Learning keyboard shortcuts and getting familiar with your tools are great ways to be more productive. Keyboard shortcuts not only minimize the amount of time that you’re navigating your cursor, but also become second nature to getting around your OS, documents, and applications. Here are a few shortcuts that I use on a regular basis. I’ll keep this post updated as I find myself using shortcuts that aren’t documented here. Leave a comment and let me know if there are any here that you use that I’ve left out.
General OS Shortcuts
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Cmd + Q |
Close the current application |
| Cmd + S |
Save |
| Cmd + A |
Select all |
| Cmd + Shift + 3 |
Capture the screen to a file |
| Cmd + Shift + Ctrl + 3 |
Capture the screen to your clipboard |
| Cmd + Shift + 4 |
Capture a section of the screen to a file |
| Cmd + Shift + Ctrl + 4 |
Capture a section of the screen to your clipboard |
| Cmd + Z |
Undo last action |
| Cmd + Shift + Z |
Redo |
Document Editing
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Cmd + C |
Copy |
| Cmd + V |
Paste |
| Cmd + X |
Cut |
| Cmd + left arrow |
Go to the beginning of the current line |
| Cmd + right arrow |
Go to the end of the current line |
| Cmd + up arrow |
Go to the beginning of the current document |
| Cmd + down arrow |
Go to the end of the current document |
| Fn + Shift + right arrow |
Select all text to the end of the document |
| Fn + Shift + left arrow |
Select all text to the beginning of document |
| Option + right arrow |
Go to the beginning of the next word |
| Option + left arrow |
Go to the beginning of the previous word |
| Cmd + Shift + left arrow |
Select all text to the beginning of the current line |
| Cmd + Shift + right arrow |
Select all text to the end of the current line |
| Option + Delete |
Delete last word |
Google Chrome
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Cmd + T |
Open a new tab |
| Cmd + Option + right arrow |
Go to the next tab |
| Cmd + Option + left arrow |
Go to the previous tab |
| Cmd + F |
Find in page |
| Cmd + R |
Reload the current page |
| Cmd + Shift + T |
Re-open closed tab |
| Cmd + left arrow |
Back |
| Cmd + right arrow |
Forward |
| Cmd + #1-9 |
Go to a specific tab |
Sublime Text 3
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Cmd + P |
Search all files |
| Cmd + Shift + P |
Search entire editor |
| Cmd + F |
Find |
| Cmd + Shift + F |
Find & Replace |
| Cmd + K + B |
Show/hide sidebar |
