Questions tagged [keyboard-shortcuts]
Using a keyboard key or combination of keys to quickly perform an action.
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Tool to list all current Windows 10 Hotkeys?
I tried "Windows Hotkey Explorer" (WHE) and it exploded in my face in a spectacular fashion. (Do NOT ever run this if you are on Windows 8 or higher. It will just PRESS each and every hotkey....
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Software for docking windows to corners (rather than sides) with configurable window sizes
Sometimes I'm on a 27" screen with a crazy resolution of 2560x1440 that allows me to put windows on each corner and still have, essentially, four 1280x720 windows, which is great, but tedious, since ...
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Windows software for custom shortcut keys
I would like a software which allow me to create custom shortcut key like:
Shortcut to my Dropbox folder
Shortcut to open my text editor
Shortcut to write my usual password (bad idea I know)
Shortcut ...
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Use second keyboard for shortcuts
On Windows, if you connect two USB keyboards, they behave like one. AFAIK (I can't try at the moment) it even synchronizes CapsLock and NumLock.
I'm looking for a way to map keyboard shortcuts to the ...
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Firefox add-on to immediately store bookmark
I very often bookmark pages in Firefox in a 'Read later' folder.
This takes 3 actions:
Hit Ctrl-D
Pull open the Folder dropdown containing the last folders used
Click on the 'Read later' folder
This ...
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Vim/Vimium-like window manager
I have just started using the Vimium plugin for Chrome and I am kicking myself for not using it earlier. It is packed with features that make web browsing much easier, and also uses very similar ...
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What will let me find keyboard input for Mac (like AutoHotKey's console for Windows)?
My use case: I have a mouse with rocker buttons. I want to remap these buttons to be something else (forward and backwards). I know the button is recognized since it seems to allow for "open link in ...
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Software to click anywhere on the screen without mouse
I know that I can move the mouse using the keyboard.
But I am searching something that work faster.
Some years ago I had a software that make a table on the screen, that give any place a number, and ...
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Program to minimize certain programs only
I am looking for a free program that allows me to press a keyboard shortcut, and if certain programs are open (ie. not minimized already), then only them should get minimized.
So, if I had Skype, ...
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Searching for a software for fast jump between windows
For example:
Win+C - go to the last command line window
Win+SHIFT+C Open new command line
Win+W - Go to microsoft word
Win+Shift+W - open new microsoft word windows
Hold(WIN)+W+W+W - move between ...
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Launching macros from second keyboard
I have two keyboards connected to my computer. I am looking for a program that allows to launch macros by pressing keys on my second keyboard (but pressing the same keys on my first keyboard shouldn't ...
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Holistic keyboard shortcut approach/scheme/guide?
The Question:
Where can I find a resource to help me implement a powerful, holistic, cross-application approach to keyboard shortcuts on MacOS that maximizes productivity and minimizes movement that ...
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Share clipboard between different users on Mac
Is there a program to allow me to share my clipboard between 2 accounts on my Mac (Snow-Leopard - 10.6.8)?
My only requirement is:
Allows me to make a new keyboard shortcut like cmd + shift + c that ...
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Unicode keyboard shortcuts known from Linux on Windows?
On Windows I miss the Linux functionality, that any existing character could be inserted by pressing Ctrl + Shift + u1234, where "1234" is a Unicode code of that character.
Some of the characters ...
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Windows software to move any window between multiple monitors (screens) by using keys BUT without resizing the moved window
I have a multiscreen computer:
and I use WindowPad to move (arrange) any window on the screen, and this program is too capable of moving them between monitors by pressing WinKey+Enter.
The issue ...
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Setting a keyboard shortcut to paste a specified text
How can i set a keyboard shortcut to paste a specified text always? ( windows 7)
I want to specify my password to a keyboard shortcut to use in logins.
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PDF viewers can navigate bookmarks with keyboard
I need to find a PDF viewer, working on Windows, that can navigate the bookmarks by keyboard only. In specific, it should be able to do these with hotkeys only:
Open and close bookmark panel (PDF-...
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Which 3rd party "keyboard shortcut" software shoud I use for Windows?
I want to install a keyboard shortcut software on a Windows 7 system. Mainly if found the following two free alternatives:
AutoHotkey (Freeware / Open Source)
AutoIt (Freeware / Closed Source)
Now ...
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Software for simulating mouse click at a specific position with shortcut key?
I'm looking for a software which lets me simulate left mouse click at specific positions by pressing custom shortcut keys.
And I also need to create multiple simulations. For example, I would like to ...
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Emulator for Game Boy that supports shortcut key to combo or special attack
I want to play Sailor Moon for Nintendo Game Boy, but I don't have a real Game Boy.
Because the characters in Sailor Moon game have some special moves and I remembered that it was hard to do it, ...
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Browser extension to bind clicking on an item of the page to a keyboard shortcut
I am looking for a browser extension (Chrome if possible) to spot bind clicking on an item of the page to a keyboard shortcut.
E.g. when browsing a thread on Stack Exchange, I would like to bind the ...
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Bind strings to hotkey
I want to quick paste some different strings using hotkeys. For example if I press Alt+L in any input form it works like if I pasted loremipsum. Or it may be some abbreviation, for example I enter li,...
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Shortcuts to surround text by curly braces, and more
Many times I need to simply surround some text by some signs, like curly braces, square brackets and more depending on what it is exactly I am writing, scripting or programming.
Some programs, like ...
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Setting numlock as a hotkey in Windows (by changing registry values)
Recently I found Microsoft Keyboad Layout Creator which can tweak the registry to add a new keyboard layout for a language. But it does not let the user change the capslock or numlock functionality.
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How to collect statistics on how many times a keyboard shortcut I use?
I would like to collect the statistics on how many times a keyboard shortcut I use. I need this because I want to make some analyses on productivity improvement.
I use OsX.
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Program to insert input text around selected text
I am looking for a Windows 7 program that allows me to press a shortcut, get asked to input a character and have the currently selected text surrounded with what I entered.
I need:
it to be free
it ...
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Create and easily display cheat sheets (with shortcuts) for any program on Mac
I'm currently using CheatSheet.app on OS X (10.9 if that matters). This app displays the shortcuts of the application in focus with a shortcut.
Sadly, for some programs, IDEs for instance, only a ...
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Firefox add-on to have tab shortcut like Pale Moon?
I like the way that Pale Moon manages the tabs. When you press Ctrl+Tab, you don't move to your next (in position) tab but your last opened tab. More importantly (I haven't seen any add-on that covers ...
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How can I quickly view a list of application-specific keyboard shortcuts on all operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux)?
I'm looking for a standalone program or OS utility that will quickly list an application's keyboard shortcuts to help teach digital fluency.
I haven't quite found any individual programs or utilities ...
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Tool to sync keyboard shortcuts for programming IDE's
As a developer I use multiple IDE's like Visual Studio, VS Code, Sublime, intelliJ, Android studio, ect. Almost all of them have a way to customize and store shortcut/keymap settings. I use this a ...
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Warning when I click a button that could have been pressed through a keyboard shortcut
I am looking for a program that can display a warning whenever I click a button that could have been pressed through a keyboard shortcut.
Ideally, the warning should just be some pop-up that ...
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Manage Flash player with multimedia keys
I listen to music online. Streaming services usually provide a Flash player to manage the stream (pause, go to next track, alter volume, etc.). This player can’t be managed from multimedia keyboard ...
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Is there a JS library that would grant vim key bindings to a textarea?
This is a related question, but I am wondering if there is a pure JS solution that a server could serve so that all client browsers can enjoy the vim keybindings without extra client-side extensions.
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Software to modify text in a clipboard with hotkey
So I need a piece of software that does the following:
I have say the text string "ABCDEF" in my clipboard
I press a hotkey
I have the text string "ABCDEF+GHI" in my clipboard
Now I can paste the ...
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Place the title of the current tab in the clipboard with a keyboard shortcut in Google Chrome
I am looking for a Google Chrome extension that allow the user to place the title of the current tab in the clipboard with a keyboard shortcut. It should work on Microsoft Windows.
There seems to be ...
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SizzlingKeys (Music / iTunes Key Control) replacement for macOS Catalina?
I'm in love with SizzlingKeys. It has been the best tool for iTunes for me for the past decade and I just can't live without it. :'(
It allows me to do everything I want to do with my music with a ...
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Software to map custom keys on a keyboard / mouse
I'm searching for a software which can bind commands / actions / etc. to the custom keys on my keyboard / mouse.
I mean the keys: Mode, M1-9 & C1-9
I know there is always special software and ...
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Searching for a keyboard optimized webbrowser (ideally on Linux)
So we all know most webbrowsers are highly optimized for mouse usage. Basically every button on the web screams "use your mouse".
I've always used mouse a decent amount until I began using Linux. I ...
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Customize keyboard shortcuts/hot keys in order to paste different lines of text?
I would like to find a free/open source program for Windows 7 64-bit that will allow me to make keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+V+1, Ctrl+V+2, etc., in order to paste saved lines of text on-the-fly.
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Setting up Keyboard Shortcuts to paste text Linux
I am looking for the same solution as this.
I am doing some editing where I need to paste the same base text over and over and modify them a little. The problem is I have two such texts which I need ...
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Move a window to the bottom/top monitor with a shortcut on Windows
On Windows 7 I can use:
Win + Shift + Arrow Left to move a window to the left monitor
Win + Shift + Arrow Right to move a window to the right monitor
I can also use UltraMon to set up a keyboard ...
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Remapping Mouse Clicks with Keystrokes on macOS
Looking for macOS app that can remap the two thumb buttons on a mouse to simulate a combination of keystrokes. This software should be compatible with macOS Ventura and can be paid for.
The software ...
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On a Windows PC, is there a software that I can automate a left down mouse-click at a specific location using a keyboard shortcut
I have checked out the recommendations of this page. However, I've found that "AutoHotKey" has a pretty steep learning curve and "Auto Mouse Click Generator" does not have the ...
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Linux manage input from numpad
I have an extra numpad and I want to use it as macros. Is there any software for Fedora 29 that can change the input from numpad to do something like pasting text? (like "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" or "=_=")
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MacOS for Beginners - Which Tools to Install?
I've been a programmer for quite some time and therefore I had a lot of contact with Windows (vomit - I have to have it to play games), Linux (yeah), and lately I started with MacOS just to learn more ...
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Image-to-directory triaging with hotkeys support
I'm looking for an image triage software, preferably a GUI application that satisfies the following requirements:
the view pane with the current image to triage preview;
the view pane with target ...
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Unhook key shortcuts on websites
There are websites that react on certain key combinations. For example certain websites intercept Ctrl + 1 ... Ctrl + 9 key combinations. I have those shortcuts set up in browser for tab navigation: ...
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MacOS utility similar to Vim's Leader
One of the things I love about Vim is the leader key and the ability to create macros with it. The leader key concept is that it is a hotkey (I use ) that initiates a command based on the next ...
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Ubuntu. Keys emulation
There are tenkeyless (slim) keyboards with don't have numpad and dont' have emulation of numpad, so I would like to emulate numpad on UIOJKLM<> buttons on holding ALT or WIN key.
Is there ...
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Efficient way to manually categorize / tag short texts
I have several hundred short snippets of text. I need to view them one at a time and mark each one with one or more tags from a pre-populated list. I'd like to have a piece of software that lets me do ...
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