Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac

Recently, I started to use an external keyboard on the Mac OS, which means that I had to give up the convenience of the touchpad. In the meantime, this is a chance to pick up the many keyboard shortcuts which I otherwise would not feel the urge to learn.

OS X

Close an app: Cmd + Q
Switch desktops: Ctrl + LeftArrow/RightArrow
Mission control: Ctrl + UpArrow
App expose: Ctrl + DownArrow
Launch an app on dock: Ctrl + F3
Jump to the next app: Cmd + Tab (possibly with arrows)
Finder view: Cmd + 1/2/3/4
Switch between the windows of the same app: Cmd + ` (backtick)
Full screen: Cmd + Ctrl + F
Close a window / tab: Cmd + W
Close all windows of the same app: Cmd + Option + W
Show desktop: F11
Maximize a window to fill the screen: add shortcut Zoom Ctrl + Cmd + =
Move focus to the menu bar: Ctrl + F2
Open a new Finder window in Finder: Cmd + N
Open a selected folder: Cmd + DownArrow OR Cmd + O

VS Code

Show command palette: Cmd + Shift + P OR F1
Half open a file: Cmd + P then Enter
Fully open a file: Cmd + P then RightArrow
Make a half opened file fully open: Cmd + K then Enter
Open Markdown preview: Cmd + K then V
Go to beginning of line: Home OR Cmd + LeftArrow
Go to end of line: End OR Cmd + RightArrow
Go to previous page: PageUp
Go to next page: PageDown
Scroll in editor: Ctrl + PageUp/PageDown
Show Explorer: Cmd + Shift + E
Show Search: Cmd + Shift + F
Hide side bar: change “toggle side bar visibility” from Cmd + B to Cmd + Shift + A
Navigate editors: Ctrl + Tab

Web browser (Firefox)

Jump to the previous tab: Ctrl + PageUp
Jump to the next tab: Ctrl + Tab OR Ctrl + PageDown
Display/Close side bar: Cmd + B
Open a new tab: Cmd + T
Next: Cmd + LeftArrow
Back: Cmd + RightArrow
Navigate Google search results: add an add-on
- Navigate: Tab/Shift + Tab OR LeftArrow/RightArrow
- Open in a new tab: Cmd + Shift + Enter
- Open in a new background tab: Cmd + Enter
- Open in a new window: Shift + Enter

Slack

Switch workspace: Cmd + number OR Cmd + Shift + [/]
Move focus: F6 / Shift + F6

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