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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does ctrl+shift+Q close all the windows?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (5 children)

well now I want a megathread of all the best shortcuts.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

control shift T reopens your last closed browser tab/window, it can be spammed

middle clicking a link opens it in a new tab (works even on steam! great for comparing games or continual browsing without resetting your scrolling progress during sales)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ctrl+click does the same thing middle clicking does, it's for those who have cheap mouses with wheel not working after a month of usage

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or some trackballs. Not that I would know.

edit: Though in my experience Ctrl+click is middle click? Maybe it's a Windows/Linux thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not exactly, ctrl+click is opening separate tab from clicking on link as middle click does, other functionality is not confirmed and yes, it might be windows/Linux thing as i didn't tried other PC OS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, sorry. I thought we were talking about general functionality, not specific to the browser or tab functionality. Thanks for following up!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Windows arrow keys snaps windows and moves them

Windows L locks your computer

Windows V brings up the clipboard history

[–] entropicshart 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That clipboard history can get you into trouble if you’re not careful….

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leaving anything on the clipboard even with history off can get you into trouble if you’re not careful.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Using clipboard at all can get you into trouble if there is a malware that checks them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It can also get you out of trouble if you needed a screenshot or copied text and you accidentally put something higher in the clipboard history. Source: it's helped me get out of trouble a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

double click +drag selects entire words--no more trying to precisely aim the mouse to leave out a period

triple click + drag selects entire paragraphs

in some cases you can select text and just drag it elsewhere, eliminates the need for copy & paste

ctrl + shift + esc = task manager

winkey + m = minimize everything

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Ctrl+shift and L/R arrow keys also selects entire words, and up/down selects entire rows. No more taking your hands off the keyboard to select text!

My favorite that I can’t believe not everyone uses is ctrl+backspace to delete a whole word at once. Totally butchered typing something? Start over quickly. Need to delete most of your sentence? Delete it in just a few taps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

tripple click is also a solid podcast on game news and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

It's really wild that so many comments in this thread are mocking naive or inneficient ways of doing stuff, without actually giving any info on how to do things better. Or worse, people are spouting niche keyboard shortcuts without giving the context they're used in, or what those shortcuts even do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On Windows, Win+X, then R, then R again shuts down your Computer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

win X, U, U for shut down

win X, U, R for restart