Questions tagged [shortcuts]
A quick access method of getting to a program or document, typically an icon or picture representing the target
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Change chrome application shortcut icon on taskbar in linux mint
I use a lot of web applications on Linux Mint. I'm confused with the icons being the chrome-icon all the time i.e. the same icon for all running programs.
So how can I change the Chrome application ...
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Notepad++ disable document switcher mouse shortcut
Notepad++ has this feature where you can right click + mousewheel to scroll between documents. My problem is that I hit this all the time by accident resulting in minor (yet cumulative) annoyances ...
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Keyboard shortcut to focus/unfocus on flash element in browser?
I've recently started using the Vimium plugin for Chrome to allow me for browsing the web using some common Vi(m) keyboard shortcuts.
The HTML5 video player used by Youtube can be controlled by some ...
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Redefine shorcuts in Skim
I am using SKIM for Mac to read PDFs and annotate. I wonder how can I change keyboard shortcuts, the one I need the most for marking text (Ctrl+Cmd+H) is rather insane.
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Windows 10 Start Menu Search Indexing Fields (Filename only? Apparently not!)
So here's a question that I haven't been able to find the answer to anywhere:
What field(s) does Windows 10 use to index files by whenever performing a start menu search? The obvious answer would be ...
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Google Chrome keeps disabling a search engine shortcut
I recently changed my pc and I was always using the press tab to search on a site feature of chrome.
I imported all my settings through the google account thingy but for whatever reason I was missing ...
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Open desktop shortcut to SharePoint directly in Excel
I have a desktop shortcut to a shared Excel spreadsheet that I use daily. It lives in a Microsoft Teams folder, i.e. on SharePoint. This shortcut opens a browser window asking me if I want to open the ...
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Edge taskbar pinned shortcut is not in a standard location
I'm on Windows 10. According to this answer the standard location for taskbar pinned shortcuts is %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar. I indeed can find all my ...
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Opening two individual Chrome windows on different displays at startup
I have a Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 Education x64 plugged into a USB dock that I use as a desktop machine in my office. I have a dual monitor setup on the dock, and use the Surface itself as a ...
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Is it possible to remap the “Hide Window” shortcut in Mac OS X?
Is it possible to remap the “Hide Window” shortcut in Mac OS X? I know about the possibility to remap just about any shortcut in the System Preferences that are either built in or just available in a ...
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Three-finger swipe browser back
Windows 10 broke my three-finger swipe to browser back. Now, it is the same action as the one-finger swipe-from-left-edge to switch programs provided in Windows 8/8.1. Is there any way to get it ...
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Is there a paste-replace shortcut?
Hello all :) This is be a petty request, but it is like an itch to me right now for a specific project:
There are shorcuts for copy and paste, but I often find myself moving bits of text between each ...
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URL shortcut on the desktop doesn't show icon on Windows 7
I added a new shortcut.url file with the following:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://test.com/
IDList=
HotKey=0
IconFile=C:\Program Files\Test\logo.ico
IconIndex=0
This works on XP - the shortcut ...
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Windows 8 keeps removing some start screen shortcuts I make
I've made some custom shortcuts to Google Chrome profiles and successfully pin them to my start screen but when my computer reboots or goes to sleep and wakes they have disappeared. If i repin them ...
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mac: two shortcuts for the same action
I regularly switch between keyboard layouts on my mac. This causes confusion with some shortcuts. Therefore I want to assign two key combinations to one shortcut.
In particular, I have used this ...
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