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Google Drive keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 8/26/2017 on https://defkey.com/google-drive-shortcuts

Free cloud storage service from Google. Drive makes it very easy to store
and share files, work from distance and manage project files.

Google Drive has 54 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Navigation and Views
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G + N                   Go to navigation panel
G + F                   Go to folders list
G + L                   Go to items view
V                       Toggle grid view and list view
G + D                   Go to details pane
G + T                   Go to top of application
G + A                   Go to download status
G + U                   Go to upload status
D                       Show or hide details pane
I                       Show or hide the activity pane


Item Selection
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X                       Select or deselect item
J                       Select next item down
K                       Select next item up
H                       Select next item left
L                       Select next item right
Shift + Up arrow        Expand selection up
Shift + Down arrow      Expand selection down
Shift + Left arrow      Expand selection left
Shift + Right arrow     Expand selection right
Ctrl + Up arrow         Move focus up
Ctrl + Down arrow       Move focus down
Ctrl + Left arrow       Move focus left
Ctrl + Right arrow      Move focus right
Shift + A               Select all visible items
Shift + N               Clear selection


Item Actions
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Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + X                Cut
Ctrl + V                Paste
Ctrl + Shift + V        Paste as shortcut
Ctrl + Enter            Open file or folder in new tab
O                       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
Shift + 3               Remove selected item
Ctrl + Z                Undo last action
Ctrl + Shift + Z        Redo last action


Create New Items
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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


Open Menus
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C                       Open create menu
A                       Open actions menu
F                       Open folder menu
R                       Open sort menu
T                       Open settings menu


Application Actions
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?                       Display keyboard shortcuts list
Q + Q                   Cycle through visual density options
M                       Show last message
/                       Search your Drive

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