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Keyboard shortcuts

My list of what I keep looking up. Where possible, I like to configure shortcuts to behave the same across applications. The list here is a mix of default and custom shortcuts, still to be annotated as such.

Across applications

Keyboard Application Action
Alt-[,] Obsidian, VS Code Open/close left, right panel

Gnome/desktop

Keyboard Context Action
Fn-Win-Left Switch between windows of an application
Fn-Win-Right Switch between all windows on the workspace
Win-Alt-Left/Right Switch to the next/previous workspace
Win-Z Toggle zoom (accessibility)
Win-Alt-=/- Zoom (accessibility) Zoom in/out (quirky with dual monitors)
Win-H Hide current window
Win-T Track mouse pointer (via Gnome extension)

Firefox

Keyboard Context Action
Ctrl-Shift-PgUp/PgDn Move tab left or right
Ctrl-M Mute/unmute tab
Alt-D, Ctrl-L Focus address bar
Ctrl-Up/Down in address bar Switch search engine
Shift-Enter in address bar Open in new window
Shift-Del Delete autocomplete entry
Ctrl-Shift-I Toggle developer tools
Ctrl-Shift-S Take screenshot (page, viewport)
Ctrl-Alt-Z Add to Zotero

Also: in the bookmark overview, you can add a Keyword to a bookmark. This is shorthand for opening that bookmark from the address bar. Examples I use:

  • gd: Open Google Drive

YouTube

Keyboard Action
0,1, 2, ..., 9 Jump to 0%, 10%, 20%, ..., 90%
c Toggle captions
f Toggle fullscreen
<, > Slow down, speed up
, . Previous, next frame
j, k, l 10 sec terug, start/stop, 10 sec vooruit