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Edwin Kupara edited this page Mar 16, 2016 · 11 revisions

Cheat Sheets

Handy Little Time Savers Every Coder Should Know

Result Action
Select a term in the terminal Double-click on the term
Complete a term on the command line Tab
Cancel a command you've typed on the command line Ctrl + C
Pull up a command you've typed in the past Ctrl + R, then start typing command
Open a link in a new tab in Chrome Cmd + click
Move among tabs in most OS X programs Hold down Shift and Cmd, then [ and ]
Copy a selection from the command line Hold down Shift and Ctrl (Mac users: Shift and Cmd), then C
Paste a selection to the command line Hold down Shift and Ctrl (Mac users: Shift and Cmd), then V
Flip between your workspaces Ctrl + Left or Right arrow
Flip between open applications Cmd + Tab
Flip between windows in current application Cmd + `
Minimize current window Cmd + M
Close current window Cmd + W
Open preference or settings window in current app Cmd + ,
Hide and unhide the dock Cmd + Opt + D
Activate spotlight Cmd + Space
Select safari or chrome address/URL field to enter Cmd + L
Check for information on a particular file Cmd + I
Open a file in its native application(without clicking, in finder) Cmd + Down arrow
Jump across whole word quickly Opt + Left or Right arrow
Jump between open tabs in safari and chrome Cmd + Shift + [ or ]
Jump to specific tab in chrome Cmd + 1-8
Jump to the last open tab in chrome Cmd + 9
Jump between open tabs in tabbed applications Ctrl + Tab or Shift + Ctrl + Tab
Grab a screen shot of the whole screen Cmd + Shift + 3
Grab a screen shot of a selected part of the screen Cmd + Shift + 4
Look up a word in the dictionary Ctrl + Cmd + D
To jump across whole word quickly Opt + Left or Right arrow
To select whole word at a time Shift + Opt + Left or Right arrow
To reopen closed chrome tab Shift + Cmd + T
To open the developer console in chrome Cmd + Opt + I
To close a tab in a tabbed application Cmd + W
To jump to the beginning of the current command input in Terminal Ctrl + A
To jump to the end of the current command input in Terminal Ctrl + E
To clear the current command input in Terminal Ctrl + U