Here I collected some really important Shortcuts with CTRL for Windows (obviously). Shortcuts can help a lot to save time and improve your Workflow as well. When you learn to memorize some of these Shortcuts you will get faster with everything because you don’t have to get your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse to do a certain action.
General useful Shortcuts:
Shortcut |
Action |
CTRL+T |
Opens a new Tab in your Browser |
CTRL+C |
Copie the selected text |
CTRL+X |
Cut the selected text |
CTRL+V |
Paste the copied/cuted text |
CTRL+A |
Select all |
CTRL+Z |
Undo the last operation |
CTRL+Y |
Redo the last undo(CTRL+Z) |
CTRL+F |
Open Search field |
Useful for editing text:
Shortcut |
Action |
CTRL+B |
Bold |
CTRL+U |
Underline |
CTRL+I |
Italic |
CTRL+LEFT ARROW/RIGHT ARROW |
jump from word to word |
CTRL+UP ARROW/DOWN ARROW |
jump to previous or next line |
Browser Shortcuts:
Shortcut |
Action |
CTRL+N |
Open new Tab (Works in Browser and in Folders on Windows) |
CTRL+T |
Open a new Tab in your Browser |
CTRL+W |
Close the current Tab |
CTRL+SHIFT+T |
Reopen previously closed Tabs |
CTRL+TAB |
Switch to the next Tab |
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB |
Switch to the previous Tab |
CTRL+D |
Add the current website as a bookmark |
CTRL+E |
Select the search bar in your Browser |
CTRL+F5 |
Refresh the Website ignoring cache |
Shortcut |
Action |
CTRL+ + |
Zooms into the Website |
CTRL+ – |
Zooms out |
CTRL+0 |
Resets the zooming you did before |
Windows Shortcuts:
Shortcut |
Action |
CTRL+N |
Open new Tab (Works in Browser and in Folders on Windows) |
CTRL+SHIFT+N |
Create new Folder |
CTRL+ESC |
Open Windows Start Menu (The same you open by clicking on the Windows Logo at the left-bottom of your screen) |
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC |
Open the task manager |
CTRL+ESC |
Open the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item) |
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