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General (25)

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Clear log notice

Brave (Windows) - Jump to the address bar

Google Chrome - Jump to the address bar

Opera - Left-adjust text in form

Opera - Set focus to address field

Audacity - Remove Special > Silence Audio

Arch Linux - Clear the screen

Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Clear the terminal. It does the same thing as typing clear in the command line

Windows Calculator - Clear memory

Mozilla Thunderbird - Forward message

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Firefox - Select Location Bar

Giants Editor - Create light

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Select the URL in the address bar to edit

Microsoft Photos App - Set as lock screen

Ardour - Select all in loop range

qBittorrent - Lock qBittorrent

Vivaldi - Focus address field

EasyWorship - Toggle the Logo on and off

E-Sword - Lookup Reference

Maxthon - Open a URL

Lynx 2.8.9 - Refresh the screen

Quicken 2018 - Go to the Tag List

Microsoft Edge (legacy) - Select the URL in the address bar

Windows 10 Maps - Move focus to map

Vuze - Popup 'Open URL' window

Text editing (39)

PDF-XChange Editor - Align text to the left.

PDF-XChange Editor - Show/Hide the Layers pane

Microsoft Word 2019 - Left align a paragraph

GNU Emacs - Redraw garbaged screen

GNU Emacs - Scroll current line to center, top, bottom

Microsoft OneNote - Left-align the selected paragraph

Sublime Text - Select line - Repeat to select next lines

Nano - Refresh (redraw) the current screen

Overleaf - Go to specific line...

Overleaf - Go to line number...

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Brackets - To Lower Case

CherryTree 0.38.8 - Insert a Link/Edit the Underlying Link

gedit - Convert the selected text to lower case

Joplin - Toggle editor layout

Ace Editor - Go to line

Evince 3.32 - (then type page number and press Enter) Go to page number.

Nuance Power PDF - Toggle between full screen and previous zoom value

LibreOffice Writer - Align Left

Scrivener 1.9.9 - Align left

Typora 0.9.81 - Select Line/Sentence

Typora 0.9.81 - Select Row (in table)

Wordpad - Align text left

Notepad2 - Launch document

CudaText 1.88.3 - Expand selection to line

OneNote for the web - Align left

WriteMonkey - Select line Repeat to select next line

Zim - Link selected text (follow selected text as link when read-only)

Zim - Insert a link to the selected page

KompoZer - Insert/Edit Link

Bluefish - Go to line

Microsoft FrontPage - AutoComplete.

Microsoft FrontPage - Left align a paragraph.

ZenWriter 2 - Left alignment

TextRoom - Align left

TiddlyWiki - Create wikitext link

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Launch Document.

WikidPad (Windows) - Open linked page

WordPerfect X8 - Justift Left

QOwnNotes 19.10.10 - Insert link

Imaging (68)

Krita 4.2.2 - Levels…

Krita 4.2.2 - Light

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Lock selected layers

Blender - Make Links menu

Siemens NX - Layer settings

Adobe Illustrator - Add a layer

CorelDRAW 2020 - Combine objects into a single object with common properties.

CorelDRAW 2020 - Layout...

CorelDRAW 2020 - Align text with the left side of the bounding box.

CorelDRAW 2020 - Align text with the left side of the bounding box.

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Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Loop

QGIS 3.10 - Data Source Manager

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Viewport Lighting Illuminate with Default / Scene Lights Toggle

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Lock Selection

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Lock selected vertices

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Lock

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Lock 2D Selection

PureRef - Load

Harmony 20 - Set stop-motion keyframe

Tinkercad - Lock selection

Moho 13 - Enable onion skins

Paint.NET - Levels

PowerDirector 17 - Left-align text

Corel Painter - Load nozzle

Nuke - Toggle Unlocked/Locked/Interactive Camera or Light

Nuke - Copy Links

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Add light (spot)

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Combine

MediBang Paint Pro 27.0 - Levels

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Locate spin center

DraftSight 2019 - Toggle ortho mode during command execution

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Add layer (layers mode)

Fusion 360 - Show Log

Fusion 360 - Model View

Capture One 20 - Auto adjust

Affinity Photo - Levels (Adjustment)

GIMP - Layers

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Toggle filters on/off

Daz Studio 4.15 - Preview lights

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Graph Remove Selected

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Graph Remove Selected

Global Mapper 21 - Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) to the Windows Clipboard

Adobe XD (Windows) - Lock/Unlock

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Toggle Light

Gmsh 4.1.4 - Show message console

Inkscape - Simplify

Shotcut - Toggle Lock track

Aspire 10 - Opens the Layers Tab

Adobe Animate CC (Windows) - Show / hide library

Adobe Animate CC (Windows) - Show or hide the Library panel for this document

Modo 12.1 - Split face by selected vertices

OpenToonz 1.4 - Load scene…

Wings 3D - File | Merge

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Search Library

PaintShop Pro 2018 - Paste as new layer

Simplify3D - Place surface on bed

LDView - Parts list

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Add layer

Adobe Dimension CC (Windows) - Lock/Unlock

ArtRage Studio Pro - Add New Layer

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Load scene…

Shotcut (Mac) - Toggle Lock track

Marmoset Hexels - Layer Settings

Krita 3.0 - Levels

Glimpse 0.1.2 - Layers

Poser Pro 12 - Fly around

InVision (macOS) - Show or Hide Columns

Pencil2D 0.6.6 - Loop

System tools (12)

KDE Plasma Desktop - Replace Location

MSI Afterburner - Voltage Curve - (on main Afterburner) Lock user profiles

VirtualBox 6.0 - Show Log...

iTerm2 - Clear window

Termux - Clear the terminal

Cisco IOS - Reprint the line

Bash (Unix shell) - Clear the screen

zsh - Clear the screen

Remote Desktop Manager - Focus Tree/List

FastStone Capture 9.2 - Adjust lighting

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PRTG Network Monitor - View > Large single graph

SyncBack - View log

Developer tools (55)

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Load profiler data from a trace file

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Select all actors in selected actor's layers

Notepad++ - Delete current line

Arduino IDE - Go to line

Spyder 4.1.5 - Clear shell

Spyder 4.1.5 - Go to line

Spyder 4.1.5 - Inspect current object

Spyder 4.1.5 - Toggle comment

JetBrains Rider 2022.1 - Delete Line

JetBrains Rider 2022.1 - Run All Tests from Solution (Tool Window)

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Eclipse - Jump to line number

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Cuts all of the selected lines, or the current line if nothing is selected

Roblox Studio - Toggle local / world coordinates

Sublime Text 4 - Expand selection

IDA Pro 7.4 - Jump by name…

SAP ABAP - Jump to line

STM32CubeMX - Load project

RStudio - Clear console

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Line cut.

Postman - Jump to URL

Delphi - Find again

Atom (Windows) - Select the entire line the cursor's current position is in

Atom (Windows) - editor:select-line

Microsoft Power Automate 2.22 - Invert selection

HeidiSQL - Lowercase block

RStudio (Mac) - Clear console

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - OtherContextMenus.DbTableContext.Add.Column

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Format.ConverttoHyperlink

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.LineCut

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Image.LineTool

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Timeline.Lock (Blend only)

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Line cut

Qt Creator - Go to line

Qt Creator - Lay out vertically

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Select Last

FileMaker - Layout mode

FileMaker - Calculation

WinHex - Fill block

TouchDesigner - Python / Tscript

Free Pascal IDE - Search again

Chrome DevTools - Clear the console

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) - [Text Editor] Edit.LineCut

SQLyog - Switch Result Window/Table Data Between Grid/Text Mode or Form View/text

WinDev 25 - Delete the current line

Proto.io - Toggle smart guides

CoffeeCup HTML Editor - Insert link

JS Bin - Clear the console

winIDEA - Delete Line

IBM COBOL Editor - Go to Line

jEdit - Go to line.

SmartGit 19 - Log

FBIde - Select line, or select a next line

S3 Browser 8.6.7 - Edit permissions (ACL)

S3 Browser 8.6.7 - Edit permissions (ACL)

SigmaStudio 4.7 - Align left sides

Web applications (5)

Webull - Verify / Lock trading

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Select the content in the address bar

Sitefinity CMS - Opens the Select a document dialog

Wix - Show or hide the Layers panel

SnapStream - Loop clip

File manager (9)

PuTTY - Clear the screen (similar to the clear command)

Total Commander - Calculate occupied space of selecte files

WinRAR - View log

WinSCP - Display bookmark window

Xyplorer - Lock Location

Multi Commander - View - Log Panel

Adobe Bridge CC - Slideshow

PeaZip - Extract all content

Mp3tag - freedb (local) ...

Media player (19)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Level control

Tidal - Log out

BSPlayer - Load subtitles

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Playlist

VLC Media Player - Open playlist

Celluloid 0.23 - Open location

MPC-BE 1.5.4 - Load external subtitle

MPC-HC - Load subtitle

Winamp - Add location

Winamp - Open/Play location

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Winamp - Open or play location

Plex (Windows) - Switch to previous subtitles

OpenShot 2.6 - Slice all: Keep left side

AIMP - Open playlist

MusicBee - Auto-tag by track - update tags

Audacious 4.0.4 (Windows) - Open URL

MediaMonkey - Auto-tag from Amazon

Spotify - Focus on search box

iTunes 11 for Windows - Show the currently playing song in the list

Games - PC (18)

Assetto Corsa - Disable names

Assetto Corsa - Toggle opponents name

BeamNG - Reload LUA

League of Legends - Cycle through minion health bar views

Commandos 2 - HD Remaster (PC) - Quick load

Age of Empires IV - Focus on Capital Town Center

Football Manager 2020 - League table

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Load Screen

iRacing - Toggle temporary edits

Total War: Attila - Quick load

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Don't Starve (PC) - Show log

NASCAR Racing 2003 Season - Check leader position

PokerStars - Login

ChessBase 13 - File (line)

ChessBase 13 - Show games list of the selected database

Zwift (PC and macOS) - Run parse-zwift-logs.ahk

Tibia - Log out from the game

Quest for Glory I - "Look at"

Social & Messaging (10)

Telegram - Lock Telegram (if local password is set)

Cisco Jabber - Answer calls

Irssi 1.2.3 - (refresh_screen) Redraw screen

Zimbra Web Client - Align to left

mIRC - Scroll back text in a window to the Line Marker

Line Messenger (Windows) - Enable lock mode

Claws Mail - Reply to mailing list

Claws Mail - Wrap current paragraph

Pidgin - View user log

NewsBin Pro - Show posts from a selected newsgroup

Security (8)

KeePass - Lock workspace

KeePass - Align left

KeepassXC 2.6.4 - Lock all databases

Enpass 6.3.2 (Desktop) - Lock

KeeWeb 1.12.3 - Lock database

1Password - View the selected password in Large Type.

Comodo IceDragon - Select Location Bar

1Password (Android) - Edit the web address

Productivity (111)

FL Studio 20 - Route selected Channel/s to free mixer track/s

FL Studio 20 - Link selected channels to selected mixer track

FL Studio 20 - Quick legato

REAPER - Options: Show all takes in lanes (when room)

Studio One 5.4 - Move to Cursor

Rekordbox 6 - Move to tag list

Ableton Live 10 - Toggle Loop Selection

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Display the Create Table dialog box

draw.io - Lock / unlock

Edius Pro 9 - Jog (Forward)

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MetaTrader 5 - Show/hide volumes

Nuendo 10 - Move to cursor

Sumatra PDF - Enter presentation mode

Oracle EBS Forms - List of values

LightBurn - Draw line

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Move to cursor

Microsoft To Do - Create a new list

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Lock

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Lock/Unlock Clips

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Insert Controller

Miro - Lock / Unlock

Vegas Pro 18 - Auto ripple mode

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Groove Clip looping enable/disable

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Groove Clip looping enable/disable

Excel for the web - Insert table

MuseScore 3 - Enter lyrics on a note

Xmind - Insert Relationship

Finale 26 - Edit: restore stem direction to “floating” status

Finale 26 - Lock systems

Finale 26 - Lock currently selected systems

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Loop Selected Region

Ninja Trader 8 - Crosshair lock

Avid Media Composer 2021.9 - Enlarge track

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Left align text

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Left align

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Left align a paragraph

ProPresenter 7 (Windows) - Show Triggered Presentation

Evolution - Reply to list

Onyx - Load

OpenBoard 1.6 - Library

Bluebeam Revu - Document security

Ocenaudio 3.1 - Enable / Disable loop playback

Accounting CS - Toggle to hide or unhide the Layers frame

Diagrams.net - Lock/Unlock/Edit link

SimpleMind - Cross link

QuickBooks Desktop - If the cursor is in a field that has a drop-down list, such as selecting the item in an invoice details line, this will open the list associated with that drop-down.

Articulate Storyline - Align the text to left

Serato DJ - Locate last loaded track (press again for other deck)

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Left align a paragraph

Melodyne 4 - Switch to last-used tool

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Sync the selected object to the playhead

Salesforce - (Windows) Go to line

Salesforce - (Windows) Go to line

Sierra Chart (version 2296) - Copy and move drawing

Riffstation Desktop - Load session

CCH Axcess Tax - Display the list in an amount or grid field.

Tally ERP 9 - Select the Ledger

Smartsheet (Windows) - With the insertion point positioned on the column name in the formula, creates an absolute reference (cell reference lock)

RoomSketcher - New Level

Questrade IQ Edge - Change lock type

UiPath Studio - Opens the folder where the Log files are stored

Tableau - Flip orientation of column labels at bottom of view

Mailchimp - Add link

Trading Technologies TT - Select limit

RX 8 Audio Editor (Windows) - Toggle Looping

Microsoft Publisher 2021 - Align a paragraph on the left

Logo Accounting - Lock the program. A password will be need to unlock

ActivePresenter 7 - Align text left

ActivePresenter 7 - Align text left

Lacerte - Open Lacerte E-mail

Xactimate - Go to Coverage/Loss

Jama Connect - Opens the link window

GoldenDict 1.0.1 - Focus on the Look-Up text-box

Scribus - Toggle the locking of the currently selected object

FeatureCAM 2023 - Center all

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Loop

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Make a paragraph left aligned

Evernote for Windows (legacy) - Left

Freemind - Increase node font size

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Delete marked region of selected clips, and move up selected

Dynamics NAV (Windows client) - Show links

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Auto Assign Seats

yEd 3.19 - Full screen

Evernote 10.9.10 - Align Left

The Raiser's Edge - Save and close

Viz Artist 4.4 - Lock Selected Container(s)

TallyPrime - Mark a voucher as Optional

OBIEE 12.2 - Open, then Online

Hatim 4 - Open the record list. Select your record you want to listen with up and down arrows and press Enter

MYOB AccountRight - Select from list

CintaNotes 3.13 - Cycle selection between no list, bulleted list and numbered list styles.

Edraw Max 9.4 - Rotate the selected shape or shapes left 90 degree

HitFilm Pro 2021.3 - Toggle Loop Playback

Act! - Schedule a call

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Clear console window

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Clear console window

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Clear console window

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - To create the Alter table

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Clear console window

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Clear console window

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - To create the Alter table

Gramps 5.1 - Toggle Open/Save dialog between breadcrumbs and filepaths

Engagement CS - Search within a drop-down list for specific text or character string (Press CTRL + R to continue searching for the next instance of the character string.)

Workpapers CS - Open the General Ledger view

Workpapers CS - Rotate selected object left (Layout Designer)

Voyager - Show holdings locations

Voyager - Show Holdings Locations

Voyager - (with cursor in 852 subfield b) Display valid locations

Oxygen Light - Lock selection

ProPresenter (macOS) - Show Triggered Presentation

EasyMDE 2.16 - Toggle unordered list

Scientific (32)

Archicad 24 - Go to Line...

Archicad 24 - Layers...

Altium Designer - Perform Board Level Annotation through use of the Board Level Annotate dialog

Altium Designer - Access a pop-up window of available routing layers. Click an entry to switch to that layer (dropping a via to do so). The number to the right of each entry ([n]) can be used to switch to that layer directly, without popping this window.

Altium Designer - Access a pop-up window of available routing layers. Click an entry to switch to that layer (dropping a via to do so). The number to the right of each entry ([n]) can be used to switch to that layer directly, without popping this window.

Altium Designer - Access a pop-up window of available routing layers. Click an entry to switch to that layer (dropping a via to do so). The number to the right of each entry ([n]) can be used to switch to that layer directly, without popping this window.

Altium Designer - Align layers in the current document based on chosen layer objects

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Use existing PLC connection points blockwise

Netcad GIS 8 - Draw line

KiCad 5.0.2 - Length Tuning Settings (Modern Toolset only)

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KiCad 5.0.2 - Run LibEdit

Rhino 6 - Lock

Tekla Structures 20 - Open drawing list

Femap 2020.2 - Variables…

Femap 2020.2 - Display a list of the existing entities of the desired type.*

LabView - Displays the Error List window

LabView - Toggles visibility of the Layers page

Petrel - Activate Models pane

Originlab Origin 2020 - Reconstruct a Graph Legend. (Graph).

Google Earth Pro - Grid

GeoGebra - Select current layer

PowerScribe 360 - Apply left justification

MicroStation V8i - Lock selected element

Maple - Label Mode

Maple - Redraw the Current Prompt and Any Text Entered

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Cut line

EasyEDA - Open layer manager

Merge PACS Workstation - Switch to Local Study

3D Slicer 4 - Create a new fiducial list.

ETABS 20.3 - Change language to…

Vectorworks 2020 - Rotate Left 90°

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Reconstruct a Graph Legend. (Graph).

Hardware (2)

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard - Highlight the text in the Address bar

CNC12 Mill Operator - Switch between Incremental and Continuous Jogging

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