Lesser known keyboard shortcuts that EVERYONE should get familiar with! A thread (part 1)🧵
Ctrl + Tab: for switching between tabs in a browser
Ctrl + f4: for closing a tab in a browser
Ctrl + L: for shifting the focus of your cursor to the address bar
Ctrl + K: the above except it only uses your default search engine to search what you type. So, typing a url won't directly work here and you would have to click on one of the search results.
Ctrl + Backspace: for erasing the current/previous word
Ctrl + Delete key: for erasing the next word
Ctrl + <- (left arrow) for moving your cursor to the start of the previous word
Ctrl + -> (right arrow) or moving your cursor to the start of the next word
Hold down shift as well if you want to select the words your cursor travels across
Windows + L: For locking the screen. Very useful when you want to leave your system idle but do not want your wireless devices to disconnect. That is why I prefer it over sleep mode.
On YT
Shift + . (>) or Shift + . (<) for increasing/decreasing speed
m: mute
f: fullscreen
top number row for jumping to a section (1: 10% of vid, 2:20% of the video and so on)
ctrl + <- or ->: previous/next chapter
shift + / (?) for viewing the whole list of keyboard shortcuts
(bonus: try typing "awesome" when your keyboard is NOT focused on a text field and then observe the seek and the hd icon!)
Honourable mention:
Ctrl + Shift + > or < in MS Word for increasing or decreasing font size respectively
Thank you for taking the time to reading this thread till the end! I hope you enjoyed and learnt something new. Please feel free to write any shortcuts that I missed. I'll include them in the second part, which is coming very soon. Drop a 🚀 if you're excited + RT for max reach!
You can read the unrolled version of this thread here: typefully.com/awesamarth_/b2wlgDO