Terminal: macOS vs Windows vs Linux

Same action. Three keyboards. One row.

← Terminal

Action

macOS

Windows

Linux

Open Spotlight search

⌘+Space

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Screenshot a region

⇧+⌘+4

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Screenshot the whole screen

⇧+⌘+3

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Open screenshot toolbar

⇧+⌘+5

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Force quit applications

⌥+⌘+Esc

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Open Mission Control

⌃+↑

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Switch between open apps

⌘+Tab

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Hide the front app

⌘+H

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Hide all other apps

⌥+⌘+H

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Close the front window

⌘+W

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Quit the front app

⌘+Q

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Lock screen

⌃+⌘+Q

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Put display to sleep

⌃+⇧+Power

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Copy

⌘+C

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Paste

⌘+V

—

Cut

⌘+X

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Undo

⌘+Z

—

Redo

⇧+⌘+Z

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Select all

⌘+A

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Open emoji & symbols

⌃+⌘+Space

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Show all windows of front app

⌃+↓

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Open Start menu

—

Win

—

Open Windows Search

—

Win+S

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Open Run dialog

—

Win+R

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Open File Explorer

—

Win+E

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Open Settings

—

Win+I

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Open Task Manager

—

Ctrl+Shift+Esc

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Take a screenshot (Snip & Sketch)

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Shift+Win+S

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Open clipboard history

—

Win+V

—

Open emoji picker

—

Win+.

—

Lock screen

—

Win+L

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Show desktop

—

Win+D

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Snap window left

—

Win+←

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Snap window right

—

Win+→

—

Minimize window

—

Win+↓

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Maximize window

—

Win+↑

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Open Task View

—

Win+Tab

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Switch between apps

—

Alt+Tab

—

Close active window

—

Alt+F4

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Copy

—

Ctrl+C

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Paste

—

Ctrl+V

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Cut

—

Ctrl+X

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Undo

—

Ctrl+Z

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Redo

—

Ctrl+Y

—

Select all

—

Ctrl+A

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Open Activities Overview

—

Super

Show applications grid

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Super+A

Open Terminal

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Ctrl+Alt+T

Screenshot a region

—

Shift+Printscreen

Screenshot the whole screen

—

Printscreen

Switch between apps

—

Alt+Tab

Switch between windows of same app

—

Alt+`

Close window

—

Alt+F4

Move to workspace above

—

Ctrl+Alt+↑

Move to workspace below

—

Ctrl+Alt+↓

Show desktop

—

Super+D

Lock screen

—

Super+L

Log out

—

Ctrl+Alt+Del

Copy

—

Ctrl+C

Paste

—

Ctrl+V

Cut

—

Ctrl+X

Undo

—

Ctrl+Z

Redo

—

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Select all

—

Ctrl+A

Paste in terminal

—

Ctrl+Shift+V

New tab

⌘+T

Ctrl+T

Close tab

⌘+W

Ctrl+W

Reopen last closed tab

⇧+⌘+T

Ctrl+Shift+T

Next tab

⌥+⌘+→

Ctrl+Tab

Previous tab

⌥+⌘+←

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Focus address bar

⌘+L

Ctrl+L

Find on page

⌘+F

Ctrl+F

Open History

⌘+Y

Ctrl+H

Open Downloads

⇧+⌘+J

Ctrl+J

Bookmark current page

⌘+D

Ctrl+D

Open DevTools

⌥+⌘+I

Ctrl+Shift+I

Inspect element (picker)

⇧+⌘+C

Ctrl+Shift+C

Hard reload (bypass cache)

⇧+⌘+R

Ctrl+Shift+R

Open Incognito window

⇧+⌘+N

Ctrl+Shift+N

Zoom in

Cmd++

Ctrl++

Zoom out

⌘+-

Ctrl+-

Reset zoom

⌘+0

Ctrl+0

Toggle fullscreen

⌃+⌘+F

F11

New tab

⌘+T

Ctrl+T

Close tab

⌘+W

Ctrl+W

Reopen last closed tab

⇧+⌘+T

Ctrl+Shift+T

Focus address bar

⌘+L

Ctrl+L

Focus search bar

⌘+K

Ctrl+K

Find on page

⌘+F

Ctrl+F

Quick find (link search)

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Open History sidebar

⇧+⌘+H

Ctrl+Shift+H

Open Downloads

⇧+⌘+Y

Ctrl+J

Ctrl+Shift+Y

Bookmark current page

⌘+D

Ctrl+D

Open DevTools

⌥+⌘+I

Ctrl+Shift+I

Inspect element (picker)

⇧+⌘+C

Ctrl+Shift+C

Hard reload (bypass cache)

⇧+⌘+R

Ctrl+F5

Open Private window

⇧+⌘+P

Ctrl+Shift+P

Zoom in

Cmd++

Ctrl++

Zoom out

⌘+-

Ctrl+-

Toggle reader view

⌥+⌘+R

F9

Ctrl+Alt+R