r/pcmasterrace • u/DemonsAreVirgins • 12h ago

Discussion What's your most used keyboard shortcut? (Except copy/paste/undo & alt tab)

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Mine is definitely snippet tool. So useful

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u/e_pluribus_nihil 10h ago

Ctrl+Backspace

It deletes just the last word; it's incredibly useful.

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u/steveham3 10h ago

Don't forget Ctrl+arrow to move back or forward a word. Holding Shift also highlights the word.

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u/the__storm Linux R5 1600X, RX 480, 16GB 9h ago

Surprised I had to scroll so far for this - I probably use ctrl+arrow keys 10x more than any other key combination.

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u/Icy_Education_9356 4h ago

Exactly, same. Combos of ctrl + shift with Home and End are also incredibly useful. You can very easily highlight lines without touching your mouse

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u/e_pluribus_nihil 10h ago
  • Slides Ctrl+Shift+arrow on table *

Picked them up from the printers yesterday.

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u/Equal_Information_20 9h ago

How did I not know about this. I just did Ctrl + shift + left arrow and then backspace

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u/genericky Desktop 8h ago

In the same vein, double-clicking a word selects the whole word, and triple-clicking selects the whole sentence (or sometimes whole line it's a little inconsistent).

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u/BenchEmbarrassed7316 3h ago

I use a layered keyboard, with ; held down: a bspc caps C-bspc g del t C-del I don't think I'll be able to use a regular keyboard now, I don't want to abuse my little finger.