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What's Your Favorite Shortcut?

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Ayu Adiati •

ctrl + z all the way! 😁

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GrahamTheDev •

Taking a left at Waverley avenue instead of going straight on via Brampton place.

Saves me 5 minutes each time. 😜🤣💗

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Michael Tharrington •

Thanks dad! 😆

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Ben Halpern •

Not writing tests or documentation and then regretting it for years to come.

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Retiago Drago •

👁👄👁

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Parzival •

I don't have one favorite but a list of favorites.

General Shortcuts:

  1. Ctrl + C: Copy selected text or item.
  2. Ctrl + X: Cut selected text or item.
  3. Ctrl + V: Paste copied/cut text or item.
  4. Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.
  5. Ctrl + Y: Redo the last undone action.
  6. Ctrl + S: Save the current file.
  7. Ctrl + F: Find text in a document or web page.
  8. Ctrl + P: Print the current document.
  9. Ctrl + A: Select all (text, files, etc.).
  10. Ctrl + N: Open a new window or tab (browser).
  11. Alt + Tab: Switch between open applications or tabs.
  12. Ctrl + Alt + Del: Open the Task Manager (Windows).

Web Browsing Shortcuts:

  1. Ctrl + T: Open a new tab in your web browser.
  2. Ctrl + W: Close the active tab in your web browser.
  3. Ctrl + Tab: Switch to the next tab.
  4. Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Switch to the previous tab.
  5. F5 or Ctrl + R: Refresh the web page.

Window Management Shortcuts:

  1. Alt + F4: Close the active window.
  2. Win + Left/Right Arrow: Snap the window to the left or right side of the screen (Windows).
  3. Alt + Space, then N: Minimize the active window to the taskbar (Windows).
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FJones •

Only missing the "oh crap, not that one" shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+T

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Oscar •

Never knew Ctrl + Tab existed. I think I can browse the internet without a mouse now!

Also, you can use Ctrl + L to jump the search bar.

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K Om Senapati •

Very helpful man!! Thanks

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Bala Madhusoodhanan •

Windows logo key + period (.) - launches emoji panel

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Matt Ellen-Tsivintzeli •

also works with windows key + semicolon (;)

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Michael Tharrington •

Oooo yeah, good one!

On Mac it's CTRL + CMD + Space ... definitely one I use a bunch!

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Aidas Petryla •

ctrl + e
I'm using some browser extension and have ctrl + e set up to switch between recently used tabs. This saves me a lot of time at the end of the day.

PS There are also nice extensions to move the tabs around. Sometimes it's nice to put some related tabs together fast.

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Pradumna Saraf •

cmd + c and cmd + v

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Mitchell Mutandah •

Cmd + C and Cmd + V as always.

Guess what? My sister just busted me for going overboard with the letter "C" on her keyboard! 🙈 I may have over-"C"-do'ed it a bit and now her keyboard is feeling the "C"raze. Oops! 😅🦄

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Chantal •

And that sister is just here hahahahahaha.

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Ben Sinclair •

CTRL-R for searching command history in the shell.

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Renan Ferro •

CMD + K My shortcut for committing in WebStorm (Committing is always a feeling of relief 🤣).

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Michael R. Taylor •

IntelliJ's Shift Shift to search everywhere is really growing on me!

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Retiago Drago •

Win + . for windows user to add my personality whenever I text

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Darryl Bayliss •

cmd + space on mac for spotlight. So useful!

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Abdulla Sinan Shehzab •

Alt+tab 😁

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Mel Smith •

Me and my baton rouge team love Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V shortcuts.

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K Om Senapati •

Win + X Then U two times to shutdown my windows machine.

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Ahmet Sönmez •

Ctrl+T and Ctrl+F every time.

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Marco Fontani • • Edited

ctrl+w -- kill word backwards. Shame I "always" forget and use it in the browser, too, when writing... and it closes the current tab, dammit.