14 Keyboard Shorcuts for Windows XP

Accessibility

• Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.

• Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.

• Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.

• NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.

• Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.

Win + L: Log off Windows.

• Win + P: Open Print Manager.

• Win + C: Open control panel.

• Win + V: Open clipboard.

• Win + K: Open keyboard properties.

• Win + I: Open mouse properties.

• Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.

• Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.

• Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.

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21 Keyboard Shortcuts for File Browser

File Browser

• Arrow Keys: Navigate.

• Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.

• Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.

• (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).

• BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.

• Alt + Left: Go back one folder.

• Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.

• Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).

• Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.

• F2: Rename selected item(s).

• Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.

• Delete: Delete selected item(s).

• Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.

• Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.

• Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).

• In tree pane, if any:

• Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.

• Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.

• Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.

• Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.

• Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.

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21 Keyboard Shortcuts for General Navigation

General Navigation

• Tab: Forward one item.

• Shift + Tab: Backward one item.

• Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.

• Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.

• Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.

• Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.

• Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.

• Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.

• Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.

• Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich Edit controls.

• Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.

• Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.

• Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.

• Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.

• Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.

• Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.

• Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.

• Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.

• Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.

• Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.

• End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.

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