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[โ€“] [email protected] 65 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Select text -> Edit menu -> Copy, click elsewhere -> Edit menu -> Paste ๐Ÿคฎ

[โ€“] maniclucky 40 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (6 children)

Not knowing Ctrl+shift+esc opens the task manager is one thing, but copy and paste should be taught in school.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My lazy ass sometimes doesn't feel like moving the left hand so I just use the mouse.

[โ€“] maniclucky 1 points 9 hours ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The best shortcut like that is win+X it opens a quick menu with stuff like Powershell, task manager, device manager, and a bunch of other admin stuff.

You can also right click the window icon to open the menu.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I right click the start menu more than I open it normally.

[โ€“] maniclucky 1 points 9 hours ago

My fingers have that plus the correct directional keys memorized to put my computer to sleep.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I still havenโ€™t grown out of my ctrl + alt + del habit

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Step 1: get a 60% keyboard
Step 2: don't learn where the "delete" key is
Step 3: change the keycaps so you can't even look at the keyboard to see where it is
Step 4: ???
Step 5: profit!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

I used to know this shortcut, but it was one of the many that I forgot after moving to linux.

Thanks for the refresher! Iโ€™ll probably get use of this on my work laptop

[โ€“] Schal330 5 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Ctrl+shift+esc was so useful back when I learned it. I still see people press ctrl+alt+del and click to open task manager. Or alternatively (but not as bad imo) right clicking on the start button and selecting to open task manager

[โ€“] spookex 1 points 3 hours ago

You don't even have to do it on the start button, any empty spot in the taskbar works

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

right clicking on the start button and selecting to open task manager

TIL

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Win+X opens the same menu.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

I still sometimes hit ctrl/alt/del to open the task manager if I'm not thinking.

Too many years of doing that when I was younger and it only brought up the task manager.

[โ€“] KillerTofu 5 points 19 hours ago

Wut. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

Thank you for this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

I was going to say why is that even there, but it reminded me of a very useful macOS tip:

You can access all the menu bar items that donโ€™t have hot keys without leaving the keyboard.

Command+shift+question mark opens the help menu search bar and you can type in ANY menu bar item by name and press enter to do it. It will also show any keyboard shortcuts.

Ctrl+F2 selects the menu bar so you can use arrow keys, but thatโ€™s slower.

As an avid vim/terminal user, macOS accessibility shortcuts are friggen amazing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Now I can't stop picturing a nightmare scenario of having to watch someone do their copy/paste purely from the keyboard, but using the menus via that trick, rather than using the hotkeys. Thanks for that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I wouldn't have to paste via menu if "paste without formatting" didn't require the fingers of a pianist.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Isnโ€™t there a ctr+shift+v equivalent?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Paste Without Formatting exists on the right-click context menu almost everywhere. I don't consider context menu usage to be annoying (to observe someone using) at all, personally.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

But why use mouse when keyboard works?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Personally I find CTRL+SHIFT+V rather uncomfortable to press, not to mention it requires moving your whole hand down the keyboard, whereas CTRL+V doesn't. A quick rightclick -> Paste Without Formatting is quick enough to do.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Oh that sounds really nice. I'm personally extremely annoyed that their shortcuts differ wildly from Windows and Linux shortcuts but at least this thing is some consolation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Ooooh thanks! Iโ€™ll use that a lot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago

People like this have lost ctrl of their lives.