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Everything keyboard shortcuts (filtered)
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First published at 10/27/2017 on https://defkey.com/everything-shortcuts

"Everything" is a search engine that locates files and folders by filename
instantly in Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays
every file and folder on your computer (hence the name "Everything").



Search edit
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Ctrl + A                Select all text
Ctrl + Backspace        Delete previous word
Ctrl + Space            Complete search. Requires search history to be enabled
Enter                   Focus result list and select the item with the highest run count


Result list
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Shift + Del             Permanently delete selected items
Ctrl + Left arrow       Scroll left one page
Ctrl + Right arrow      Scroll right one page
Ctrl + Page Up          Navigate item focus
Shift + F10             Display item context menu for the current selection. Displays the result
list context menu if no selection


General keyboard shortcuts
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These shortcuts that can be used when an Everything search window has focus

F11                     Toggle fullscreen
Alt + 2                 Resize the window to 640 x 497
Ctrl + Shift + 1        Toggle extra large thumbnails
Ctrl + Shift + 2        Toggle large thumbnails
Ctrl + Shift + 3        Toggle medium thumbnails
Ctrl + Shift + 6        Toggle detail view
Ctrl + N                Open a new search window
Ctrl + O                Open an Everything file list
Ctrl + Shift + B        Organize bookmarks
Ctrl + H                Show all search history


Global hotkeys
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The Everything search window can be shown by pressing a hotkey. Hotkeys can
be used anywhere in Windows.

To define a global hotkey to open Everything, from the Tools menu, click
Options then click the Keyboard tab.


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