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TL;DR: A cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts across tools.

Conventions#

Notation#

  • Combinations to be pressed together are enclosed into parentheses:
  • E.g., (CTRL + x)

  • E.g., (CTRL + x) + b

  • Letters are non capitalized and SHIFT is explicitly used

  • For MEM: it is ok to use capital letters to aid remembering

  • For the non-letter (e.g., 1, !, ;) we use the char directly

  • E.g., we write CTRL + ! and not CTRL + SHIFT + 1

  • It can a good idea to specify L_ / R_ for CMD or CTRL to help muscle memory

Key order#

  • Use the combination in terms of the sequence of keys in alphabetical order:
  • CMD (Apple, Command)
  • CTRL (^)
  • OPT (Alt, Option, \=)
  • SHIFT

Modifier abbreviations#

Symbol | Name    | Aka      | MEM
--------------------------------------------
⌘, #   | Command | Apple    | (Command)er (Pound) of (Apple)
⌥, \=  | Option  | Alt      | You have the (Option) to h(Alt) in front of the (Slide \=)
⇧      | Shift   |          |
^      | Control |          | (Chevron) (^) to be in (Control)
Fn     | Fn      | Function |
       | Escape  | Esc      |

Name       Aka          Abbreviation
------------------------------------
Command    Apple, #     CMD, R_CMD, L_CMD
Option     Alt, \=      OPT
Shift                   SHIFT, R_SHIFT, L_SHIFT
Control    ^            CTRL
Fn         Function     FN
Escape     Esc
  • On the keyboard the keys are in order from left to right:
  • L_SHIFT (S)
  • CTRL (CT)
  • OPT (O)
  • L_CMD (CM)
  • R_CMD
  • R_SHIFT (S)

macOS#

// From https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

Windows#

  • Close window: CMD + w

  • Minimize window: CMD + m

  • Cycle through windows: CMD + `

Move among tabs of an app - CMD + {} i.e., R_CMD + R_SHIFT + [] - E.g., Chrome, Preview

  • Select block area in terminal: CMD + OPT + mouse

Screenshot#

// From https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/take-a-screenshot-or-screen-recording-mh26782/mac

Screenshot mem - Base keystrokes: (R_CMD + L_OPT) - 3: dir - 4: portion - 5: screenshot - L_SHIFT: clipboard vs screen - File looks like Screen Shot 2021-01-26 at 5.11.55 PM

  • Open the Screenshot app: R_CMD + R_SHIFT + 5

Take a screenshot to dir / clipboard - To Screenshot app dir: CMD + CTRL + 3 - To Clipboard: CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + 3

Take a screenshot of a portion of a screen - To Screenshot app dir: CMD + CTRL + 4 - To Clipboard: CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + 4

Misc#

  • Get definition of a word: CTRL + CMD + d

  • MEM: ccd = definition

  • Get pronunciation: CTRL + CMD + p

  • You need to enable this in Preferences -> Speech

  • MEM: ccp = pronunciation

  • Turn off screen: > pmset displaysleepnow

  • Enable / disable do not disturb: CTRL + F10

Spaces#

  • Move among Spaces: CTRL + arrows

  • All windows of same app across Spaces: CTRL + down

  • Apps in one space and move apps across Spaces: CTRL + up

  • Switch among applications: CMD + TAB, CMD + SHIFT + TAB

  • Spectacle align windows: CMD + OPT + arrows

  • MEM: co

  • Spectacle full-window: CMD + OPT + f

  • MEM: cof

Apple Preview#

Continuous scroll / single page - Continuous scroll: CMD + 1 - Single page: CMD + 2

Side bar - No side bar: CMD + OPT + 1 - Miniatures: CMD + OPT + 2 - Table of contents: CMD + OPT + 3

Google Chrome#

Moving across tabs - Move among tabs: CMD + {}, i.e., CMD + SHIFT + [] - Jump to first tab: CMD + 1

History - Go back in history: CMD + [ - Go forward in history: CMD + ] - MEM: Like move among tabs but without SHIFT

  • Re-open last closed tab and jump to it: CTRL + SHIFT + t

  • Show / hide the bookmarks table: CMD + SHIFT + b

  • Open the bookmarks manager in a tab: CMD + OPT + b

  • Jump to address bar: CMD + l

Search in page - Search in page: CMD + f - Search next: CMD + g - Search previous: CMD + SHIFT + g

  • Search in all tabs: CMD + SHIFT + a

Zoom page - Zoom in: CMD + +, i.e., CMD + SHIFT + = - Zoom out: CMD + - - Reset zoom: CMD + 0

Chrome Vimium#

// https://github.com/philc/vimium/wiki

Invariants - With SHIFT: there in new tab - Without SHIFT: here in current tab - MEM: the default (i.e., no shift) means here

  • Get help: ?

History - Go back in history: H (or CTRL + [ for Chrome shortcut) - Go forward in history: L (or CTRL + ] for Chrome shortcut)

Navigate page - Move in the page: hjkl - Scroll half-page up / down: u / d - Scroll full-page up / down: space / SHIFT + space - Top / bottom: gg / G

  • Open new tab: t (same as CMD + t)

Close tab - Close current tab: x (same as CMD + w) - Restore closed tab: X (same as CMD + SHIFT + t)

Navigate tabs - Go to first / last tab: g0, g$ - Duplicate current tab: yt - This is equivalent to yy (copy URL) + P (open copied URL in new tab) - Move tab to new window: W

Open link - Open links: f - Open in current tab: lower-case letters for links - Open in new tab: upper-case letters for links

  • Search in open tabs: SHIFT + t
  • MEM: t = tabs

Search bookmark - Search and open in current tab: b - Search and open in new tab: B - MEM: b = bookmarks

Search everywhere - Search in URL, bookmark, history - Search and open in current tab: o - Search and open in new tab: O - MEM: o = omni-search

Find in page - Find mode: / - Enter and then use vim shortcuts to navigate: /, ?, n, N

Copy / open URL - Copy URL to clipboard: yy - Open URL in clipboard here: p - Open URL in clipboard in new tab: P

Visual mode - Visual mode: v - Visual mode line-by-line: V - Copy / paste selected part of page with usual vim shortcuts: yy, p

Gdocs#

  • Open / search shortcuts: CMD + /

  • Search menu: OPT + /

Zoom - Zoom in: CMD + OPT + = - Zoom out: CMD + OPT + -

Font size - Increase font size: CMD + >, CMD + SHIFT + , - Decrease font size: CMD + <, CMD + SHIFT + .

Formatting text - Apply the "normal style": CMD + OPT + 0 - Apply header 1: CMD + OPT + 1 - Suggesting mode: CMD + OPT + SHIFT + x - Editing mode: CMD + OPT + SHIFT + z (but doesn't work?)

Jupyter#

  • Vim bindings shortcut help: H, F1

  • Go in Jupyter mode: SHIFT + ESC

  • Go in vim navigation mode: ESC

  • Run cell: CMD + return

  • Reset the kernel: 0, 0

  • Run all cells: CMD + SHIFT + return

  • Header level: CMD + 1

Tmux#

  • Create a session: tmux new -s SESSION

  • Attach a session: tmux attach -t SESSION

  • Kill a session: tmux kill-session -t SESSION

  • Leader key: (CTRL + g)

  • Help: (CTRL + g) + ?

  • Disconnect: (CTRL + g) + d

  • Execute command: (CTRL + g) :

  • Apply new config: (CTRL + g) :source ~/.tmux.conf

  • Move among tabs: (CTRL + g) + p, n

Jump to window - (CTRL + g) + 0, ..., 9 - With high index: (CTRL + g) + '10

  • Alternate window: (CTRL + g) + l

Copy / paste - Copy mode: (CTRL + g) + [ - Paste mode: (CTRL + g) + ]

Move inside window - (CTRL + g) + [ + (CTRL + u, d) - MEM: (CTRL + g) + [ to go in copy mode. Then (CTRL + u, d) to move up and down

  • Rename window: (CTRL + g) + ,

Monitoring for silence - Start: (CTRL + g) :setw monitor-silence 30 - Stop: (CTRL + g) :setw monitor-silence 0

  • Vertical split pane: (CTRL + g) + %

  • Horizontal split pane: (CTRL + g) + "

  • Move between splits: (CTRL + g) + o