Hot Keys
Hot Keys/Keyboard Shortcuts
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- General Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
- Google Shortcuts
- Salesforce Shortcuts
The following shortcuts work in Windows in general and can be used in the CMS, Salesforce, etc. This is an abridged version. For the full list go here.
Shortcut Keys | Description |
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Ctrl + X | Cut the selected item |
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) | Copy the selected item |
Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) | Paste the selected item |
Ctrl + Z | Undo an action |
Alt + Tab | Switch between open apps |
Alt + F4 | Close the active item, or exit the active app |
Windows logo key + L | Lock your PC |
Windows logo key + D | Display and hide the desktop |
F2 | Rename the selected item |
F3 | Search for a file or folder in File Explorer |
F4 | Display the address bar list in File Explorer |
F5 | Refresh the active window |
F6 | Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop |
F10 | Activate the Menu bar in the active app |
Alt + F8 | Show your password on the sign-in screen |
Alt + Esc | Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened |
Alt + Spacebar | Open the shortcut menu for the active window |
Alt + Left arrow | Go back |
Alt + Right arrow | Go forward |
Ctrl + F4 | Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time) |
Ctrl + A | Select all items in a document or window |
Ctrl + D (or Delete) | Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin |
Ctrl + R (or F5) | Refresh the active window |
Ctrl + Y | Redo an action |
Ctrl + Right arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word |
Ctrl + Left arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word |
Ctrl + Down arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph |
Ctrl + Up arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph |
Ctrl + Alt + Tab | Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps |
Alt + Shift + arrow keys | When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified |
Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys | When a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it into another tile to create a folder |
Ctrl + arrow keys | Resize the Start menu when it's open |
Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + Spacebar | Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop |
Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key | Select a block of text |
Ctrl + Esc | Open Start |
Ctrl + Shift + Esc | Open Task Manager |
Ctrl + Shift | Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available |
Ctrl + Spacebar | Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off |
Shift with any arrow key | Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document |
Shift + Delete | Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first |
Right arrow | Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu |
Left arrow | Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu |
Esc | Stop or leave the current task |
Windows logo key | Open or close Start |
Windows logo key + A | Open Action center |
Windows logo key + D | Display and hide the desktop |
Windows logo key + Alt + D | Display and hide the date and time on the desktop |
Windows logo key + E | Open File Explorer |
Windows logo key + I | Open Settings |
Windows logo key + K | Open the Connect quick action |
Windows logo key + L | Lock your PC or switch accounts |
Windows logo key + M | Minimize all windows |
Windows logo key + P | Choose a presentation display mode |
Windows logo key + R | Open the Run dialog box |
Windows logo key + S | Open search |
Windows logo key + T | Cycle through apps on the taskbar |
Windows logo key + U | Open Ease of Access Center |
Windows logo key + V | Cycle through notifications |
Windows logo key + Shift + V | Cycle through notifications in reverse order |
Windows logo key + X | Open the Quick Link menu |
Windows logo key + Z | Show the commands available in an app in full-screen mode |
The following shortcuts work in Google Chrome and are extremely helpful. This is an abridged version. For the full list go here.
Shortcut Keys | Description |
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Alt+Left Arrow | Back a page |
Alt+Right Arrow | Forward a page |
Alt+F4 | Close browser window |
F11 | Display the current website in full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
Esc | Stop page or download from loading |
Ctrl+(- or +) | Zoom in or out of a page, "-" will zoom out and "+" will zoom in |
Ctrl+1-8 | Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 8 will move to the corresponding tab in your tab bar. |
Ctrl+9 | Switch to last tab |
Ctrl+0 | Reset browser zoom to default |
Ctrl+Shift+Del | Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Toggle the bookmarks bar between hidden and shown |
Ctrl+A | Select everything on a page |
Ctrl+D | Add a bookmark for the page currently opened |
Ctrl+F | Open the "find" bar to search text on the current page |
Ctrl+O | Open a file in the browser |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Open the Bookmark manager |
Ctrl+H | Open browser history in a new tab |
Ctrl+J | Display the downloads window |
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E | Moves your text cursor to the omnibox so that you can begin typing your search query and perform a Google search |
Ctrl+L | Move the cursor to the browser address bar and highlight everything in it |
Ctrl+N | Open New browser window |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new window in incognito (private) mode |
Ctrl+P | Print current page or frame |
Ctrl+R or F5 | Refresh the current page or frame. |
Ctrl+F5 | Hard Refresh the current page or frame. |
Ctrl+S | Saves the current page |
Ctrl+T | Opens a new tab |
Ctrl+U | View a web page's source code |
Ctrl+W | Closes the currently selected tab |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Closes the currently selected window |
Ctrl+Shift+T | This combination reopens the last tab you've closed. If you've closed multiple tabs you can press this shortcut key multiple times to restore each of the closed tabs. |
Ctrl+Tab | Moves through each of the open tabs going to the right |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Moves through each of the open tabs going to the left |
Ctrl+Left-click | Open a link in a new tab in the background |
Ctrl+Shift Left-click | Open a link in a new tab and switch to the new tab |
Ctrl+Page Down | Open the browser tab to the right |
Ctrl+Page Up | Open the browser tab to the left |
Spacebar | Moves down a page at a time |
Shift+Spacebar | Moves up a page at a time |
Home | Go to top of page |
End | Go to bottom of page |
The following shortcuts work in Service Cloud and are extremely helpful. This is an abridged version. For the full list go here.
Shortcut Keys | Description |
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V | Selects the navigation tab. |
Shift+F | Selects the first item on the list view. |
R | Selects the first item on the list view. |
Windows: Ctrl+Mouse Click | Opens the selected item in a new tab without shifting focus. |
T | Opens a new tab. |
C | Closes a selected tab. |
E | Switch from detail to edit page. |
Ctrl+S | Saves changes to the selected tab. |