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General (16)

Mozilla Thunderbird - Go to previous viewed message

Audacity - Select > Left at Playback Position

Mame - UI previous group

Mame - Switch between palette devices

Mame - Switch between different graphics sets

Mame - Switch between different tilemaps

Ardour - Set punch range from edit range

MythTV 32 - Decrease volume

Mupen64Plus - Decrease volume

Roll20 - Settings Tab

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GoldWave - Moves the start marker to the current playback position.

Extended Mapedit - Change sprite slope

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Mapedit (Blood) - Set angle (0-32767 and negative)

Mapedit (Blood) - Slope up

Lynx 2.8.9 - Toggle pseudo_inlines mode on and off

Fernbus Simulator - Set air conditioning cold

Imaging (108)

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Move selected layers so that their In point or Out point is at the current time

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

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Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Clip Studio Paint Pro - (Before operation) Make (brush size) thinner

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Decrease Clip Volume

PowerDirector 17 - Mark in

Substance Painter - Decrease tool size

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Decrease Step Size

Blender 3.4.1 - Select hierarchy

Blender 3.4.1 - Select hierarchy

Blender 3.4.1 - Select hierarchy

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/Paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/Paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/Paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Select left/right

Blender 3.4.1 - Select left/right

Blender 3.4.1 - Select left/right

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Select side of frame

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/paint brush size

Blender 3.4.1 - Scale sculpt/paint brush size

Adobe Illustrator - Decrease size of Blob Brush

Adobe Illustrator - Decrease Bristle brush size

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Decrease Brush Size

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Increase/decrease brush size

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Increase/decrease brush size

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - (On Magnetic Lasso tool) Increase/decrease detection width

Zbrush 2023.1 - Decrease Draw Size by set units

Paint.NET - Open File menu

Corel Painter - Decrease current brush size incrementally

Corel Painter (Mac) - Decrease current brush size incrementally

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Increase/decrease rating by one star

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Increase/decrease brush size

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Previous keyframe

LightWave 3D - Shear

LightWave 3D - Decrease grid

Final Cut Pro X - Select the left edge of the edit point

Harmony 20 - Substitute drawing previous

Harmony 20 - Substitute drawing previous

Harmony 20 - Select left handle

Paint 3D - Decrease brush size

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Decrease brush size

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Decrease size of Blob Brush

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Decrease Bristle brush size

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Paint offset/skew

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Size

Paint Tool SAI - Decrease brush size

Paint Tool SAI - Decrease Brush Size

Krita 3.0 - Decrease brush size

Adobe Photoshop CC - Decrease Brush Size

Adobe Photoshop CC - Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

Adobe Photoshop CC - Increase/decrease brush size

Adobe Photoshop CC - (On Magnetic Lasso tool) Increase/decrease detection width

Node Wrangler 3.36 - Select parent

Daz Studio 4.15 - Decrease move speed

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Zoom out on the timeline

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Undo view change

Capture One 20 - Decrease brush size

Meshmixer - Brush size

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (Windows) - Decrease brush size

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Decrease brush size

Nuke - Toggle left toolbar

Affinity Photo - Increase/decrease brush width

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Increase/Decrease radius

Moho 13 - Decrease line width

3D Coat - Decrease radius

OpenToonz 1.4 - Send backward

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Move back one

Procreate 5X - Decrease brush size by 5%

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Decrease brush size

Substance Painter (Mac) - Decrease tool size

Darktable 2.6.3 - Flip > Rotate 90 degrees counter clockwise

Darktable 2.6.3 - Darkroom > Decrease brush size

Glimpse 0.1.2 - Tool size: Decrease by 1

Marmoset Hexels - Brush Size –

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Decrease brush size

Exposure X7 7.1.5 - Decrease brush size

Pixelmator Pro - Increase or decrease brush size

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Increase/decrease rating by one star

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Increase/decrease brush size

Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac) - (Magnetic Lasso tool) Increase detection width

Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac) - Decrease brush size

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Substitute drawing previous

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Substitute drawing previous

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Select left handle

Mari 4.6 - Increase/Decrease radius

Modo 12.1 - Invert selection

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Select Layer Above

MediBang Paint Pro 27.0 - Decrease brush size

Luminar 3 - Increase rating

Luminar 3 - Decrease rating

Luminar 3 - Decrease the brush radius

Developer tools (21)

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Grid size (position): Decrement

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Decrease brush size

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Decrease brush size

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Decrease brush size

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Decrease brush size

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Set start playback range

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Decrease brush size

Virtual Key Codes - (Used for miscellaneous characters; it can vary by keyboard. For the US standard keyboard, the '[{' key) VK_OEM_4 (0xDB)

Roblox Studio - Undo camera move/shift

JupyterLab - Rotate counterclockwise

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Sublime Text 4 - Insert snippet

Sublime Text 4 - Insert snippet

Gerrit Web UI - Open last file

Atlassian JIRA Agile - Hide/Show Left Section

Bitbucket Cloud - Expand and collapse left navigation

Ghidra 10.2.3 - Create array

Amazon Lumberyard - Increase the brush radius size

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Workspace

GitLab (macOS) - Move to previous file

Tig - Increase the diff context

Tig - Increase/decrease the diff context

Web applications (4)

Kagi (search engine) - Cycle backwards between navigation tabs

Gmail - Archive conversation and go next

Yahoo Mail - Move to the previous tab

SnapStream - Playback rate settings

File manager (2)

Adobe Bridge CC - Rotate 90° clockwise

Adobe Bridge CC (Mac) - Rotate 90° clockwise

Media player (9)

mpv - Decrease speed

PotPlayer 1.7 - Set starting point

GOM Player - Start AB repeat

Celluloid 0.23 - Decrease playback speed by 10%

Kodi - Seek step forward 10min

VLC Media Player - Increase playback speed by 0.1x

VLC Media Player - Decrease playback speed by 0.1x

Cmus 2.8 - Vol +1 +0

QLab 4 - Pause All

Games - PC (64)

The Sims 4 - Make brush size smaller while painting terrain. Also cycles through square/circle brushes

Grand Theft Auto V - Sniper/Camera Zoom in / out

Grand Theft Auto V - Previous Vehicle Weapon

ARK: Survival Evolved - Emotes

Arma 3 - Left panel

Arma 3 - Left panel

American Truck Simulator - Left-turn indicator

Space Engineers (PC) - Previous color or camera

Space Engineers (PC) - Switch to previous color

Space Engineers (PC) - Next voxel material

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Baldur's Gate III (PC) - Cycle characters previous

X-Plane 11 - Pitch trim down

Metro 2033 (PC) - Previous weapon

Starfield - Quick-key 11

FlightGear - Retract flaps

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Attack my target

Kerbal Space Program - Cycle through active ships (backwards)

Kerbal Space Program - Cycle through active ships/EVAs (backwards)

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Radio On / Off

GTA IV Emergency Lighting System - Toggle cruise mode (CSE)

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (PC) - Previous Tracked Quest

The Crew 2 (PC) - Previous & Left Button

Dawn of Man - Previous work area

Age of Empires IV - Rotate camera 45 degrees counter-clockwise

Age of Empires IV - Cycle through individual Scout units

Chaos; Head Noah (PC) - Text scroll (tips)

FTL: Faster Than Light - Activate

Kenshi (PC) - Decrease building slope

Civilization VI (PC) - Previous city

Divinity: Original Sin II (PC) - Cycle characters previous

Transport Fever 2 - Construction option 7

Pharaoh - Decrease the speed of the game

Portal 2 - Make entire selection white (portalable)

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Engine brake decrease

Metro Exodus (PC) - Previous weapon

ChessBase 13 - Cut previous moves

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - View / Activate mutations

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Scroll up through fuel list

RaceRoom - Brake Bias front

MapleStory (PC) - Menu

MapleStory (PC) - Menu

Trainz: A New Era - Camera previous view

Trainz: A New Era - Decrease height sensitivity

Trainz: A New Era - Rotate counter clockwise

Star Citizen - Accept Invite

Lost Ark (PC) - Titles

Caesar III Heaven - Reduce game speed

Psychonauts (PC) - Inventory menu

Tanki Online - Camera view

Despotism 3k (PC) - Add/Remove a human for a raid

Privateer 2: The Darkening - Set desired speed to zero

Privateer 2: The Darkening - Zoom in

NetHack - List armor

iRacing - Increase FOV

iRacing - FOV zoom out

War Room - Game speed up

Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC) - Previous Tab

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Building utility 2

Trove (PC) - Liked Worlds

Forspoken (PC) - Attack Magic

Blood - Cycle through inventory items

Strike Commander - Zoom in (radar)

Strike Commander - Zoom in

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem - Previous weapon

Zimbra Web Client - Go to previous unread message

Productivity (47)

REAPER - Markers: Go to previous marker/project start

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Go to Previous Keyframe

Traktor Pro 3 - Loop size select + Set (Deck A)

Studio One 5.4 - Previous Channel

Marvellous Designer 7.1 - Gizmo > Decrease gizmo scale (brush)

Luna (DAW) - Move Selection to Previous Bar

Luna (DAW) - Moves the playhead to the previous bar.

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Go to Previous Keyframe

Guitar Pro - Repeat open

Guitar Pro - Palm mute note

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Guitar Pro 8 (Windows) - Repeat open

Finale 26 - Navigation: jump to previous measure

Confluence - Open and close the sidebar

Evolution - Previous unread message

Dorico - 𝆓 Decrescendo

Dorico (macOS) - 𝆓 Decrescendo

Noteflight (2022) - Make note/chord shorter

Cinema 4D - Increase Brush Size

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Play Edit Selection

Serato DJ - Loop On/Off

QuickBooks Desktop - (left bracket) Same day in previous week

Edius Pro 9 - Insert to Timeline

Logic Pro 10.6 - Previous patch, plug-in setting or sampler instrument

Vegas Pro 18 - Enter edge-trimming mode and select event start; move to previous event edge

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Coarse adjust for knobs

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Advance by 5 frames

Superhuman v7 (2022) - Remove label, next

Mutt 2.2.10 - Scroll up 1/2 page

Guitar Pro 8 (macOS) - Repeat open

eMachineShop - Selects Rectangle Drawing Tool

Xactimate - Flip Horizontally

Snipaste 2.3.5 - Decrease/Increase the pen width when in edit mode

Superhuman (macOS) - Remove label, next

RX 8 Audio Editor (Windows) - Begin Selection At Playhead

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Mark In

Chief Architect X15 - Snap Tools - Tangent Extensions

SelfCAD - Decrease

Riffstation Desktop - Volume down

Huggle - Browse back

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Jump to the mark-in point

Confluence (Mac) - Open and close the sidebar

Trading Technologies TT - Select TT bracket

JIRA Core - Dock / Undock the filters panel

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Begin Selection At Playhead

Confluence Cloud - Toggle Space Sidebar

Confluence Cloud - Link

Atlassian Crucible 4.8 - Go to previous unread comment

Scientific (7)

Mathcad Prime 6.0 - Matrix

Folding@home 3D Visualization - Decrease slot ID

JMP 15 - Subscript

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - 5th group

JMP 15 (macOS) - Subscript

SolveSpace 3.1 - Perpendicular

Vectorworks 2020 - 5th group

Games - console and PC (1)

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham - (Player 2) Toggle suit

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Table of contents

General (16)
Imaging (108)
Developer tools (21)
Web applications (4)
File manager (2)
Media player (9)
Games - PC (64)
Social & Messaging (1)
Productivity (47)
Scientific (7)
Games - console and PC (1)

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