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What are some lesser known keyboard shortcuts that everyone should know about?
SodaWithoutSparkles
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i'll go with ctrl + shift + esc for windows task manager
Thanked by 1Eiliya2001
Also, which shortcut would you **remove** if you are forced to?
- Remove...38 votes
- ctrl c21.05%
- ctrl v0.00%
- ctrl x78.95%
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ctrl + shift + esc? Typing that with one hand (the left one I suppose) feels like figuring out the secret key combo to open the config menu in a dishwasher or coffee machine. But computers have become appliances the past 10 years, so it's acceptable.
And appliances have become furniture. But strangely, furniture have remained furniture. Is that rock bottom?
Should've specified that you mean Windows keyboard shortcuts. On Linux desktops people will have other shortcuts.
Anyways, more on-topic for this forum, in the shell (ssh) it's nice to know the default emacs-style readline keybindings:
Ctrl + w: Delete previous word
Alt + d: Delete until end of word
Alt + f: Move forward by one word
Alt + b: Move backwards by one word
Ctrl + f: Move forward by one character
Ctrl + b: Move backwards by one character
Ctrl + p: Up
Ctrl + n: down
Ctrl + a: Go to beginning of input line
Ctrl + e: Go to end of line
Ctrl + k: Delete until end of line
Ctrl + u: Delete entire line
Ctrl + L: Clear screen
Ctrl + r: History search
Ctrl + c: Send SIGINT, most should know this, less known:
Ctrl + \: Send SIGKILL (force kill for programs having a SIGINT handler)
These are the ones I use the most
Additionally, a lot of shells have an option to enable a vi-mode when hitting Esc.
Powerbutton: Powers down the machine.
Also, why do 44% remove ctrl c? Doesnt that kinda render ctrl v invaild as well? Or would right click + pressing copy be allowed?
Ctrl + v = Shift + Insert
As a former user of a decapitated keyboard with 10% of the keys not working, I kinda suspect what led to figuring that out.
When the Ctrl key is broken or the right mouse button does not work, (shift + insert) is useful.
I've seen your phone pictures, I'm sure your computer looks like a toaster
I respect you.
I definitely didn't know about this one.. I've missed Ctrl + Alt + Del opening Task Manager since they took it away in XP..
Win + E (File Explorer) and Win + R (Run box) are the two I use the most.
Removing Ctrl + x wouldn't bother me.. I use Ctrl + c way way more... Both Windows for Copy and non-Windows for Break..
I like moving programs to other monitors without dragging.
Full screen stuff likes games (Shift + Windows key + Left/Right arrow key)
Non Full screen programs | Click program then do (Windows key + Left/Right arrow key)
I have two contributions for Linux shell:
In GNU/Screen session you can assign the ctrl+right/left arrow keys the same functionality of ctrl-a-n and ctrl-a-p (combinations which go to the next/previous window) by setting this in your ~/.screenrc file:
escape ^Aabindkey "^[[1;5C" nextbindkey "^[[1;5D" prevTo apply it immediately use:
screen -X source ~/.screenrcThis is not a keyboard shortcut, but If you want to know the exact date and time you executed a command from your bash history:
$ export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T 'And then you'll see the date and time near the command when running:
$ historyTo unset:
$ unset HISTTIMEFORMATAlt + Tab
This shouldn't be in General.
Win + Shift + S
Ctrl + Wto close browser tabCtrl + Tabto switch tabsWin + Tabto get a window/desktop switcherShift+Del to permanently delete a file in Windows without sending it to the Recycle Bin.
Thumb on control and shift, and middle finger on escape. But I suppose hand/keyboard size matters for this.
Crtl + Shift + T is one of my favorites to reopen closed tabs.
Ctrl + Left mouse click = Mouse scroll key click
Opens the link in a new tab. (Browsers)
Generally not true, browsers just map "Open in new tab" to both.
Fun fact:
clickhandlers that some websites have on links and prevent you from opening it in a new tab via ctrl+click generally won't execute for middle-click. Though middle-click handlers can be registered in javascript separately using theauxclickevent.Cntrl+shift+t reopen recently closed chrome tabs
I really never use ctrl x anyways
Valid until 2016, changed later. Is this generally not true?
On MacOS, "Paste and Match Style" - or as I like to call it, "the claw"
Option-Shift-Command-V.On Windows you can get the same behavior with
Ctrl-Shift-Vin some apps, or universally with Power Toys "Paste as Plain Text" module.IMHO the shortcut to remove is ctrl-x
because thats just ctrl-c with a backspace or delete
on windows I like the shift + win + arrow key, so I can shift apps around multiple monitors. eg. a game that is fullscreen and I want to move it to my third monitor, I do the command and press right arrow three times and boom magic its there
Shit + Insert was the key combination I learned under Win3.x. Its complement was Shift + Del to cut text.
On Linux, I often use Alt + drag window to move them around. On Macs, Cmd + ` switches between application windows within the workspace (when not using Stage Manager), and cycles between apps in center stage of Stage Manager.