a keyboard shortcut (also hotkey/hot key or key binding) is a software-based assignment of an action to one or more keys on a computer keyboard. Most...
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a keyboard shortcut is a sequence or combination of keystrokes on a computer keyboard which invokes commands in software. Most keyboard shortcuts require...
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access menu options and shortcuts. Macs have a Ctrl key for compatibility with programs that expect a more traditional keyboard layout. It is especially...
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File shortcut, a handle which allows the user to find a file or resource located in a different directory or folder on a computer Keyboard shortcut, a combination...
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Outlook.com (section Keyboard shortcuts)
The freeware version of hotmail.com provides a list of almost 50 keyboard shortcuts for web users with visual impairment, blindness or other disabilities...
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VLC media player (section Keyboard shortcuts)
appears on top of VLC's traffic-cone logo during Christmas seasons. The keyboard shortcuts are described in the VLC media player "Preferences". On a Microsoft...
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Boss key (category Computer keyboards)
A boss key, or boss button, is a special keyboard shortcut used in PC games or other programs to hide the program quickly, possibly displaying a special...
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Maltron Numeric keypad Overlay keyboard Table of keyboard shortcuts Virtual keyboard (touchscreen keyboard) "computer keyboard". TheFreeDictionary.com. Archived...
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input-event-codes.h" "KDE Fundamentals: Common Keyboard Shortcuts" "Plasma Desktop: Shortcuts" "Re: [Usability] Keyboard". mail.gnome.org. 20 March 2007. Help:Bindings —...
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this layout, the keyboard temporarily becomes QWERTY when the Command (⌘/Apple) key is held down. By keeping familiar keyboard shortcuts like "close" or...
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GNU Readline (section Emacs keyboard shortcuts)
systems, Esc must be used instead of Alt, because the Alt shortcut conflicts with another shortcut. For example, pressing Alt+f in Xfce's terminal emulator...
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Updated blue screen of death with more streamlined UI New ⊞ Win+C keyboard shortcut for launching Copilot Updates to Click to Do Updates to Windows share...
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Command key (section On other keyboards)
decided that the use of the Apple logo in the menu system (where the keyboard shortcuts are displayed) would be an over-use of the logo. Apple's adaptation...
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similar keyboard shortcut in macOS is ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+/. Users expect a help window or context menu when they press the usual help shortcut key(s)....
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achieved near-universal browser support. Many browsers define their own keyboard shortcuts, which are used to control the browser itself: for instance, several...
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Ctrl and pressing the Y key on most computer keyboards. In most Windows applications this keyboard shortcut functions as Redo, reversing a previous Undo...
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package.) "Keyboard Shortcuts". Oracle Help Center. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22. "List of the keyboard shortcuts that are...
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Alt+Tab ↹ is the common name for a keyboard shortcut that has been in Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 (1985). This shortcut switches between application-level...
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Technical. Features different from other keyboards include: The Command key (⌘), used in most Mac keyboard shortcuts. The key functions as a Meta key or Super...
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English in computing (section Keyboard shortcut)
computers have a BIOS chip, displaying text in English during boot time. Keyboard shortcuts are usually defined in terms of English keywords such as CTRL+F for...
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any application keyboard shortcut, as it would prevent typing the matching AltGr character on such keyboards. In most of the keyboard diagrams the symbol...
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language, integration with online services, the Windows Store, and a new keyboard shortcut for screenshots. Many of these features were adapted from Windows...
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stroke. Keyboard shortcut "Accessibility (Windows)". msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28. SUN's definition of mnemonic term Keyboard shortcuts and mnemonics...
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System-wide support for picture-in-picture was added. Safari gained new keyboard shortcuts and a download manager, and was set to display the desktop versions...
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applications, a similar functionality could be invoked with the ⇧ Shift+F10 keyboard shortcut, or sometimes Ctrl+⇧ Shift+F10. Some laptop computers include a menu...
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and embedded version control with Git. Users can change the theme, keyboard shortcuts and preferences, as well as install extensions that add functionality...
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keystroke after typing its name. Bash uses GNU Readline to provide keyboard shortcuts for command line editing using the default (Emacs) key bindings. Vi-bindings...
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Ease of Access (section On-screen Keyboard)
operating system. The keyboard shortcut for invoking Utility Manager or the Ease of Access Center is Windows+U. The command-line shortcut (used in Windows...
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Microsoft Windows, Linux and BSDs), the keyboard shortcut for the undo command is Ctrl+Z or Alt+Backspace, and the shortcut for redo is Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z...
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DOSKEY (section Keyboard shortcuts)
Specifies commands to record. During a DOSKEY session, the following keyboard shortcuts can be used: ↑ and ↓ Recall commands Esc Clears command line Ctrl+Home...
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