19 Jul 2022

A few years in the making, my current keyboard shortcuts are as follows.

Note: use of the Kinesis Advantage 2 keyboard, ie its unorthodox layout, has influenced some.

Global

Standard:

Generally, pressing alt when doing almost anything that would normally apply to one letter, will apply it to the whole word word. For example:
Alt + Left/Right: Move left/right one word
Alt + Shift + Left/Right: Select one word left/right
Alt + Backspace: Delete one word to the left
Alt + Delete: Delete one word to the right.

And using the Cmd key instead of alt will mostly extend that to the beginning/end of the current line.

shortcut	action	setup
Option + Backspace	delete last word
Cmd + Backspace	delete line up to cursor position

Custom shortcuts using macOS' Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts

19 Sep 2022 update:

shortcut	action	setup
Cmd Space	Alfred	Alfred Preferences
Cmd Shift Space	Show Spotlight search (changed from default Cmd Space)	Shortcuts > Spotlight
Alt Space	Espanso snippet search (default)	Espanso config file !apps/espanso
Shift Cmd P	Alfred Clipboard History	Alfred Preferences
Shift Alt P	Pixelsnap	Pixelsnap Preferences (from macOS menu)
Cmd Option Space
Cmd D	Copy (replacing the standard Cmd C, avoids moving finger from home row)	Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
Cmd F	Paste (replacing the standard Cmd V, avoids moving finger from home row)	Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
F4	Edit > Paste and Match Style	Shortcuts > App Shortcuts

Customising the system-wide keybindings:

Window Management

Moom

Nic Note: Moom)

macOS

shortcut	action	note
Ctrl ↑	Mission Control	default
Ctrl ↓	Application Windows (formerly App Exposé)	default

Application Windows / App Exposé

showing all windows of the same app.

Trackpad: swipe 3 fingers down.

shortcut	action	note
Tab	Cycle through applications and their windows
Shift-Tab	Go to the previous application
Arrow Keys	Move between windows in Exposé
Spacebar or Enter	Bring selected window to the front
Esc	Leave Exposé, ignoring window selection

Current setup with 4 screens (see Nic Note: My Home Office Setup):

• left: horizontal workspace
• right: vertical workspace
• bottom: demo, recordings, screen-sharing (or widgets when not online)
• top: teleprompter (see Nic Note: Using a teleprompter for online meetings)

shortcut	action	setup
Cmd Shift 1	move & resize window to 1st third of the screen
Cmd Shift 2	move & resize window to 2nd third of the screen
Cmd Shift 3	move & resize window to 3rd third of the screen
Cmd Shift 4	move & resize window to top third of the screen
Cmd Shift 5	(used for screenshots - see below)
Cmd Shift 6	move & resize window to middle third of the screen
Cmd Shift 7	move window to left screen	Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts: create with exact name from macOS "Window" menu
Cmd Shift 8	move window to right screen	Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts: create with exact name from macOS "Window" menu
Cmd Shift 9	move window to bottom screen (demo)	Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts: create with exact name from macOS "Window" menu
Cmd Shift 0	move window to top screen (teleprompter)	Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts: create with exact name from macOS "Window" menu
Cmd L	resize: full screen
Cmd Shift L	resize: 1680x1050
Cmd Shift K	resize: 3/4 of screen
Cmd .	resize: center of screen	with Moom:
Cmd ←	move & resize: left half of screen
Cmd →	move & resize: right half of screen

Screenshots and screen recording

Required: ScreenShotX (see Nic Note: ScreenShotX)

shortcut	action	setup
Cmd Shift 5	capture window	with ScreenShotX

VS Code

!apps/vs-code

Manage from Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts or Cmd K Cmd S.

shortcut	action	note
Cmd Shift A	Select All Occurences
Cmd Shift W	Close Window (=tab)
Cmd /	comment / uncomment
Cmd Alt P	Command Palette
Cmd Shift ]	Switch to next Tab
Cmd Shift [	Switch to previous Tab
Ctrl W	Open Window Selector (Switch Windows)
Cmd K then Cmd S	Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl G	Go To Line Number	"Control Go"
Ctrl E	Cursor End of Line	"Control End of line "
Cmd ↓	Go to End of file
Cmd ↑	Go to Beginning of file
Cmd P	Quick Open	navigate to file
Cmd Shift O	Go to Symbol	navigate within file
Cmd ]	Indent Line
Cmd [	Unindent Line
F6	Explorer
Cmd Shift C	Collapse Folders in Explorer	workbench.files.action.collapseExplorerFolders

Important to read for effective code navigation:

select a block of code

There is an option called Balance - still not clear why it's called like that 🤔

Place the cursor in the block of code to select, then call the Palette (Cmd Alt P for me) and search for Balance.

Select inward to select content within the tag, or outward to include the tags in selection.

Works with HTML, not yet tested with other languages.

Snippets in Visual Studio Code:

Terminal

Standard shorcuts - for reference.

shortcut	action	setup
Ctrl C	clear line	default

Powerpoint

Cannot be changed/customised :(

Keyboard shortcuts in Powerpoint:

Most used:

shortcut	action	setup
⌘ 1	Normal view	default
⌘ 2	Slide sorter view	default
⌘ Shift Enter	Start Slideshow	default

Word

Cannot be changed/customised :(

Keyboard shortcuts in Word:

Pixelsnap

Nic Note: Pixelsnap

shortcut	action	setup
Shift Alt P	Pixelsnap	Pixelsnap Preferences (from macOS menu)
H	add horizontal guide	custom shortcut
V	add vertical guide	custom shortcut
Shift H	hold horizontal distance	custom shortcut
Shift V	hold vertical distance	custom shortcut

Brave

shortcut	action
Ctrl Tab	Cycle through Tabs
Alt ↓	Scroll Down Quick

TODO shortcut for selecting URL in address bar (not working)

Things

shortcut	action	note
Cmd backtick	Global Quick Entry	add to Things from anywhere on macOS
Cmd ↑	Move Item Up
Cmd ↓	Move Item Down
Cmd K	Complete selected item
Cmd 2	Go To Today

Alfred

!apps/alfred

!apps/alfred

shortcut	action	note
Alt L	fetch last item(s) from Trickster	set as Global Hotkey
tt	fetch last item(s) from Trickster	set as Alfred keyword
y	search with You.com	set as Alfred keyword
yt	search with Youtube	set as Alfred keyword
twu	search Twitter User	set as Alfred keyword
Shift	preview selected item	default

Chrome

shortcut	action	note
Alt Cmd I	Developer Tools
Alt ↓	Scroll Down Quick

Kinesis 360 Pro

!home-office/kinesis

shortcut	action	note
Mod ←	Increase backlight
Mod →	Decrease backlight
Mod HK2 or HK4	Check battery levels

Pathfinder

shortcut	action	note
F1	Dual browser	default

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