By now, since Windows or Mac existed, we have become accustomed to doing everything or almost everything with the mouse or touchpad and we tend to use the keyboard only when we need to write. However, the keyboard remains a very fast way to move around programs, the system and the internet.
At least until you can control a computer with the brain, shortcuts are the fastest way to navigate and work, without taking your hands off the keyboard, executing commands at once, without too many mouse turns.
For example, copying and pasting with CTRL-c and CTRL-V is much faster than pressing the right mouse button, clicking on copy, then pressing the right button again and clicking on paste (it is also long to describe ).
For this reason, those who use the computer well, know the main keyboard shortcuts and perform them quickly.
Almost all the most popular sites, who better and worse, support keyboard shortcuts and this post is a collection of fast keys to move and command web applications such as Gmail, Twitter, Dropbox, Facebook and YouTube which always remain some of the most portals. visited and used throughout the World Wide Web.
1) Gmail is probably one of the richest sites with fast keys and shortcuts that must first be enabled by the General settings (wheel at the top right) of Gmail.
The list is very long and is complete on this page.
Here are the most frequently used:
c - Opens a new email to be written;
n / p - Used to move to the next or previous message within a series of messages in the same conversation.
yeo together - This shortcut allows you to archive the email you are viewing and move on to the next one.
z - Cancel an action (if you can).
gea together - Key combination to quickly visit the "All messages" tab.
gei together - Takes you to the "inbox" box
2) Twitter used with keyboard shortcuts is much more effective than normal and is perhaps the best of all social networks.
The full list of hotkeys in Twitter can be read by opening your account and then pressing the button ? on the keyboard.
The main commands for some of the most used actions are:
j / k - allow you to move between tweets
. - Refresh the page and go to the top of the timeline
n - To compose a new tweet
r - To reply to a tweet
t - To answer
f - To bookmark a tweet.
3) Dropbox
The Dropbox site can be used to manage files like in a Windows folder but with the keyboard it gets much better.
Dropbox has key combinations to make browsing files and folders super easy and even more like Windows.
Up / Down arrows - Select the next or previous file.
You can hold down the Shift key with the arrows to select multiple files together.
Ctrl + A - Allows you to select all files (on a Mac, it's Command + a).
Esc - Deselect all selected files.
Control + c / v - allows you to copy and paste on Dropbox files.
The left arrow key allows you to go back to the upper folder while the Del key deletes the file.
Is it possible to view the complete list at any time by pressing ?
4) Very few people use Facebook with keyboard shortcuts and, indeed, I believe that few know that they exist.
Unfortunately Facebook is not as effective, as Twitter is, in key combinations because all the shortcuts are based on the ALT key (which often has many functions in browsers).
Facebook's keyboard shortcuts are:
Alt +? - Focus on the search bar
Alt + 1 - Go to the home page
Alt + 2 - Go to the profile page
Alt + 3 - Go to the friends page
Alt + 4 - Go to messages
Alt + 5 - Go to the Notifications page
Alt + 6 - Account settings
Alt + 7 - Privacy settings
Alt + 8 - Facebook page
Alt + 9 - Opens Facebook's terms and regulations.
Alt + 0 - Opens the help and support center.
The L key allows you to "like" a photo when you see it in full screen.
If you use Facebook shortcuts on Firefox, you need to use the Alt + Shift combination.
On Mac, the Alt key should be replaced with the Ctrl key.
5) YouTube does things differently and shortcuts only serve to move the playback controls of the video player.
To use the quick buttons on Youtube, you must first click on the Player with the mouse and they are useful just when you see a long video in full screen or if you are using a remote control:
Right / Left Arrows - To move forward or back 5 seconds.
Up and down arrows - To increase or decrease the volume.
Home / End - To move to the beginning or end of the video.
Spacebar - To pause and play the video.
In other articles, I remember:
- Keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8
- Keyboard combinations and shortcuts for Windows 7 and XP
- Key combinations for Word 2007 and 2010
- Shortcuts and key combinations for Chrome and Firefox browsers
