Desktop Keyboard shortcuts in Windows
The following desktop keyboard shortcuts enable you to efficiently open, close, navigate, and perform tasks throughout the desktop environment, including the Start menu, Taskbar, Settings, and more.
1. Desktop Shortcuts
- Alt + Esc : Cycle through open windows.
- Alt + F4 : Close active window. (If no active window is present, a shutdown box appears.
- Alt + F8 : Reveals typed password in Sign-in screen.
- Alt + Left arrow key : Go back.
- Alt + Page Down : Move down one screen.
- Alt + Page Up : Move up one screen.
- Alt + Right arrow key :Go forward.
- Alt + Spacebar :Open context menu for the active window.
- Alt + Tab :Switch between open apps while pressing Tab multiple times.
- Alt + Underlined letter :Runs command for the underlined letter in apps.
- Ctrl + Alt + Tab :View open apps.
- Ctrl + Arrow keys : Change Start menu size.
- Ctrl + Arrow keys (to select) + Spacebar : Select multiple items on desktop or File Explorer.
- Ctrl + Click a grouped app button : Cycle through windows in the group from the Taskbar.
- Ctrl + Down arrow key : Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
- Ctrl + F5 (or) Ctrl + R : Refresh current window.
- Ctrl + Left arrow key : Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
- Ctrl + Right arrow key :Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
- Ctrl + Shift :Switch keyboard layout.
- Ctrl + Shift + Arrow key :Select block of text.
- Ctrl + Shift + Click app button :Run app as administrator from the Taskbar.
- Ctrl + Shift + Esc :Open Task Manager.
- Ctrl + Spacebar :Enable or disable Chinese IME.
- Ctrl + Up arrow key : Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
- Shift + Arrow keys : Select multiple items.
- Shift + Click app button : Open another instance of an app from the Taskbar.
- Shift + F10 : Open context menu for selected item.
- Shift + Right-click app button :Show window menu for the app from the Taskbar.
- Shift + Right-click grouped app button :Show window menu for the group from the Taskbar.
