More Shortcuts

The below shortcuts allow you to navigate to the taskbar options quickly. 

• Ctrl + Shift + click a taskbar button  –  Open an app as an administrator.
• Ctrl + click a grouped taskbar button  –  Cycle through the windows of the group
• Shift + click a taskbar button  –  Open an app or quickly open another instance of an app.
• Shift + right-click a grouped taskbar button  –  Show the window menu for the group.
• Shift + right-click a taskbar button  –  Show the window menu for the app.

The following list of shortcuts helps you perform an action within the dialog box.

• Alt + underlined letter  –  Perform the command (or select the option) that is used with that letter.
• Arrow keys  –  Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.
• Backspace  –  Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.
• Ctrl + 1, 2, 3,…  –  Move to that tab number.
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab  –  Move back through tabs.
• Ctrl + Tab  –  Move forward through tabs.
• F4  –  Display the items in the active list.
• Shift + Tab  –  Move back through options.
• Spacebar  –  Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.
• Tab  –  Move forward through options.

• Alt + A  –   Set focus to the first icon in the Suggested actions menu.
• Alt + Shift + arrow keys  –  When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified.
• Ctrl + A  –  Select all items in a document or window.
• Ctrl + arrow keys  –  Resize the Start menu when it’s open.
• Ctrl + C (or) Ctrl + Insert  –  Copy the selected item.
• Ctrl + D (or) Delete  –  Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin.
• Ctrl + E  –  Open Search (in most apps).
• Ctrl + Esc  –  Open Start.
• Ctrl + F4  –  Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time).
• Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys  –  When a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it into another tile to create a folder.
• Ctrl + Shift + V  –  Paste as plain text
• Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key  –  Select a block of text.
• Ctrl + Shift  –  Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available.
• Ctrl + Up arrow  –  Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
• Ctrl + V (or) Shift + Insert  –  Paste the selected item.
• Ctrl + X  –  Cut the selected item.
• Ctrl + Y  –  Redo an action.
• Ctrl + Z  –  Undo an action.
• Esc  –  Stop or leave the current task.
• F2  –  Rename the selected item.
• F3  –  Search for a file or folder in File Explorer.
• F4  –  Display the address bar list in File Explorer.
• F5  –  Refresh the active window.
• F6  –  Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
• F10  –  Activate the Menu bar in the active app.
• Left arrow  –  Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
• Right arrow  –  Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.
• Shift + Delete  –  Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first.
• Shift with any arrow key  –  Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document.
• PrtScn  –  Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard.