Google drive shortcut key/anandtechnicaleducation

Table of Contents:

1. Navigation and Views
2. Item Selection
3. Item Actions
4. Create New Items
5. Open Menus
6. Application Actions

NOTE: These shortcuts were tested in the "New Google Drive." There may be slight inconsistencies if you are using the older interface.

1. Navigation and Views
g then n or g then f	Go to navigation panel (the folders list)
g then l	Go to items view
v	Toggle grid view and list view
g then d	Go to details pane
g then t	Go to top of application
g then a	Go to download status
g then u	Go to upload status
d	Show or hide the details pane
i	Show or hide the activity pane

2. Item Selection
x	Select or deselect item
j or down	Select next item down
k or up	Select next item up
h or left	Select next item to the left
l or right	Select next item to the right
shift+up/down/left/right	Expand selection up/down/left/right
ctrl+up/down/left/right	Move focus up/down/left/right without changing selection
shift+a	Select all visible items
shift+n	Select none (clear selection)

 

3. Item Actions
o or enter	Open selected item
n	Rename selected item
.	Share selected item
z	Move selected item to folder
shift+z	Add selected item to folder (Note: items can appear in more than one folder at once in Google Drive)
s	Star or unstar selected item
#	Remove selected item
ctrl+z	Undo last action
ctrl+shift+z	Redo last action

 

4. Create New Items
shift+t	Create new document
shift+p	Create new presentation
shift+s	Create new spreadsheet
shift+d	Create new drawing
shift+f	Create new folder
shift+o	Create new form

 

5. Open Menus
c	Open create menu
a	Open actions menu
f	Open folder menu
r	Open sort menu
t	Open settings menu

6. Application Actions
?	Display keyboard shortcuts list
q then q	Cycle through visual density options (row height and element spacing)
m	Show last message
/	Search your Drive

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