doesn't affect everyone.

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2 hours ago, RockSolid1106 said:

Win Shift S - take a screenshot of a selected area, and copy that to the clipboard. Honestly, that is the single most shortcut I use, it's REALLY helpful.

Om macOS, it's Command + Shift + (control, if you want to copy to clipboard +) 3 (for whole desktop)/ 4 (for a selected portion). And if you choose the shortcut for the selection of a portion of the screen, and you hover over a window and press the space bar and then click it, it'll ss the window alone.

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cmd+space: spotlight, absolute favorite, need to quickly calculate i e 657/9, find and launch an app, find a document use "cmd+space"

 

other often used

ctrl+eject: shut down menu

cmd+q: quit window/app currently in focus

cmd+shift+4: take a screen shot of a selection 

cmd+ctrl+space: selection of special characters and emoji like the following μ𝜑³²™η©‱ 

cmd+backspace: send file to trashcan

cmd+shift+backspace: empty trashcan

 

Special mention used to annoy people in tech forums is "option+a" gives a: 

 

EDIT:// On windows the most used shortcuts are

Win+E: launch a file explorer window

Win+shift+S: tace a screen shot of a selection

Alt+F4: kill stuff

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ctrl+c - copy

ctrl+x - cut

ctrl+v - paste

ctrl+a - select all

ctrl+z - undo

ctrl+f - find

win+r - run

shift-tab - reverse tab direction

alt+k - quickly find names typed into the "to" line in Outlook

 

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i recently learned about Win + D for instant exit to desktop and I love it

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Win+Ctrl+Shift+B

 

Has come in handy when benching 3D.

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33 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Win+Ctrl+Shift+B

 

Has come in handy when benching 3D.

I'm a goofy. I should explain what it does?!

 

Win+Ctrl+Shift+B will reset the Video card driver sub system.

Can be helpful when in game and the driver crashes but doesn't recover from the overclock.

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CTRL-V

 

You can get all the stuff from "Printscreen" and "alt+PrintScreen"

(alt-PrintScreen takes copy of the active window)

I edit my posts more often than not

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Command+R, Reloads tab on chrome/other browsers on mac. 

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Ctrl+Shift+T to recover the previously closed tab on Google Chrome. 

 

Also, holding Ctrl+LMB (Left Mouse Button) to open a link into a new tab. Say a thread and you want it to open in a new tab and not open on the tab you want to open right now. 

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58 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Win+Ctrl+Shift+B

 

Has come in handy when benching 3D.

Dude you literally froze up my PC for like 10 seconds and I had no idea of what was happening cuz I didn't read the next reply

On 4/5/2024 at 10:13 PM, LAwLz said:

I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 

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22 hours ago, IPD said:

ctrl+c - copy

ctrl+x - cut

ctrl+v - paste

ctrl+a - select all

ctrl+z - undo

ctrl+f - find

Why one or more of these is not the answer for everyone here is confusing to me. I agree that there are other useful shortcuts, but these are the indispensable ones.

 

I'm guessing they're seen as "too obvious" but that's like saying that the Master Ball isn't the best pokéball. It's the obvious choice, so kinda boring, but that's because it's obviously the best.

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Just now, RockSolid1106 said:

Dude you literally froze up my PC for like 10 seconds and I had no idea of what was happening cuz I didn't read the next reply

I never understood it even when I was on Windows 10 doing benchmarks. It literally did nothing on my system- so I say "The Most Useless Shortcut". 

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2 minutes ago, RockSolid1106 said:

Dude you literally froze up my PC for like 10 seconds and I had no idea of what was happening cuz I didn't read the next reply

No you froze it up. I didn't tell you to hit those keys lol. That's was all you. 

 

But you'll have to reset your overclock now.... haha.

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