Favourite Shortcut Key? (Soundcheck Question) - Computerphile
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- We've been asking "What's your favourite (favorite) shortcut key?" as a soundcheck question (this slightly overlapped the "What's your favourite programming language" question) for the last year.
Contributors (in order of appearance)
Mike Pound
Matt Denton
Lorraine Underwood
Charles Arthur
Rob Miles
Adrian Page-Mitchell
Derek McAuley
Michel Valstar
Steven Ceron
Stephen Howe
Steve Bagley
Henry C. Astley
Rebecca Tickle
Aaron Jackson
Tom Sheridan
Joe Best
Graham Hutton
Sarah Spencer
Matt Lloyd
Ian Dickinson
Helen Leigh
Martin Pett
Spencer Owen
Rob Morley
Brian Kernighan
Phil Moriarty
Robert Smith
Dave Brailsford
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Alt + F4
Saves all your progress and downloads more ram
*CTRL + W increases the internet speed.*
@@asif_mojtoba Your CTRL+W has no power over me!
This comment was written by the CTRL+SHIFT+T gang.
Nah, do %0|%0 in txt and rename it a .bat file. Run it.
Profile picture checks out
@@asif_mojtoba I actualy fell for it. I knew it wasnt gonna increase my internet speed, but I wanted to see what happens.
Alt+Tab gang unite
windows 7s win + tab is cool
was waiting for alt tab the whole video
my disappointment was immeasurable
and my day was ruined
I see, you are a man of culture!
@@Danieldani7 well, seems to be that they all don't have to worry about their boss lurking from behind when they're watching youtube on work hour
I didn't even think about alt+tab qhen watching the video. Guess I use it so much that I forgot it was a shortcut. I bet many of them totally forgot about it as well
CTRL + Shift + ESC is my favourite, it brings up the task manager immediately
I use that all the time, too, since they took that functionality away from Ctrl-Alt-Del.
actually not all the time, and still need to use ctrl alt del
@@mrakaflame I guess it depends on when you normally use it. I normally use it for resource monitoring but if your pc locks up it might not be the most reliable solution, in which case CTRL + ALT + DEL might work better.
yes, finally someone else
@@mailleweaver yeh, when you crash in a full screen application and it won't let you alt + tab.
Fun fact: Win+D and Win+M actually do different things!
Win+D brings the "desktop" (explorer) to the front of all other windows - but it doesn't minimise other windows. They're just behind the desktop.
Win+M minimises all windows, and just so happens to NOT minimise explorer (since.. you can't do that), leaving you at the desktop by chance.
The inverse of Win+M is Win+Shift+M, which restores all minimised windows.
Also, Windows+D does actually toggle when you hit it another time.
Win+D does minimize all windows just like Win+M. However like TheSwiftFalcon said Win+D actually toggles unless you open another window.
Some time ago I've written a small command line tool to examine and manipulate windows (actual windows, not the operating system ^^). It had quite a few useful commands. I can search for a window by title or the window class name. It had an "info" command which printed out all sorts of state information of a window. When a window is minimized the window position is set to -32000, -32000 and the size is also reported as 160, 28. This is true for all windows that got minimized, no matter if I use the minimize button, Win+D or Win+M
So the actual difference is that Win+M just minimizes while Win+Shift+M just restores the windows and Win+D is essentially both just as a toggle.
Win + D dont show animation while the Win + M will have the slow animation while minimizing, so..
A side affect of this is Win+D doesn't have an animation and Win+M does
@@TheSwiftFalcon I love toggle, I have so much stuff in my desktop so being able to grab it and toggle back to what I was doing is a lifesaver (or well 2 second save from clicking the thin box at the right end of the taskbar.)
Ctrl+Shift+T always makes my life easier. Opens the most recently closed tab in a browser.
Ctrl+W always helps prevent a few potential bruh moments
its a life saver sometimes!!
Saved me more time than any other shortcut, it's my favorite as well!
Windows + Shift + S
Lets you snip a section of your screen and puts it on the clipboard, all without having to deal with the snipping tool UI.
Oh wow. Well that's my favorite now. Thanks. Didn't know that.
@@ristopoho824 Yeah, it's great. It saves so much time if you work in an office environment and you quickly need to show something to someone through Slack or something.
Thanks mate.
I use ShareX instead
thats a good one. I've always used print screen and paint. Thank you!
None of the interviewees said Alt+Tab which makes me feel simultaneously inferior, superior, and confused.
Alt + Tab the worse shortcut key. Try use it when there are many opened windows, the 4th window is Win + Tab Tab Tab, now lets move to the 5th window, is it Alt + Tab ? oh no, it is also Win Tab Tab Tab again, then now go back to 1st window, is it Win + Tab ? no again, it is Alt + Tab Tab. It is a mess. It is for those people who open maximum 2 windows or less to use. you better use Win + D
Steve Roger fun fact, if you want to go to a window to the left, you can press Ctrl+ Shift + Tab
They all use tiling window managers 😏
Steve Roger That’s why you get a mechanical keyboard with cherry mx red switches (so you can click fast).
@@markusalbinsson3802 If you wanna click fast membrane is better because of the travel
3:30 just casually wearing a snake around neck
what you don't do that
Ctrl+Shift+V: Paste text without formatting.
Nice
Oh, that's handy
Honestly, I think it should be other way round.
I don't think I ever actually wanted to past with formatting. Its cool that you can copy/past the formatting but from my experience, it just breaks the formatting of the text you're pasting into so a ctrl+v is often followed by a ctrl+z and a ctrl+shift+v.
@Michael Murphy Wish RXVT had that by default
Guess I won't be using notepad anymore
Ctrl+Shift+Esc on Windows launches the Task Manager directly
The other 3 finger salute
Edit: This sometimes works on kiosks where Ctrl-Alt-Del is disabled
@@ttthttpd i always press ctrl and shift with my thumb and esc with my middle finger
Yeah, if you have Windows you'd better know that one... and have Process Hacker ready for the trojans that disable Windows task manager.
@@Sibula Me too :)
It's weird that there is no shortcut for "end active window as if I had opened task manager, right clicked it, and clicked end task".
You always have to manually do ctrl+shift+esc and find the problematic program, right click, scroll down, left click.
Ctrl + s
Gotta resave that file, even if I didn't change anything.
Yeah. It's like "well damn, the code didn't work. Let's change absolutely nothing and run it again"
Why did nobody mention it? It is literally the best one
Save it 20 times just in case
When you add a space and you gotta re-save it
taking half a second to think? control s.
Ctrl + arrows and Ctrl + Shift + arrows for quickly navigating and selecting text without touching the mouse
This is one of my favourites.
I find moving to the arrow keys too cumbersome as well, though, which is why I made a script that replicates the arrow keys and the Home/End keys on the IJKL and IO keys when I hold Win+Alt.
It's amazing once you get used to it.
@@ThePC007 Use Capslock as the modifier key (insted of win alt) and you can basically use a whole other layer of keys (and get rid of the utterly annoying capslock).
I've recently started using it in intellij and it is amazing with all the classes you have to go through in Java
@@vinlebo88 It's kind of hard to hold caps lock and control at the same time, though. :(
5:19 I was waiting for someone to say it. Ctrl-Shift-T is the best, by far.
what does it do
Magic reopens recently closed tabs
77
100% most used
@@yanshiro6082 He literally says it in the video
WIN + D is show desktop,
WIN + M is Minimise all.
While they may seem the similar, there are slight differences.
I can't think of one
@@Henrix1998 Some windows can't be minimized, e.g. file or folder properties or other windows without an icon on the taskbar. Win+M won't hide them, while Win+D will.
Win+D also toggles
@@Henrix1998 WIN+D skips the close animation
Win + M, afaict (probably) just sends a Minimize command to all applications, changing their application state (presumably as mentioned above, an application can catch this in the event loop and ignore it or do whatever).
Win + D is nice if you want to temporarily look at the desktop, and then restore everything. You can also hit the narrow (extremely so in Win 10, more reasonable in 7) bar to the right of the clock [and notifications icon].
"what's your favorite shortcut key?"
me an i3 user: *whew*
super + enter
> Me who also uses i3
Settle in bois I've got a list
man you don't even have to be an i3 user or even a vim user. i am using as much of the shortcuts of gnome and sublime text i can. also i have changed my terminal control scheme to vim control scheme(in ubuntu i think is in emacs control scheme by default)
i'm using KDE and even i can't choose which of my shortcuts is the best
Opening a terminal is everything you need
Super + Enter
Ctrl + A
Selects everything which is usually followed by backspace, Ctrl + C, or Ctrl + X
Robert Miles is my hero. CTRL-r in bash is my new favourite!
After you start typing, you can hit C-r again to continue up your history.
Seriously how has no one taught me this yet. I swear I just typed that thing why is it 15 up clicks!? Doesn't matter anymore!
I'm curious to why people don't take some time off and read the manual, and commit to memory all those handy shortcuts they just read about. Think of the efficiency they'll gain.
@Вероника Заглотова well done!
@Вероника Заглотова thanks
Curious how many of the people who said Ctrl+Z meant "undo" and how many meant "suspend the process"... 🤔
F2 is overlooked too much. It renames files when exploring and edits cells in spreadsheets.
Agreed. Underutilized and often overlooked.
Also renames variables in visual studio (Ctrl F2 in VS Code)
Also in eclipse for files
Ctrl + Backspace
Backspace an entire word.
Close second would be Ctrl + Left or Ctrl + Right to move the text cursor by a word.
I never directly use that, instead I Ctrl-(Shift) + Arrow to move / select and finally hit Bksp.
That's mine as well. It saves so much time. My second favorite technique is to hit end, then shift+home, then delete to get rid of an entire line quickly using purely keyboard inputs. Ideally you shouldn't have to use a mouse during programming in my opinion.
Wait I thought ctrl backspace was fill in Photoshop 😂
Oh wow. I've been using this everyday for some time now and somehow didn't remember it at this moment
alt backspace in a terminal
I use control+s the most, its a time saver, and a sanity saver.
lol I just press alt+f4 and then enter to click the "save" button when the dialogue pops up
@@reimarpb That's a dangerous game you're playing.
I use ctl s, but I'm paranoid, so I then go to the file tab and re-save from there.
@@Septem_150 Yeah but that small heart attack when you press ctrl+x instead of ctrl+c.. then you carefully press ctrl+z to not mess up something that you will have to debug for 2 hours.. just me? Ok...
always press it 3-5 times (ctrl s s s s)
Win+X, brings up a menu with tons of options.
Notably Win+X -> U -> U, which shuts down the computer
Was looking for this one in the comments. Use it all the time. If I remember correctly replace last U with R and it restarts the computer instead.
alt+f4 and then enter shuts down the computer too if you are on the desktop, i think it's a little quicker
Because Alt+F4 only works (to shut down) if there is no active window I often use Win+D followed by Alt+F4 when I want to shut down/restart.
that's really useful, I didn't know that one, thanks
And Win+X A for Admin mode command prompt. Way more convenient than going through the dialog menus.
3:43 I love how this man just keeps on going, showing true passion for what he does!
Ctrl + Shift + T
Reopens the last closed tab on a browser, and on some other applications that use tabs (Text editors/IDEs)
Edit: Turns out they do bring it up @ 5:05
Here's another one for you: Ctrl + Tab to switch, you guessed it, tabs. Ctrl + Shift + Tab to switch back.
Shift+Windows+Left/Right Arrow to move windows between monitors.
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab to flick between tabs in browsers is great too.
Windows key, control and D, this will create a new desktop, then you can switch between the desktops by pressing windows key, control and left or right. Handy because most people don't know it's even possible, so you can have your work open on one desktop, and maybe Reddit open on the other, and you can switch between instantly. Press windows key, control and F4 to close the currently visible desktop, but be careful, when you do all of your windows will switch to the next available desktop.
I love and often use Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+W is also cool (closes tab, nice if you're trying to watch movies online and there is always some popup window)
Shift+Win+Arrows, very nice, I will use those from now on. :P
For tabs I prefer CTRL+Page Up/Down tho, I use Tree Style Tabs, so the "up/down" part even makes sense there. :)
Alt+Space, to access the move command and be able to bring that crazy window outside the screen space back.
For those who can't figure it out:
Alt+Space, M, Any arrow key, then move the mouse
Oh, heck YES! This one would save the day. Thankfully, not needed so very often, but absolutely vital too many times to mention.
In Linux desktop environments, you can hold Alt, hold left/right click then move mouse to move/resize the window.
It's sad that Windows 10 can't do that.
@@iLiokardo Try: alt+space, s, arrow key (to select which edge), arrow key or mouse to resize.
Alt-Space, N is my go-to panic shortcut. It just minimized the current window.
My most used shortcut is probably Ctrl + C (both as break and copy), but my favourite is the F10 'Boss key'. You used to press it whenever you were playing videogames instead of working, and the boss comes over to your desk. It would usually exit the game immediately, or bring up a fake DOS prompt or text editor, or something like that. it isn't very common these days.
CTRL+ALT+T opens terminal on Linux systems, Extremely Useful!
no u
I want to have that on W**dows too
no its doing that on most desktop environments, super + enter on most WMs
still extremely useful
Unless you configure it to Super+T. Less key presses = more power!
I'm really surprised nobody in the video mentioned it.
And now Dave needs to tell us about historical uses of control characters! Get him on it!
Windows + r, to open the run command box.
Shift + delete, delete files without going through the bin.
Control + c/ break, to stop those pesky infinite loops.
Ctrl + t, open new tab.
Alt (+ shift) + tab an and ctrl (+ shift) + tab, to navigate between Windows and tabs in the windows.
Ctrl + z, undo. And ctrl + y, redo, when you pressed ctrl + z too many times.
And many more
I rarely use the mouse, as I use a laptop and touchpad is annoying.
But the 2 fingers scroll gesture
I know all of these. I know exactly what you mean. I remember learning the shortcuts simply because I hate going back and forth between the mouse and keyboard.
and then I learned about vim
ps: when you're on youtube and want to leave a comment pressing enter doesn't work anymore so I just press tab twice and then enter
What do you mean with "Control + c/ break ..."?
Shift+Del, to immediately yeet an unwanted file out of existence.
I love using ALT + ESC and ALT + TAB the most, it is extremely elegant to cycle through the tabs. Can’t live without.
I was saying "Escape!" from the start of the video - thanks for saving my day DB!
Surprised Win+R didn't get a mention, using that all the time. And I like Ctrl+Pg-Up/Dn for switching sheets in Excel :)
When doing support over the phone: "Win + Pause".
Explaining this to a (l)user is faster than making them right click on "my computer" and selecting properties.
neat!
Another of my favorites is the “back” key for window management. I *LOVE* to use overlapping windows and make heavy use of the Z axis on my desktop. When I was using a Sun workstation, the keyboard had an unlabeled key. I defined it to perform the “back” action of the window manager. With it, I could point the mouse at an unwanted window and press the “back” key, and the window would go behind anything it was interfering with. It’s unfortunate that keyboards don’t have a dedicated key to do this.
Mouse sidebuttons can be assigned to do that, right?
I love how Brian Kernighan still uses the shell for everything.
the dude whos just chillin with his snake :O
Probably a python dev
@@paneesh I physically groaned at that joke
@@paneesh came here for this :D
@@paneesh I LOLed at this
Windows + arrow keys, so useful for multi-monitors. Will blow your mind.
Yeah. I can't beleive the lack of this awnser, I expected it to be the majority as I use this CONSTANTLY.
AquaSnap is also really great if your on Windows, it allows you to do things such as Win + Numpad to put a window in the top or bottom right or left corners of your monitor. Extremely useful
*laughs in Linux*
I use it all the time to size and place windows quickly on my one monitor.
Shortcuts i use a lot:
WIN + Arrow keys for window placement
CTRL+SHIFT + Click or enter on an app in start menu for run as admin
I’m surprised no one claimed the TAB key. It completes words/commands/paths in shells and some editors and saves SO MUCH TIME on typing.
Windows + L - lock workstation. Every time I walk away from my desk. Essential in an open plan office full of practical jokers.
Ctrl + A in bash to go to first character you typed (instead of holding down left arrow)
Ctrl + u kills line also useful
@@silaspoulson9935 Ctrl + w to delete the previous word and of course Ctrl + y to paste the buffer of the last deleted sequence (Ctrl + u / Ctrl + w)
+ Even tho I an a hard vim user, I still like these bindings (also using them in the Insert Mode of vim)
Or simply Home key for start, End key for... end
Fun fact: those shortcuts all come from the program GNU Readline. It emulates emacs shortcuts by default but can be configured with vi key bindings. And it can be used like a library to integrate into other programs.
"What's my favorite shortcut key?"
"Have I asked you that?"
*leans back in chair, super pumped and ready with an answer*
"The Vulcan nerve pinch". Steve, you legend! That one saves a LOT of talking.
windows+printscreen It takes screenshot and directly saves it to Pictures folder.
That's handy, I'll probably never use it but it's nice to know. Thanks
Help try lightshot way better imo
@@RottenDirector1 i already use it, but thanks anyway
The ones i use the most gotta be
Mod+Enter: Open terminal
Ctrl+L: Clear Terminal Screen
the win key, i gotta replace that with a custom tux or arch key sometime tho lol
I3wm gang
Eyy i3 gang
@@baigaiz112 eyy also i3 gang
@@epsi mine's superif you're interested
I was thinking the ctrl z & ctrl c & ctrl v & ctrl s editor-suite. Then that one guy mentioned a chrome specific shortcut to open closed tabs, which reminded me of the ones I actually use more than the editor ones.
In fact I use them so often I bound mouse buttons to do them directly (which was why I dont think of them as shortcut-combinationss as opposed to function-keys).
This suite is [ctrl tab & ctrl shift tab (next/prev tab), ctrl w (close tab), f5 (refresh, optionally with ctrl to refresh harder), middle mouse (open link (new tab))]
I bound them to [sense up/down, thumb+middle mouse, thumb+forward (only uses thumb to click both at once), middle mouse (duh)] respectively.
And I dont think this is a shortcut, but rather some nifty logitech thing, but I also bound the forward/backward keys (thumb buttons found just above the thumbs resting position) to chromes "forward/backwards" functionality. On a related note, "thumb" is a button at tip of thumbs resting position, I bound to use as an alt-style+key to change profile while it is held.
With hundreds of tabs split over 7 windows those keys are all lifesavers for my productivity. And the shortcuts themselves are too. Particularly as chrome can't display more than a very tiny small handful of tabs at once, so to access the majority of them I *NEED* to use the "next/prev/close tab" shortcuts. Literally no other option.
K for pause, J and L for 10s back and forward, left and right arrows for 5s back and forward, F for fullscreen,T for theatre mode, M for mute. I love TH-cam's shortcuts.
Tab (Command-line completion) Alt+SysRq+{r,e,i,s,u,b} (escape a fork-bomb) Ctrl+shift+t (re-open browser tabs)
+1 to REISUB, lifesaver that I want on windows too.
Also, Alt+SysRq+f (usually not enabled by default). It calls the kernel's out-of-memory killer and is crazy useful to recover from a thrashing system when your browser/IDE/whatever has decided it wanted to eat ALL THE RAM.
(I also know about earlyoom but have yet to try it.)
So many ALT + F4 jokes, but none called that.
Ctrl + Shift + W :)
Shift + control + option + 4 for a draggable screenshot to the clipboard is simply the best
CTRL + SHIFT + T = brings back the last website/tab you just closed by mistake. Love it!
The real answer would be..
"Ctrl + Shift + N"
I was really, really waiting for this one.
on firefox it's "Ctrl + Shift + P"
@@TheLordoftheDarkness Ctrl+Shift+N is more useful on Firefox.
Windows+R to run commands
Ctrl+Shift+Esc brings the task manager, very useful!
Mac: Comm+Shift+4: Screen cap a rectangle drawing via mouse.
WebStorm: Comm+N: Search all symbols in your codebase.
0:12 "I thought that was windows+M" LOL I love that you knew an alternative. I know the difference between those 2 shortcuts on my windows 10 PC, but I can see why it's confused...
The one I would suggest for this video is ctrl+shift+escape. There's no need to bring up the ctrl+alt+delete menu or to right click on the taskbar (that's especially important if
there's a fullscreen app/game that has crashed that also covers the taskbar and desktop even when pressing windows key) to open task manager
It's also useful if you care to watch cpu/memory usage, manage running programs or if you know a program will run better on higher priority (even these days with multiple cores it can occasionally be an issue) or if your mouse is wrecked - I've used it many many times over many years, it's quite convenient
Also yes alt+tab is awesome but I'd rather suggest something a bit less obvious!
Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab moves you from one browser tab to the next, super useful for my ADHD habits.
greed Theron And it’s one of the few shortcuts that is the same on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
ctrl+ number can switch you directly to any tab with corresponding position
@@nevrast-1 Tried with 80+ tabs, didn't work ;)
@@jankomuzykant1844 Would work if you had 80+ numeric keys on keyboard :P
I've always used ctrl+pg up and pg down for that.
My favorite would have to be "ESC + ESC + ESC + ESC + :q!", usually followed shortly after by a new nano or emacs process, and an incantation of "Why the bleep is Vim the default editor!?!?!"
This topic was more interesting than I thought it would be. Not so much the actual shortcuts, but the reactions of the interviewee when they were caught slightly off guard. You pick up a lot about personalities with that.
Haha, I loved the response in the clip with Control-Underscore C-_, which stands for Undo in EMACS.
New fav in windows 10 is win+v, it's a native clipboard history (need to enable it first)
Ctrl+shift+t for tabs is excellent
And win+L to lock my computer when I'm at work
Enable where?
F3 + S. In alpha and beta it forces reload so if you have no sound because ex. driver was restarted you can force reload the sound engine and you'll have sound again.
When I’m coding on IntelliJ my favourite one is Alt+Enter (Option+Enter on Mac). It’s smart suggestions, like, create test class, create new variable or field, create new method, etc.. So useful for Compiler-Driven Development!
Win + R for sure. Brings up the run menu, which you can use to do *literally anything*. It's the best, I love it.
I've got a vision: "This will be computerphiles most viewed upload in a year."
Windows+M minimizes everything, Windows+D brings the desktop to the front. The difference is, you can undo windows D by pushing it again. With windows M, it just minimizes everything.
He couldn't undo win+d though.
Window + Shift + M brings it back up after Windows + M. But Windows + D is easier imo.
@@RealCadde Because he pushed win+m in there. You can't undo win+M with win+d :P Confusing, I just stick with ctrl+d.
Common ones I have bound to my mouse:
Ctrl+tab, ctrl+shift+tab (moves right or left among tabs), ctrl+w (close tab), ctrl+t (new tab) and ctrl+shift+t (undo last closed tab)
My favourite one that is more obscure:
alt+printscreen - this one, much like print screen alone saves the current workspace to the clipboard, but restricted to the active window instead of the entire monitor.
I used to use this one a lot because I ran triple screens in surround so standard print screen was 11 megapixels
And the ones I use most often for typing:
ctrl+backspace (removes a word at a time instead of just a letter)
Similarly, ctrl+shift+left arrow highlights the last word, and ctrl+shift+up arrow highlights the entire active paragraph
Windows: Win + L (lock, everyone should be using this at least 5 times a day)
Mac: Clover + Space (Spotlight but I don't Mac much anymore)
Linux: Ctrl + Esc (KDE process manager)
Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + T (Win) or Clover + Shift + T (Mac), reopen tab
Runner up: Win + Up/Down/Left/Right (window snap)
ctrl+c, and ctrl+v. iOS didn't have this for a while. I can't live without copy paste
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C
Gets you a Geometry menu to change the "origin point" of an Object in Blender.
Like how is that even a default shortcut in any program?
I had to add that one myself after switching to Blender 2.8, absolutely necessary, also one of the longest shortcuts I know
command-shift-full stop (command-right arrow) to enlarge text in word
Not necessarily my favourite shortcut keys, but a couple of useful Windows key combos that I discovered by myself and haven't seen mentioned elsewhere are ctrl+home and ctrl+end, to take you to the start of end of an input field (as opposed to the start or end of the current line of text in that field). They can be combined with Shift to select to the start or end of the field, as you'd expect.
What might be my actual favourite is from a plugin for Vim (a program you could describe as an accumulation of shortcut keys). With the easymotion plugin you cab type \\w and it will label the start of every word on the screen with a letter combination that will take the cursor straight to that word. That might sound strange, but if you prefer to keep your hands on the keyboard and off the mouse (or if you're editing through an interface without mouse support such as ssh) it's a real godsend.
Ctrl + 1-0 Switches to desktop of that number on KDE Plasma
Cmd+(1-10) switches to the tab of that number for most apps on Mac; incredibly handy for pinned tabs in your browser where it's always, say, Cmd+1 to check your mail, or Cmd+2 to check your calendar.
Windows key, ctrl and D on windows to create a new desktop, then windows key ctrl left and right to switch between desktops, and windows key, ctrl and F4 to close the currently open virtual desktop.
Ctrl+f1-10 switches workspace in xfce
On Windows, Win+1-0 lets you switch to application (or run it if it's closed) docked on your taskbar.
Shift + Alt + Printscreen then press enter as fast as you can - edit - also some computers allow ctrl + alt + one of the arrow keys to flip your screen orientation which is fun
Makes all the windows on your computer (or in my case, the schools computers) have gigantic text and purple backgrounds for accessibility
I really like the TH-cam Player keyboard shortcuts:
K: *Play/Pause*
F: *Fullscreen*
M: *Mute/Unmute*
C: *Closed Captions*
Comma/period (when paused): *Scrub by one frame*
Shift+comma/period ( __ ): *Adjust Video Speed*
J/L: *Jump 10s*
Left/Right: *Jump 5s*
Up/Down: *Adjust Volume* (This is less consistent; sometimes scrolls the page. Unless I'm missing something, they should fix that. :P )
Anything else I need to know?
Love this! Funny and awesome to see everyone's reaction
SHOCKED that no one mentioned making their own keys with AutoHotKey.
I suspect the guy talking a single key shortcuts was using alias.
I use AutoHotKey (or AutoKey on Linux) to let the IJKL and IO keys replicate my arrow keys and Home/End keys when I hold down Win+Alt and it's amazing. I don't even know how I lived before I did this, lol.
Are you referring THE Brian Kernighan as 'the guy'? ;)
Ctrl + W to close the current tab is a favourite of mine, combined with Ctrl + Shift + T.
Also, middle mouse button, you can click anywhere on the tab to close it, instead of aiming for that small close button. That's not the only thing it does though, if you use it on a program in the task bar, it opens another window. It both creates and destroys, it's beautiful.
Truly beautiful
I program my own shortcuts. So most of those are "my favourite". To name a couple I use _a lot,_ RAlt+P opens a small terminal prompt at the top of the screen from which I can run anything in PATH. Very useful. I also use RAlt+RShift+Enter a lot, which opens a full terminal.
On Windows, Super+1-9 opens or switches to the app in that location on the taskbar. Really saves you time if you keep things well organized
My favourite shortcut key is CONTR+Space(in eclipse)
This is the shortcut for Code completion...
does ctrl+enter make code templates as in JDeveloper?
I always confuse with TAB(Terminal completion) and CTL+SPACE(Eclipse completion)
In Eclipse, try also:
CTRL+7 when selecting code, to comment (love it)
SHIFT+TAB when selecting code, to un-indent (also love it)
CTRL+SHIFT+A, then drag and select more lines, then you can write the same text on multiple lines (saves me every time I have to use a switch)
But sure, CTRL+SPACE remains on top
Ctrl+Shift+Esc -> Brings up task manager in windows.
But my favorite is $mod+Enter to bring up terminal in i3wm.
Eyy i3 gang
@1024:
Wooord! (NOT the application)
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on Photoshop collapses everything that's visible onto the selected layer. Not only do I use it a lot, but I find it kind of fun to do and say out loud because of how ridiculous it is. Bonus points for doing it with only the left hand
Older folks always have an unexpected and elaborate answer. Love this.
Alt + Printscreen makes a printscreen of your active window only.
Also try win+print screen for automatically saving a screenshot as a file in the pictures folder. And win+shift+s as others have mentioned
My favorite: CTRL+INSERT and SHIFT+INSERT. Copy/Paste
GainesvilleGA1 On which system is that? It doesn’t work for me.
1:30 He talks about ctrl + r which searches in bash command history.
Thing is, there's nothing like that in zsh - just start typing the start and hit arrows to go into history of commands you used that started like that. Really helpful, since I use ssh a lot so I always type ss arrow up and I have just the command I want, no need for ctrl + r
The most educational computerphile video ever...
I think windows v is new, it brings up a clipboard
If you have it on
Windows + Shift + S is a nice new one - it brings up a new snipping tool.
@@shilangyu If you have it off it still pops up the Clipboard window but it just tells you to turn it on.
damn this is gonna be my new favorite shortcut
Did anybody think of Ctrl + s ‽
Omg yeah
JetBrains gang. Autosaves your code
@@yx4292 Yeet on em my boy
Nice interrobang.
Save! That's also my favourite (and the reason I read the comments on this video).
Ctrl+Shift+Esc is my favorite, but the Windows+E is a new one and going to be used FREQUENTLY now.
My favorite: fourth mouse button set to double click! ;)
Apart from the obvious (Ctrl-A/X/C/V/Z/S), as a programmer I use Ctrl-D to duplicate a line and Ctrl-T to move a line upwards uite often. Don't know which editor I picked that up with, but now I set it on every editor/IDE I use.
ctrl+shift+escape. Task Manager without the intermediate screen, and with two fingers.
The other "shortcut key" I like is the middle mouse button after highlighting text. It's a ctrl+C/ctrl+V without the keyboard, but it doesn't work on Windows :(
It does with a mouse with macros
Tons of programs that can do that for you. You might wanna look into AHK especially
^^^ ahk is a gift from the gods
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC with two fingers?
You mean with a thumb and a finger, right?
Ctrl-shift-escape doesn't work if your computer is locking up though, ctrl-alt-delete seems to be a "lower level" shortcut
Mine is ctrl + alt + f2 on GNU/Linux - because this rescues me when my PC behaves anomaly 🤣
That opens the CLI from within desktop, right?
@@Morphior I believe it switches to another TTY (which doesn't have X started)
I love all the shortcuts. Windows: Alt + up moves up one level of the current directory. Alt + left goes back to previous folder and Alt + right goes forward. Alt + PrintScreen will put your current application screen into clipboard (saving you from having to trim out extraneous details later). Windows left or right snaps your window to the side. windows + up maximizes, while windows + down does exit fullscreen / minimize.
Windows + number will open the application corresponding to that position on the taskbar. If excel is the third application on your taskbar, Windows + 3 will open it.
I didn't know about ctrl shift t. I must share this with the world.
I've actually learned some neat tricks from this video. My favorite sequence of shortcut keys is: Ctrl A -> Ctrl C -> Ctrl V. If you want to play a prank on a study mate who went to the toilet without locking his laptop: Ctrl + Alt +
Alt+PrtScr: Copy the focused window to the clipboard
ctrl-z is my jam, but also ctrl-shift-t, because I mess up so frequently
Yeah, Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+T is an emergency toolkit for sure
Alt + arrow key up or down. It grabs the current line in vscode and moves it one line up or down. I think most of other popular code editors have that as well, just a bit different key binding.
Difference between Win + M and Win + D. Latter is reversible. Hit once and you get desktop, hit again and you get everything back. Also thanks for mentioning Win + E. Gonna definitely use it a lot.