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Select text -> Edit menu -> Copy, click elsewhere -> Edit menu -> Paste ๐คฎ
Not knowing Ctrl+shift+esc opens the task manager is one thing, but copy and paste should be taught in school.
My lazy ass sometimes doesn't feel like moving the left hand so I just use the mouse.
Valid
The best shortcut like that is win+X it opens a quick menu with stuff like Powershell, task manager, device manager, and a bunch of other admin stuff.
You can also right click the window icon to open the menu.
I right click the start menu more than I open it normally.
My fingers have that plus the correct directional keys memorized to put my computer to sleep.
I still havenโt grown out of my ctrl + alt + del habit
Step 1: get a 60% keyboard
Step 2: don't learn where the "delete" key is
Step 3: change the keycaps so you can't even look at the keyboard to see where it is
Step 4: ???
Step 5: profit!
Ctrl+shift+esc was so useful back when I learned it. I still see people press ctrl+alt+del and click to open task manager. Or alternatively (but not as bad imo) right clicking on the start button and selecting to open task manager
TIL
Win+X opens the same menu.
It doesn't physically interrupt the system like ctrl alt delete does.
You don't even have to do it on the start button, any empty spot in the taskbar works
I still sometimes hit ctrl/alt/del to open the task manager if I'm not thinking.
Too many years of doing that when I was younger and it only brought up the task manager.
Wut. ๐ฎ
Thank you for this.
I used to know this shortcut, but it was one of the many that I forgot after moving to linux.
Thanks for the refresher! Iโll probably get use of this on my work laptop
I was going to say why is that even there, but it reminded me of a very useful macOS tip:
You can access all the menu bar items that donโt have hot keys without leaving the keyboard.
Command+shift+question mark opens the help menu search bar and you can type in ANY menu bar item by name and press enter to do it. It will also show any keyboard shortcuts.
Ctrl+F2 selects the menu bar so you can use arrow keys, but thatโs slower.
As an avid vim/terminal user, macOS accessibility shortcuts are friggen amazing.
Now I can't stop picturing a nightmare scenario of having to watch someone do their copy/paste purely from the keyboard, but using the menus via that trick, rather than using the hotkeys. Thanks for that.
I wouldn't have to paste via menu if "paste without formatting" didn't require the fingers of a pianist.
Isnโt there a ctr+shift+v equivalent?
Yes, mostly it's command instead of Ctrl
But some permutations of paste without formatting/paste values only/paste format only end up using 4 keys which is always awkward to do.
Paste Without Formatting exists on the right-click context menu almost everywhere. I don't consider context menu usage to be annoying (to observe someone using) at all, personally.
But why use mouse when keyboard works?
Personally I find CTRL+SHIFT+V rather uncomfortable to press, not to mention it requires moving your whole hand down the keyboard, whereas CTRL+V doesn't. A quick rightclick -> Paste Without Formatting is quick enough to do.
Oh that sounds really nice. I'm personally extremely annoyed that their shortcuts differ wildly from Windows and Linux shortcuts but at least this thing is some consolation.
After getting used to Mac (over 15 years now) I've grown to like the shortcuts, but it feels totally foreign when I use a Windows system. The reverse is also true.
Ooooh thanks! Iโll use that a lot.
People like this have lost ctrl of their lives.