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General (5)

Ardour - Align end(s)

Windows XP - Display the Action menu

Zoom (Linux) - Mute/unmute my audio

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Open the Favorites menu

Text editing (4)

Nano - Mark text at the cursor position

PSPad - Character Table

Google Docs (PC) - (Chrome) Accessibility menu

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Active.

Imaging (19)

Blender - Play animation toggle

SketchUp - Add page

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Align

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Free All

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - TV Select start of foosteps

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Pan left

Paint.NET - Open Adjustments menu

FastStone Image Viewer - Open all recent files

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Turn Show Wireframe on or off

Harmony 20 - Apply tool to all frames

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OpenToonz 1.4 - Record audio

Lightworks - Step PullDown sequence

Gmsh 4.1.4 - Loop through axes modes

Modo 12.1 - Automatic

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Apply tool to all frames

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Align to Left

PhotoDirector 10 - Open adjustment module

vecta.io - Text block tool

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Record audio

System tools (3)

i3 (window manager) - Focus parent

Mednafen 1.29 - Enter frame advance mode, or advance the frame if already in it

FastStone Capture 9.2 - Open all recent files

Developer tools (10)

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Attach actor interactive

Sublime Text 4 - Toggle preserve case

Roblox Studio - Anchor / un-anchor selected object

IDA Pro 7.4 - String literals…

STM32CubeMX - Show version information

Komodo Edit - Replace all

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Address / Dimmer

Novelty Visual Novel Maker - Toggle Assets window

jEdit - Move caret down one screenful

Advanced Serial Port Terminal 6 - Select all text

Web applications (2)

TradingView - Add alert

Investing.com - Create an alert

File manager (1)

WinRAR - Add files to archive

Media player (4)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Cycle audio stream

MPC-BE 1.5.4 - Menu audio language

Plex (Windows) - Increase audio delay

foobar2000 - Stay always on top

Games - PC (8)

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Toggle Master Alternator

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Load last Auto-Save (Load Screen only)

Age of Empires IV - Pan camera left – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location

Escape from Tarkov - Do a slow left lean

Lost Ark (PC) - Raid Settings

StarCraft - (StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle the display of all panels

NetHack - Adjust inventory

NetHack - Redo

Social & Messaging (5)

WeChat (Desktop) - Take a screenshot

Irssi 1.2.3 - (active_window) Go to next window with the highest activity

TalkDesk Callbar - Accept call

Zoom (Windows) - Mute/unmute audio

RingCentral Meetings (Desktop) - Mute / unmute audio

Security (1)

KeeWeb 1.12.3 - Show all items

Productivity (47)

Figma - Align left

FL Studio 20 - Arpeggiator

Studio One 5.4 - Show Current Parameter

Rekordbox 6 - Deck 1: Next track

Rekordbox 6 - Deck 2: Previous track

Nuendo 10 - Activate/Deactivate focused object

MetaTrader 5 - Copy to clipboard all EA testing or optimization results

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Go to Data tab

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Open the Data tab and connect to, sort, filter, analyze, and work with data

LumaFusion - Attributes clipboard

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LumaFusion - Open Audio Editor

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Activate / Deactivate focused object

Thinkorswim - Auto send on / off

Snip & Sketch - Share

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Focus/toggle Automation Editor Panel

Edius Pro 9 - Delete Audio of Selected Clip (Follow Mode)

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Show AudioSnap Palette

Questrade IQ Edge - Decrease price by 0.10

Bluebeam Revu - File Access tab

Finale 26 - Add / Change items: Articulation

Finale 26 - Add / Change items: Articulation

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Open the Add list

Google Sheets - (in Google Chrome) Accessibility menu

Virtual DJ 2021 - Deck left pad 1

Articulate Storyline - Animations option

Sage 100 (MAS 90/200) - Save the current record

Sage 100 (MAS 90/200) - Add a template to the Office Template Manager

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - Apply

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Timeline Select Mode

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Open the Animations tab

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Create question pool

Freemind - Export branch to new MM file

Tally ERP 9 - Add a voucher

Zeplin - Dashboard

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Horizontal zoom to show all clips and reset amplitude zoom

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - View entire session and reset waveform display to the default height

X_Trader 7.17 - Accept order(s)

Clarizen - Adds a selection in relevant context (only when "only one" is available)

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Navigate to Spark tab

Voyager - Open Address tab

Veritas eDiscovery Platform - Apply filter

Veritas eDiscovery Platform - Add tag

Veritas eDiscovery Platform - Go to Annotation tab

TallyPrime - Add a voucher in a report

TallyPrime - Alter a column

Google Docs (Chrome OS) - Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled)

Author-It - Opens the Author ribbon and displays the keyboard shortcuts in the Library Explorer (when the Explorer has the focus)

Scientific (8)

Archicad 24 - Lock Angle

Netcad GIS 8 - Ask area

Tekla Structures 20 - Create drawings for all parts

Mastercam 2022 - AutoSave

Autodesk Inventor (2022) - Switch browser pane forward.

GeoGebra - alpha α (Press Shift for upper-case: Α)

GeoGebra - alpha α (Press Shift for upper-case: Α)

Merge PACS Workstation - System-wide: Launch Merge Messenger

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