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Developer tools (14)

Jupyter Notebook - Go to code

Virtual Key Codes - 0x59

IDA Pro 7.4 - Set type…

JupyterLab - Change cell to code

NvChad - Copy selection to the clipboard

TouchDesigner - Handle Show / Hide

Ghidra 10.2.3 - Repeat define data

EOS Family 3.0.0 - About

Tig - Stash

GitHub - Expand a URL to its canonical form

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GitHub - Mark as read

GitLab (Windows) - Go to file permalink (only while viewing a file).

GitLab (macOS) - Go to file permalink (only while viewing a file).

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IDA v7.0 Free (macOS) - Functions > Set type…

Games - console and PC (4)

Blasphemous - Scroll up

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham - (Player 1) Toggle suit

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (PC, Xbox) - Open System Menu

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - Special

Games - PC (192)

Grand Theft Auto V - Aim drive-by weapon

Valorant - Inspect weapon

The Sims 4 - Show Simology

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC) - Pickup / Drop body

Fortnite (PC) - Roof

Ghost of Tsushima (PC) - Play flute

Arma Reforger (PC) - Perform Action

Arma Reforger (PC) - (Hold) Toggle Game Master Interface

Arma Reforger (PC) - Ping Position Under Cursor

ARK: Survival Evolved - Stop One

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Counter Strike: Global Offensive - Chat message

Genshin Impact (PC) - Open notification details

Hell Let Loose (PC) - Vote yes

Hitman 3 (PC) - Retrieve from / Conceal in briefcase

Delta Force: Hawk Ops - Tactical Device

Delta Force: Hawk Ops - Report Chat

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - Team chat

Hogwarts Legacy - Collections

Stranded Deep (PC) - Switch item

BFME 2 - Armory

Command & Conquer: Generals - Strategy Centre

Project Zomboid (PC) - Global chat

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Toggle Slew Mode

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge - Veterancy navigation

Sniper Elite 4 (PC) - Chat

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Fishing Rod

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Row 1 column 6

Unturned - Crafting

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PC) - Follow the road/river/move automatically

Sniper Elite 5 (PC) - Text chat

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Switch underbarrel (while aiming)

Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PC) - Toggle quick slots

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Chat (All)

Civilization VI (PC) - Toggle yield icons

Baldur's Gate III (PC) - Toggle party management panel

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront - Load or reload weapon

Diablo IV (PC) - Collections screen

Icarus - Deconstruct built item

LiftOff: FPV Drone Racing (PC) - Rewind

Crusader Kings III - Houses

Kenshi (PC) - Open the Crafting Queue Screen

Chivalry 2 (PC) - All say

Assassin's Creed Mirage (PC) - Skills

Palia (PC) - Toggle Emotes Tab

League of Legends - Toggle camera lock on champion

Bus Simulator 18 - Look to the left

Space Engineers (PC) - Power switch on / off

Cities Skylines 2 - Align Y axis

Pixelmon Mod - (when the player is looking at another player who is in a battle) Spectate the other player's battle

FTL: Faster Than Light - Power artillery

Green Hell (PC) - Sort backpack

Overwatch 2 (PC) - Spray Menu

Enshrouded - Undo build action

Black Desert Online - Special reward

Black Desert Online - All chat

Europa Universalis IV - Primary mapmodes

Flyff - Brings up the Furniture window.

Metro Exodus (PC) - Time

Grim Dawn (PC) - Quickbar switch

Pacific Drive - Sort

Commandos 2 - HD Remaster (PC) - Bomb

Counter Strike: Source - Chat message

Throne and Liberty - Weapon Swap

Dota 2 - When held, opens the chat wheel, allowing to communicate commonly used phrases.

Dota 2 - Opens stats window which shows the net worth of each player

Rocket League - Team text chat

Cities: Skylines (PC) - Select game areas

Roblox - A Universal Time - Abilities depending on your Stand

Stalcraft - Respond to Request

Once Human (PC) - Track Task

Anno 1800 - Surface

Anno 1800 - Rotate camera clockwise

Dyson Sphere Program (PC) - Open Dyson Sphere

Age of Empires IV - (with a unit selected) Access secondary UI panel

Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader (PC) - Manage Colony

Elite Dangerous (PC) - Cycle target next subsystem

Halo Infinite (PC) - Open text chat

Hearts of Iron IV (PC) - Production window

GTA IV Emergency Lighting System - Play air horn

Pharaoh - Shows "Risks: Malaria" Overlay

Team Fortress 2 - Chat message

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous (PC) - Inspect

Rec-Room (PC) - Room chat (toggle)

Starfield - Redo

Starfield - Redo

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Harvest

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - External View Information Display Cycle Toggle

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - Text chat (team)

Privateer 2: The Darkening - Drop package

Jagged Alliance 3 - Overwatch/set machine gun

Spintires (PC) - Multiplayer say

Stardew Valley (PC) - Open Emote Menu

iRacing - Recenter tilt axis

Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor - Yell (causes friendly creatures and peasants to move out of the way)

Diablo III - Show achievements

Zombie Army 4: Dead War - Chat

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin - Timer bomb

State of Decay 2 - Radio

Escape from Tarkov - Mumble, if AI is nearby, they will respond to you with a voice line

Warframe - Use Cipher

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem - Talk

StarCraft - Valkyrie (Brood War)

StarCraft - Yamato Cannon (Battlecruiser)

StarCraft - Yamato Gun (Physics Lab)

StarCraft - Cybernetics Core

Grounded (PC) - Toggle trail/backpack markers

Dead Island 2 - Emote wheel

New World (PC) - Make camp

PolyBridge 2 (PC) - Redo

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Yes

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Swap origin and target

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Pan up-left

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Control individual engines

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Yes

Lost Ark (PC) - Emotes

Empyrion - Galactic Survival - Switch power on / off

Riftbreaker - Orbital Scanner

Star Citizen - Exit seat

Star Citizen - Exit Remote Turret

Star Citizen - Exit Remote Turret

Star Citizen - ui_CIEVADetach

Star Citizen - Leave Vehicle Seat (Hold)

Star Citizen - Exit seat

Sky: Children of the Light (PC, Xbox) - Note 01 - Do

Total War: Attila - Show chat

Elder Scrolls Online (PC) - Command pet

Age of Water (PC) - Activate the distiller

Serious Sam 4 - Talk

Titanfall 2 (PC) - Team chat message

Dwarf Fortress - Yield

Dwarf Fortress - Glass window

Dwarf Fortress - Gem window

Call of Duty: Vanguard (PC) - Accept vote

Transport Fever 2 - Zoom in / out

Dune: Spice Wars (PC) - Open the Landsraady College window

Stormgate - Command cancel

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Stun enemy

Shenmue III - Reset Camera

Strike Commander - Track selected target (from cockpit only)

Deep Rock Galactic (PC) - Accept invite

Myth of Empires (PC) - Open Warrior Panel

Septerra Core - Select party member 3

Septerra Core - Select run away

Septerra Core - Select Party Screen

Spore - Open Comm Screen

Hydroneer - Rotate Y

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Show chat

NetHack - Up-left

Phoenix Point (PC) - Enter overwatch

Verdun (PC) - Chat

Trove (PC) - Collections

BattleBit Remastered - Chat (All)

Ultimate Zombie Defense - Start chat

Captain of Industry - Toggle price popup

Guild Wars 2 - Contacts Dialog

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - Toggle Photo mode UI

Ara: History Untold - Indirect Fire

Dota Underlords - Emote wheel

Smite (PC) - Death Recap

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (PC) - Mags

Surviving Mars (PC) - Radio

MapleStory (PC) - Item pot

MapleStory (PC) - Item pot

Splitgate - Push To Talk (Proximity)

Dread Hunger (PC) - Emotes

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms - Toggle scientific notation

Super People - Custom item palette

Harvestella (PC) - Menu command 2 (move in batches, etc.)

Dominions 5 - Transfer units among those going to selected province

Forspoken (PC) - Target Camera/Lock-On Camera

CRSED F.O.A.D. - (fast press) Create a map marker

Infestation: New Z - Secondary interact

Kingpin Reloaded - Talk positive / Follow

Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator: Prologue - Repeat the last message from the handheld radio

Dragon's Dogma 2 (PC) - Give gift

ChessBase 13 - Calculate next best move (only Fritz engine)

Zwift (PC and macOS) - Yes

Fairy Tail (PC) - (town) Rotate camera

Star Wars: Squadrons - Chat team

Everspace 2 (PC) - Action Freeze

Trainz: A New Era - Object mode

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (PC) - Chat

Last Oasis (PC) - Chant rise half step

Weird West (PC) - Next tab

Redfall (PC) - Chat

Earth 2150 - Request ammo

Gangs of Sherwood (PC) - (hold) Emote Menu

Eco - Economy viewer

European Air War - Normal time

European Air War - Target next friendly

Origins2 - Open / Close Game Statistics

Bee Simulator - Accept

General (14)

Fernbus Simulator - Destination display on/off

Windows Calculator - ^ Select xy

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Copy

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Clear selection

Opera - Go to previous unread message

RetroArch 1.16 (2023) - Next cheat

Vim - Yank

Camtasia - Yellow

GTFO - Cycle gear

MythTV 32 - Switch between multiple capture cards. NOTE: you lose your LiveTV buffer on your current card. Useful for different-sourced cards (such as Dish Network on one, HDTV over-the-air on another card.)

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Celestia - Orbit the selected object at a rate synchronized to its rotation

Roll20 - Show Turn Tracker

Quicken 2018 - First day of this year

Dysterra (PC) - Machine arm

Hardware (4)

RK61 - PrintScreen

ZX Spectrum - (K edit mode) RETURN

ZX Spectrum - (E edit mode) STR$

AmberElec - Filter games

Imaging (70)

Blender - Constrain global Y axis transform

Blender - Split Vertex / Edge / Face

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Activate Pan Behind tool

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Slip Tool

CorelDRAW 2020 - Draw polygons by dragging in the drawing window.

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Correct line/Remove dust [PRO/EX]

Adobe Illustrator - Magic Wand tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - History Brush tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - Art History Brush tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool

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SketchUp - Axes tool

Substance Painter - Clear quick mask

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Lock to the Y axis

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - History Brush tool

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Art History Brush tool

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool

Corel Painter (Mac) - Convert point

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Invoke Symmetry Y

Final Cut Pro X - Open the selected audition

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Magic Wand tool

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Select clips forward on this track

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Selects the last used tool that is not one of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Clip Hold Toggle

Blender 3.4.1 - Split

Blender 3.4.1 - Split

Blender 3.4.1 - Split

Blender 3.4.1 - Y axis locking

Blender 3.4.1 - Texture distortion increase

Blender 3.4.1 - Split strips

Blender 3.4.1 - Select split

Blender 3.4.1 - Separate images

Blender 3.4.1 - Change active layer

Blender 3.4.1 - Change active layer

Blender 3.4.1 - Change active layer

Blender 3.4.1 - Change active layer

Blender 3.4.1 - Change active layer

Blender 3.4.1 - Y axis

Adobe Lightroom Classic - View Before and After left/right

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Smart Place

OpenToonz 1.4 - Type tool

Corel Painter - Convert point

LightWave 3D - Rotate

LightWave 3D - Rotate

Capture One 20 - Annotations > Erase annotations

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Slip Tool

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Polygon

Substance Painter (Mac) - Clear quick mask

Nuke - Luma

Nuke - Display the Luma channel

Nuke - Splay last (Splay 1st node to output of 2nd)

Enterprise Architect 14 - Synchronize the code generated from the selected element with the element content.

Aspire 10 - Changes the Y co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Invoke Symmetry Y

Pixelmator Pro - Elliptical Selection

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - View Before and After left/right

Adobe Photoshop Elements - Eye tool

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Type tool

Lightworks - Positions image vertically

Adobe Animate CC (Mac) - Paint brush

Gmsh 4.1.4 - Toggle y coordinate freeze in geometry creation mode

Pixlr Editor (Web) - Sharpen tool

Modo 12.1 - Transform

Global Mapper 21 - Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the VERTICAL axis

Wings 3D - View | Along | Y

Pencil2D 0.6.6 - Tool polyline

Exposure X7 7.1.5 - Saturation step up

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Invoke Symmetry Y

Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac) - Eye tool

Glimpse 0.1.2 - MyPaint brush

Media player (11)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Decrease saturation by 1%

GOM Player - Increase contrast by 5%

BSPlayer - Previous

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Next line in subtlites

MPC-BE 1.5.4 - Go to previous subtitle

MPlayer - Step forward/backward in the subtitle list

Kodi - Switch/choose player. For example, can be used to switch between internal player or a UPnP target player.

Kodi - Switch/choose player

Kodi - Switch/choose player

Cmus 2.8 - win-add-p

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Polygon

Productivity (82)

Rekordbox 6 - Deck 2: BEAT SYNC

Rekordbox 6 - Deck 1: Pitch bend +

REAPER - Take: Activate take under mouse

FL Studio 20 - Playback tool

FL Studio 20 - Playback tool

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Select Clips Forward On This Track

Epic - Year (relative date)

Epic - Year (relative date)

Epic - Year (relative date)

Epic - Year (relative date)

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Epic - Year (relative date)

Android - Archive message (works from within message or while on main inbox list)

Traktor Pro 3 - Tempo bend (Deck A)

Marvellous Designer 7.1 - Edit topology

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Select Clips Forward On This Track

FL Studio 21 - Playback tool

FL Studio 21 - Playback tool

Vegas Pro 18 - Prevent movement

Apple GarageBand - Show/Hide the Library

Ableton Live 10 - Adjust Computer MIDI Keyboard Octave Range Up/Down

Dynamics 365 Business Central - Activate Yes button in dialogue boxes. Actual key will vary based on your current language specified in My Settings

Guitar Pro 8 (Windows) - Natural harmonic

Finale 26 - Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, high C-B

Finale 26 - Select Yes in dialog boxes

Guitar Pro 8 (macOS) - Natural harmonic

Dorico - Default pitch

Scribus - Eyedropper (get colour from image)

CLO - Show/Hide library

OpenRoads Designer 10.10 - Locks the current Y value shown in the AccuDraw toolbar

Edius Pro 9 - Link

Mutt 2.2.10 - Select a new mailbox from the browser

Mutt 2.2.10 - Select a new mailbox from the browser

Mutt 2.2.10 - Send the message

Guitar Pro - Natural harmonic

Dorico (macOS) - Default pitch

Logic Pro 10.6 - Show/hide library

Superhuman v7 (2022) - Remove label

Serato DJ - Pitch bend up

FactSet - Detail view order by

Surge XT (Qwert layout) - Keyboard black keys

Rekordbox 6 (macOS) - Deck 2: BEAT SYNC

Rekordbox 6 (macOS) - Deck 1: Pitch bend +

Xactimate - Valley

SelfCAD - Redo

K-9 Mail - Copy

K-9 Mail - Copy

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Move Clip Start To Current Timecode

MatterControl - Home Y

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Yes

Viz Artist 4.4 - Zoom Spline/Dopesheet View In

Incredible Charts (Windows) - Toggles between Search Results and Charting Module

Incredible Charts (Windows) - Search Results / Charting

Hey email - Add a sticky

Todoist (Windows) - Change priority level

Cinema 4D - Y-Axis / Pitch

Wrike - yesterday's date

Remember the Milk - Add a note to the selected task

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Adjust Computer MIDI Keyboard Octave Range Up/Down

Huggle - Revert with custom edit summary

QuickBooks Online - Beginning of year

Superhuman (macOS) - Remove label

JIRA Core - Detail view order by

HitFilm Pro 2021.3 - Slip Edit Tool

GitHub (Enterprise Server 3.8) - Expand a URL to its canonical form. For more information, see "Getting permanent links to files."

Atlassian Crucible 4.8 - Set file reviewed and go to next unreviewed file

VCarve Pro 10 - Changes the Y co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)

Chief Architect X15 - Text Tools - Text

RiveApp (Windows) - Freeze and Origin

Mixxx 2.4.2 - (Deck 2) Headphone Cue (Pre-fader listen)

JOSM (OpenStreetMap editor) - Geotagged Images panel

WorkZone Client - Year

QuickBooks Desktop - First day of the Year

QuickBooks Desktop (Mac) - First day of the year

NetSuite - Insert yesterday's date

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Toggle automation write mode

Ynab - Select first day of year

iSpring QuizMaker 8 - Player

Oxygen Light - Lock Y axis

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Add Media

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Add Media

Todoist (Web) - Change priority level

Todoist (Web) - Change priority level

Scientific (25)

KiCad 5.0.2 - Mirror Y Component

Archicad 24 - Activates the Y Coordinate value.

Altium Designer - Mirror the object being placed/moved along the Y-axis

Altium Designer - Right-click Filter sub-menu

Altium Designer - Mirror the object being placed/moved along the Y-axis

Altium Designer - Toggle Amplitude Direction (starting direction) for the accordion pattern

Altium Designer - Toggle Amplitude Direction (starting direction) for the accordion pattern

Altium Designer - Mirror the 3D body object being placed/moved along the Y-axis

Altium Designer - Open the right-click Filter sub-menu

Tekla Structures 20 - Lock Y coordinate

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Eplan Platform 2.9 - Insert macro: Set cursor to vertical start position

Petrel - Select parent points (3D window)

EasyEDA - Flip Vertical (doesn’t support footprint)

ETABS 20.3 - Locks the X component of the next point so that it is the same as the previous point.

Onshape 1.98 - Hide selected part

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Toggle SmartCursor cues

Maple - Ψ or ψ

eUnity - Toggle Arrow Annotation Mode

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Speak Y coordinate

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Speak Y coordinate

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Speak Y coordinate

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Speak Y coordinate

Vectorworks 2020 - Toggle SmartCursor cues

SolveSpace 3.1 - Symmetric

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Switch between the Intersect and Within selection modes

Zimbra Web Client - Go to today

Yammer - Remove a message from your Inbox

System tools (4)

Cisco Packet Tracer - Choose Yes in confirmation dialogues

ZoomIt 4.52 - Yellow pen color

Hog 4 OS - Back

My Screen Recorder Pro 5.32 - Yellow

Text editing (5)

Zathura 0.4.5 - Scroll a full page left, down, up or right

GNU Emacs - Replace this one, go to next

Helix 23.10 - Yank selection

Helix 23.10 - Go to type definition (LSP)

Helix 23.10 - Yank selections to clipboard

Web applications (6)

FastMail - Archive

Inoreader - Send article to Pocket

GitHub (MacOS, Enterprise Server 3.8) - Expand a URL to its canonical form. For more information, see "Getting permanent links to files."

Wikipedia - My contributions

Zoho Mail - Clear label

MediaWiki - Go to my contributions (list of my edits to the wiki)

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Table of contents

Developer tools (14)
Games - console and PC (4)
Games - PC (192)
General (14)
Hardware (4)
Imaging (70)
Media player (11)
Productivity (82)
Scientific (25)
Social & Messaging (2)
System tools (4)
Text editing (5)
Web applications (6)

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