What is ~ keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 47 programs in our database.

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General

Vim - Switch case

Windows Calculator - Select Not

Text editing

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Open Output Preview

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Open Output Preview

Imaging

3D Coat - Quick panel

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode

Adobe Photoshop CC - Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Displays both the original (proxy) and the smoothed mesh

Blender - View all layers

Harmony 20 - Onion skin: No previous

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Onion skin: No previous

LightWave 3D - Bend

System tools

Alfred 4 - Navigate to home folder

Alfred 4 - Navigate to home folder

Developer tools

IDA Pro 7.4 - Bitwise negate

IDA v7.0 Free (macOS) - Operand type > Bitwise negate

Virtual Key Codes - (Used for miscellaneous characters; it can vary by keyboard. For the US standard keyboard, the '`~' key) VK_OEM_3 (0xC0)

Web applications

Gmail - Go to previous Inbox section

Games

AI War Classic - Go to most recent Flare

BeamNG - Toggle system console

Black Desert Online - Quest journal

Blood - Weapon jab

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Whitelist enemy

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Add default ruleset

DayZ - Toggle Hotbar (Hide/View)

Destiny 2 - Switch Weapon

Diablo II - Toggles the display for belts larger than 1 x 4

Don't Starve (PC) - Console

FiveM - Adjust your voice to whisper / normal / shout

FlightGear - Select all engines

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Drop highlighted gem to inventory

Kenshi (PC) - Select all characters in squad

League of Legends - Hold down to select or target only champions when using champion abilities or summoner spells

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - View character

Portal 2 - Toggle developer console

Roblox - Backpack

Strike Commander - Engine shutoff

The Forest - Open console

The Sims 4 - Pause Sims 4

UBOAT - Open / Close console

Unturned - Put away what is in your hands

Unturned - Dequip item

Social & Messaging

Zimbra Web Client - Assistant

Productivity

Freshdesk - Close a ticket

Freshdesk - Close a ticket

REAPER - View: Toggle track zoom to maximum height

REAPER - Channel: Show all channels

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