Thursday, February 27, 2014

Useful shortcuts for Desktop and Browser

Operating a computer using shortcuts saves you a lot of time.They are also very useful when you don't have a mouse to operate.
Operating a computer using shortcuts gives people happiness and feeling of geek.
Here are some useful shortcuts that are useful to people in their daily life of browsing and operating computer.

Desktop:

Start Menu : Windows Logo (or) Ctrl + ESC

My computer : Windows Logo + E

New Folder : Ctrl + Shift + N

Switching Through Applications : Alt + Tab

Switching Through Applications without always hitting alt + Tab : Ctrl + Alt + Tab

Switch through open applicatons : Alt + tab (or) Windows Logo +Tab (aero effect in windows7)

Switching through applications in aero mode : Ctrl + Windows Logo +Tab & use mouse to scroll.

Switch focus between applications : Alt + ESC

Run : Windows Logo +R

Desktop : Windows Logo + D

Minimize all windows : Windows Logo + M

Restore all minimized windows : Windows Logo + Shift + M

Flip window to left / Right : Windows Logo + Left arrow/Right arrow

Lock Screen : Windows Logo + L

System Properties : Windows Logo +Pause

Adding different Monitors : Windows Logo + P

Close a window : Alt + F4 (or) Ctrl + W

Full Screen : F11


Task Manager : Ctrl + Alt + Del (or) Ctrl + Shift + ESC

Minimize window : Alt + Spacebar & then N

Close window : Alt + Spacebar & then C

Restore window : Alt + Spacebar & then R

Copy,Cut,Paste : Ctrl + C,X,V

Rename File / Folder : F2



Browser:

New Tab : Ctrl + T

Go to address bar : Ctrl + L (or) Alt + D (or) F6

Switch between tabs : Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Go to nth tab : Ctrl + 1,2,3,...9

Search for keyword : Ctrl + F / F3

Downloads : Ctrl + J

History : Ctrl + H

Clear History Page : Ctrl + Shift + Del

View Original size of page : Ctrl + 0(zero)

Zoom in or out web page : Ctrl + '+' Ctrl + '-'

Bookmark a web page : Ctrl + D

Directly go to GOOGLE.COM : www.google.com/ncr

Refresh Page : F5 (or) Ctrl + R

Go back / forward : Alt + Left / Right arrow

Open a file in your computer : Ctrl + O

Browse one page down/up : Spacebar / Shift + Spacebar

Developer Tools : F12

Open Source code : Ctrl + U

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