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Developer tools (55)

Jupyter Notebook - Toggle comment on current or selected lines

DBeaver 6.0.3 - Toggle single/multi line comment

Notepad++ - Restore the original size from zoom

Visual Studio Code (Windows) - Toggle line comment

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Split section

Arduino IDE - Comment / Uncomment

Python IDLE for Windows - Toggle auto coloring

NetBeans - Remove comment lines

Lazarus IDE V3.6 - Toggle Comment in Selection

Chrome DevTools - Toggle single-line comment. If multiple lines are selected, DevTools adds a comment to the start of each line

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Eclipse - Comment / uncomment line or selection (add //)

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Previous word part. Shift extends selection

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Android Studio - Comment/uncomment with line comment

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Place the caret in the Find/Command box of the Standard toolbar

jEdit - Scroll down one line.

Atom (Windows) - Toggle the selected text into a comment of the current grammar

Atom (Windows) - editor:toggle-line-comments

pgAdmin 4.19 - Comment selected code (Inline)

Sublime Text 4 - Toggle comment

Geany 1.38 - Go to Previous Word Part

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, Windows/Linux/Java) - Automate: // Comment Line

codepen.io - Line Comment

Lite XL 2.1.7 - Toggle line comments

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Toggle line comment

Delphi - Toggle comment per line or selected block and cursors goes down one line, Ctrl + # on nordic (and perhaps other international ) keyboards

Qt Creator - Toggle comment for selection

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Toggle Comment

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Tools.GoToCommandLine

Nuclide (Linux) - Toggle Project Explorer

JS Bin - Toggle comments on the selected lines

App Maker - Line comment or uncomment

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Previous word part. Shift extends selection.

Boost Note - Insert current date (customizable)

IBM COBOL Editor - Toggle Comment

Team Explorer and Azure DevOps - Numbered list

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Toggle line comment

Anvil - Comment/uncomment a line or block of code

GitLab (Windows) - Add line comment

GitLab (Windows) - Remove line comment

GitLab (Windows) - Toggle line comment

FreeCodeCamp - Comment / uncomment current line or selected code

Codecademy - Toggle line comment

GoLand (Windows) - Comment with line/block comment

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (Windows) - View keyboard shortcuts.

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (Windows) - View keyboard shortcuts.

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (Windows) - View keyboard shortcuts.

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (Windows) - View keyboard shortcuts.

Ace Editor 1.35.2 (Windows) - Toggle comment

CudaText 1.218.0 (10.2024) - Toggle Line Comment

Pascalzim - Pascal Compiler - Comment/uncomment code

PyScripter 5.1 - Fold Nearest

Cursor 0.44.8 - Toggle line comment

BigQuery Studio - Toggle line comment

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Comment/uncomment line(s)

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Comment/uncomment line(s)

File manager (2)

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Open command line history list

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Open the command line history list

Games - PC (4)

Company of Heroes - Toggle all vehicles

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Trim right

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends (PC) - Toggle all vehicles

Railroader - Reverser move "whole step" on steam locomotives

General (5)

Deepin Linux - Remote management

Microsoft Photos App - View original (editing)

Ardour - Toggle fade in active

Hacklily - Toggle Line Comment

Cisco Webex App (Windows) - Open shortcut menu

Imaging (24)

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Add selected items to most recently activated composition

PowerDirector 17 - Stop

PowerDirector 17 - DV stop preview

Harmony 20 - Paste cycle

Adobe Illustrator - Add new fill

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - New Custom Bin

Canva (Windows) - Toggle object panel

Canva (Windows) - Toggle object panel

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Plugins > Run again

Nuke - Show Timeline Editor

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Daz Studio 4.15 - Invert selection

Exposure X7 7.1.5 - Tutorials

DigiKam 8.1.0 - Vertically

Corel Painter - Last effect

Inkscape - Division (cut)

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Display current module shortcuts

Canva (Mac) - Toggle object panel

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Graph Remove Unselected

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Remove Unselected

Node Wrangler 3.36 - Merge nodes (Divide)

Modo 12.1 - Wireframe Dark

Poser Pro 12 - Display > Camera View > Dolly camera

Tribble LayOut 22.0 - Object snap

Blender 3.4.1 - Toggle comments

Productivity (52)

Figma - Search through all commands

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Loop / Unloop (on main keyboard)

LibreOffice Calc - where (/) is the division sign on the numeric key pad

LibreOffice Calc - Selects the matrix formula range that contains the cursor

Traktor Pro 3 - Layout selector decrease

Traktor Pro 3 - Layout selector increase

Newtek Tricaster - Stream Start

Defold 1.10.0 - Toggle Comment

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - Stop

Ocenaudio 3.1 - Zoom selection

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Smartsheet (Windows) - Open a Sheet

Edius Pro 9 - Play the Cursor Area

Quip - List all keyboard shortcuts

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Write Automation to Current Parameter (Pro Tools Ultimate only)

Avid Media Composer 2021.9 - Show entire sequence in the Timeline window

Sway (web) - Start or continue a numbered list

Jubler Subtitle Editor - About

The Bat! - Capitalise

Google Translator Toolkit - Open keyboard shortcut help

Guitar Pro - Triplet Feel

Google Sheets - Show common keyboard shortcuts

Google Sheets (Android) - Show common keyboard shortcuts

Asana - Show Keyboard Shortcuts

Notion (Windows) - Edit or change one or more selected blocks

coda.io (Windows, Mac) - Open Explore panel

Salesforce - Show shortcut menu

Airtable - Show this list in Airtable

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Tables) Select: Cell

Cryptee (Windows, Linux) - Markdown & hotkeys

TickTick - Open Keyboard Shortcuts dialog

Nimbus Note (2022) - Clear format

Nimbus Note (2022) - Open note in full-screen mode

Clipchamp - Show keyboard shortcuts

Salesforce Lightning - Show shortcut menu

Salesforce Lightning - Show shortcut menu

Google Docs (Chrome OS) - Show common keyboard shortcuts

Google Docs (Android) - Help menu (Android N only)

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - RSVP accepted

Quire.io (Windows) - Complete selected task(s)

GitHub (Enterprise Server 3.8) - Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."

Microsoft Sway 1.20.1 - Start or continue a numbered list

Calibre 6.25.0 - Search full text

Google Slides (PC) - Show common keyboard shortcuts

Google Slides (Android) - Show common keyboard shortcuts

Guitar Pro 8 (Windows) - Triplet feel

ChatGPT (2023) - Show all shortcuts

Scala (2.46t) - Stretch

Dynamics 365 - Finance & Operations - Search for a page

HDSDR - Decrease RF FFT Resolution Bandwidth (RBW)

AnyType 0.44 - Open action menu

Affine - Expand/collapse sidebar

Movie Magic Budgeting (Windows) - Open Setup: Contractual Charges

Scientific (10)

Autodesk Inventor (2022) - ORIGIN AXES VISIBILITY / Makes the default origin axes visible.

LabView - Maximizes and restores window

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Open keyboard shortcuts dialog

Mathcad Prime 6.0 - In-line division

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Word left

Vectorworks 2020 - Refresh Instruments

Google Looker (Windows, 2023) - Toggle comment

Leapfrog Geo 2023.2 - Select all folders and objects

Leapfrog Geo 2023.2 - Add the slicer to the scene. Press again to remove the slicer from the scene

Leapfrog Geo 2023.2 - Add the slicer to the scene. Press again to remove the slicer from the scene

Security (3)

KeepassXC 2.6.4 - Show keyboard shortcuts

KeePass - Collapse recursively

Comodo IceDragon - Show/Hide Add-on Bar

Microsoft Teams (Desktop) - Show commands

Discord - Show keyboard shortcuts list

Microsoft Teams (Web) - Show commands

Slack - View all Slack keyboard shortcuts

Gitter - Toggle compose mode

Adobe Connect - Promote to Presenter. Requires selected user in Attendees pod. Use arrow keys to select a user.

Adobe Connect - Promote to Presenter. Requires selected user in Attendees pod. Use arrow keys to select a user.

Blackboard Collaborate - Open activity window

Blackboard Collaborate - Close activity window

Text editing (21)

Microsoft OneNote - Apply numbered list formatting to or remove it from the selected paragraph

Obsidian 0.12.15 - Toggle comment

Sublime Text - Comment/un-comment current line

GNU Emacs - Undo an unwanted change

Overleaf - Toggle commenting for selected lines

Overleaf - Toggle % comment on selected line(s)

Kate (2024) - Toggle Comment

Notepad2 - Reset zoom

Brackets - Toggle Line Comment

Ace Editor - Toggle comment

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Scrivener 1.9.9 - Text statistics

Google Docs (PC) - Show a list of keyboard shortcuts

Google Docs (PC) - Show common keyboard shortcuts

Microsoft FrontPage - Display HTML tags in Design view.

Microsoft FrontPage - Insert HTML comment.

QOwnNotes 19.10.10 - Reset note text size

OneNote for the web - Numbered list

Typora 0.9.81 - Source Code Mode

GhostWriter 2.1.6 - (when no text selected) Add HTML comment

GhostWriter 2.1.6 - (when a text is selected) Wrap as HTML comment

HackMD (Windows) - Toggle Comment Indented

Web applications (7)

TradingView - Multi-line commenting

Azure Portal - Search resource menu items

cPanel & WHM - Move cursor to the search box

Sitecore CMS - Focus on the search bar

Google Sites (new) - Open shortcut menu

Wix - Show or hide the Keyboard Shortcuts panel

GitHub (MacOS, Enterprise Server 3.8) - Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."

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Table of contents

Developer tools (55)
File manager (2)
Games - PC (4)
General (5)
Imaging (24)
Productivity (52)
Scientific (10)
Security (3)
Social & Messaging (9)
Text editing (21)
Web applications (7)

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