command + space bar : opens Spotlight
You can use Spotlight to open applications, search for files on your hard drive. or use as a simple calculator.
Alfred can do much more than Spotlight. You can use Alfred to
- open an app
- search google
- search wikipedia
- create custom search
- use as calculator, press enter to copy result
- define a word
- get spelling on a word, press enter to copy proper spelling into clipboard
- Setup keyboard shortcuts for gmail inside gmail settings.
- Setup priority inbox inside the gmail settings - in the inbox pane
? : show keyboard shortcuts
j : move downward
k : move upward
x : select message
o or Enter : open
r : reply
a : reply all
u : return to main window
gi : go to inbox
gl : go to any label
with message(s) open or selected:
v : move to any label
# : send to trash
s : star / unstar
command + tab : switch open applications
command + ` : (when already in command + tab) switch open applications in reverse
command + ` : goes between different windows of current program
command + q (while in open applications) : quit an application
command + d : when given "don't save, cancel, and save", triggers "don't save"; also short for saving something to the desktop
command + shift + 3 : screenshot - entire screen
command + shift + 4 : selective screenshot - click and drag mouse to capture a portion of the screen
↑ and ↓ : cycle through command history
ctrl + a : move cursor to the beginning of line
ctrl + e : move cursor to the end of line
ctrl + u : clear from cursor to the beginning of line
ctrl + k : clear from cursor to the end of line
!! : last command, e.g. sudo !!, !! > log.txt
alias | grep <search-term> : search through aliases
echo "Hello" : print out "Hello"
echo "Hello" | pbcopy : pipe the output of echo to the clipboard
pbpaste : paste in (print) content from the clipboard
pwd : print (show) current working directory
pushd <path> : push current directory onto a stack, then jump to path; when path is ommitted, it jumps to the directory at the top of the stack. Using this command repeatedly allows you to jump back and forth between the last two directories.
popd : jump to the directory at the top of a stack, and removing it from the stack.
command + n : create new window (shift + command + n for Sublime)
command + t : create new tab (command + n for Sublime)
command + w : close tab or window if only one tab
shift + command + w : close window with multiple open tabs
command + q : quit application
command + shift + ] or ctrl + tab : move right one tab
command + shift + [ or ctrl + shift + tab : move left one tab
command + NUMBER : move to tab number NUMBER (not in Bash)
fn + up : page up
fn + down : page down
alt + command + arrow keys : move right or left tabs
? : show commands
j : scroll down
k : scroll up
gg : go to top of page
G : go to bottom of page
u : scroll up more quickly
d : scroll down more quickly
f : show links (capitalize link shortcuts to open in new tabs)
option + f : open multiple links in different tabs
yy : copy clipboard contents
r : reload the page
x : close tab
gi : go to first text field...tab to switch between them
gu : up the URL hierarchy
gU : to the root URL
/ : find mode...return, then n to toggle
yt : duplicate current tab
gE : edit current URL then open in a new tab
H : go back in history
L : go forward in history
option + p : pin a tab
command + r : reload page
command + option + j : open the javascript console
command + ] : move forward through history
command + [ : move backward through history
command + shift + t : reopen last closed tab (up to 10)
command + l : select address bar
command + ctrl + space : open emoji & symbol keyboard
command + l, type javascript:, hit Enter : switch focus from javascript console to web page
see Stack Overflow post for how to shorten javascript: to j
command + shift + c (twice) : switch focus from web page to already-open javascript console
command + ctrl + f : toggle fullscreen
command + ctrl + shift + f : toggle distraction free
option + arrows : move one word at a time
command + arrows : move to beginning and end of line
shift + above commands : select all the text
delete + the above : delete all the text
fn + delete : delete forward
fn + up / down : page up / page down
fn + right / left : beginning and end of file
command + z : undo
command + shift + z : redo
command + y :redo
command + / : toggle comment for line
command + option + / : toggle multi-line comment for selected lines, or open empty multi-line comment
command + ] : shift indenting right
command + [ : shift indenting left
command + l : select the whole line
command + c (with selection) : copy selection
command + x (with selection) : cut selection
command + v : paste most recent cut or copy
command + shift + v : paste with proper indentation
command + x : cut the whole line
command + c : copy the whole line
command + enter : create new line below
command + shift + enter : create new line above
command + shift + d : copy current line below
command + control + arrows : move entire line up and down
command + k, command + u : make selection upper case
command + k, command + l : make selection lower case
control + m : move to beginning/end of parens and braces
command + shift + a : expand selection to entire HTML element
command + d : select word(s)
command + d, command + k : skips selection of word
command + ctrl + g : select all of words
option + mouseDrag : column select
command + mouseClick : custom multiple cursor
command + shift + l : multi line cursor based on selection
command + p : goto anything (use with :line_number, @symbol, #term)
command + r : search all function names in current file
command + shift + p : set syntax (and many many other things)
command + f : find
command + shift + f : massive find
command + k, command + b : toggle file bar
command + option + NUMBER : split screen
control + shift + NUMBER : move current file to pane