useful-keyboard-shortcuts

A random list of useful keyboard shortcuts for different applications/operating systems.

Table of Content

• Visual Studio Code
• Chrome
• MacOS
  • Rectangle
  • Alfred
• Vim
• Slack

Visual Studio Code

• Search all files in workspace for text - cmd shift f

• Toggle sidebar - cmd b

• Open file on right side - cmd \

• Switch focus between editors (ordered by number) - cmd <number>

• Switch tab within an editor (ordered by number) - ctrl <number>

• Toggles right editor(s) between horizontal/vertical mode (must have more than 1 open) - cmd option 0

• Switch tab forward/backward - cmd option <right arrow>/<left arrow>

• Search for files to open (opens in focused editor if have multiple open) - cmd p

• Moves the currently editor left/right - cmd k <left arrow>/<right arrow>

• Open file in "keep it open" mode - double click on a file in sidebar

• Switch between tabs in focused window - ctrl tab

• Open Command Palette - cmd shift p

• Rename variable in file - click on a variable then press f2

• Place multiple cursors - option click (press escape to cancel)

• Open new editor (but without any file opened). The number must be +1 current number of editors opened - cmd <number>

• List out every symbol in the code - @ in Command Palette or control shift . (this view is better)

• Find a symbol (e.g. function name) across project - # <symbol name> in Command Palette (also e.g. type "NAR" to find "NextApiRequest", useful for long class names, works for all camel cased words).

• Go to Symbol in File - cmd shift o

• Show All Commands - cmd shift p

• Quick Fix - cmd .

• Open a new window - cmd shift n

Chrome

• Delete autosuggested result in search bar - shift fn delete

• Open Bookmark Manager - cmd option b

• Open Downloads - cmd option l

• Place focus on address bar - cmd l

• Navigate backward/forward - cmd [ and cmd ] or cmd <left arrow>/<right arrow>

• Change tab backward/forward cmd option <left arrow>/<right arrow>

• Toggle bookmark bar - cmd shift b

• Bookmark current tab - cmd d

• Bookmark all tabs - cmd shift d

• Navigate to next tab - ctrl tab or option cmd <right arrow>

• Navigate to previous tab - ctrl shift tab or option cmd <left arrow>

• Close current tab - cmd w

• Close all tabs in window - cmd shift w

• Opens last tab (or window) you closed - cmd shift t

• Search current file for text - cmd f

• Open Settings - cmd , (works in most MacOS apps)

• Open Print - cmd p

• Search tabs - cmd shift a

MacOS

• Go back/forward one word at a time when typing - option right/left arrow

• Show/hide hidden files and folders in finder - cmd shift .

• Delete prevous word - option backspace

• Delete everything before cursor - cmd backsapce

• Forward character delete - FN backspace

• Three finger swipe-up (custom keybinding) - option s

• Rectangle

  • Maximize - ctrl option return
  • Shrink window - ctrl option backspace
  • Move to left/right side - ctrl option <left arrow>/<right arrow>
  • Move to left 1/3 - ctrl option d
  • Move to middle 1/3 - ctrl option f
  • Move to right 1/3 - ctr option g
  • Move to last 2/3 - ctrl option t
  • Move to first 2/3 - ctrl option e

• Alfred

  • Alfred Hotkey - cmd space
  • Search on YouTube - yt <query>
  • Search on Google - g <query>
  • Search on Google Drive - dr <query>
  • Open Google Drive - dr
  • Open Gmail Inbox gm
  • Open my GitHub repos - gh
  • Open ChatGPT - chat
  • Open Claude - claude
  • Query Google Translate - translate <query>
  • Open clipboard history (also configured to show snippets) - option cmd c
  • Open Useful Commands Google Doc file - commands
  • Open useful-keyboard-shortcuts GitHub page - short
  • Run command in terminal (customized to launch new iTerm2 tab) - > <command>
  • Define word - define <word>
  • Spell word (autocomplete) - spell <word>

Vim

• In general, d will delete from current position to ending position after . This means that:

  • d<leftArrow> will delete current and left character
  • d$ will delete from current position to end of line
  • d^ will delete from current backward to first non-white-space character
  • d0 will delete from current backward to beginning of line
  • dw deletes current to end of current word (including trailing space)
  • db deletes current to beginning of current word
  • Read this to learn all the things you can combine with the 'd' command.

• Global search and replace - :%s/old/new/g

Slack

• Open Quick switcher - Cmd + k