Posted on 05/20/2015 10:54:01 AM PDT by lulu16
Turns out, there are a few savvy (and super-easy) keyboard tricks that can do just that. Your desktop, browser, Gmail, and even Facebook all have simple keyboard-based shortcuts you can press to more quickly accomplish things you do all the time — things like creating a new tab in Chrome or favoriting a tweet.
We’ve rounded up 10 super-handy keyboard hacks that will help you zip through your daily grind, so you can spend more time on things that matter — or at least save your index finger from repetitive stress syndrome. And, we've organized them from the most basic and well-known to the most advanced. Even if you’re already a keyboard-shortcut pro, keep scrolling; we're sure we’ve got a keyboard trick you never knew existed.
4. Chrome Tabs & Windows We basically live in Chrome, so these tips end up being especially useful. To create a new tab, hit Command/Control+T. Similarly, for a new window, hit Command/Control+N. To switch between tabs (on both Macs and PCs) tap Control+Tab or Control+Page Down. The latter trick is great when you want to cycle through your open tabs, or when you want to alternate between two tabs (Control+Shift+Tab or Control+Page Up lets you navigate back to the previous open tab).
6. Hyperlinks In Gmail No need to copy and paste a URL into an email. If you highlight the text you want to turn into a link, then hit Control/Command+K, a pop-up in Gmail appears and lets you paste in the URL. Now, instead of having an email littered with http://s and www.s, you’ve got clean text with a few blue, clickable links.
My favorite remains Ctrl+Alt, Delete.
I love Ctrl+Q to quit applications in OS X and Linux. Wish it’d work with Windoze.
ALT-F4.
Many of these tips can be accomplished by using your mouse. Like adding a new tab, just click the + sign after the last open tab. No key board typing needed.
Wish I could ALT+F4 the democrats.
Just use Alt + F4.
CTRL+C or CTRL+S would also work as most of the rats brains still run on DOS, Windoze is to picturesque for them to comprehend.
Alt+F4 or either [Alt+F C] OR [Alt+F X] (depends upon the app, older ones used eXit to close, newer tend to Close)
OK, I've given that multiple tries and my device shuts down every damn time.
What's it supposed to do?
I lost my “hit any key” hammer
Anyone else tired of the gratuitous use of the word “hack”? Sorry but shortcut keys aren’t “hacks”. Thanks for the list though...
I’ve reprogrammed my keyboard so that every key is the enter key.
Work goes by so much faster now.
Aka, RTFM?
I like ‘CTRL +’ and ‘CTRL -’ to zoom in and out on pages.
bkmk
How about Ctrl-W to close browser tabs individually?
I use that ALL the time.
You can tell when someone really knows how to use their computer, because they only really have to use the mouse about half the time that other users do. Many of these ‘keyboard hacks’ have been around for years.
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