Sunday, February 28, 2010

Windows Hotkey, Generic and Navigation Shortcuts

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Windows Shortcuts are:-




1.)  Windows Hotkeys Shortcuts
  1. Ctrl + Escape or Win: Display start menu. 
  2. Shift + F10 or AppsKey: Display context menu.
  3. Win + E: Open Windows Explorer.
  4. Win + R: Open Run dialog.
  5. Win + M: Minimize all windows.
  6. Win + Shift + M: Undo minimize all windows.
  7. Win + D: Toggle minimize all windows. or toggle desktop view, using Show_Desktop.scf, while MinimizeAllWindows doesn't minimize dialog boxes (including Properties windows).'.
  8. Windows Hotkeys: Activate system tray. Arrow keys select, Enter double-clicks, and AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
  9. Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
  10. Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
  11. Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
  12. Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
  13. Win + F1: Open Windows help.
  14. Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
  15. Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
  16. Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
  17. Alt + Tab: Display CoolSwitch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
  18. Alt + Shift + Tab: Display CoolSwitch; go in reverse.
  19. Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
  20. Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
  21. Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
  22. Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
  23. 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\) 
  24. Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
  25. Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
  26. Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
  27. Alt + Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
  28. Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OSes other than XP.
  29. Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
  30. Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.

2.)  Generic Shortcuts
  1. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
  2. Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
  3. Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
  4. Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
  5. Ctrl + S: Save.
  6. Ctrl + O: Open...
  7. Ctrl + P: Print.
  8. Ctrl + Z: Undo.
  9. Ctrl + A: Select all.
  10. Ctrl + F: Find...
  11. Ctrl+W : to close the current window
  12. Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
  13. F1: Open help.
  14. F11: Toggle full screen mode.
  15. Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
  16. Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
  17. Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.  
3.)  Generic Navigation Shortcuts
  1. Tab: Forward one item.
  2. Shift + Tab: Backward one item.
  3. Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.
  4. Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.
  5. Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.
  6. Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.
  7. Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.
  8. Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.
  9. Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.
  10. 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 RichEdit controls.
  11. Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
  12. Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.
  13. Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.
  14. Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.
  15. Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.
  16. Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.
  17. Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.
  18. Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.
  19. Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.
  20. Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
  21. End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.

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