What is ~ keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 66 programs in our database.

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General

Extended Mapedit - (hold) Show XObject usage statistics in the status bar

Mame - Toggle the on-screen display

Pop!_OS - Browse the filesystem

Vim - Switch case

Windows Calculator - Select Not

Zsnes - Fast Forward

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 - PC

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

Diablo II: Resurrected - Show belt

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

Green Hell (PC) - System information

Ground Branch (PC) - Console

Hell Let Loose (PC) - Console

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Toggle between TEAM and INVENTORY panels

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Enter / Exit merc / vehicle 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

OpenTTD 12.1 - Display command line Console.

Portal 2 - Toggle developer console

Raid: Shadow Legends (PC) - Chat

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem - Activate console

Space Engineers (PC) - Unequip

Space Engineers (PC) - Console

Squad (PC) - Console

Strike Commander - Engine shutoff

The Forest - Open console

The Sims 4 - Pause Sims 4

Timberborn - Change speed

UBOAT - Open / Close console

Unturned - Put away what is in your hands

Unturned - Dequip item

Social & Messaging

Zimbra Web Client - Assistant

Productivity

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Desktop Reels

Freshdesk - Close a ticket

Freshdesk - Close a ticket

Noteflight (2022) - Start bend/release

REAPER - View: Toggle track zoom to maximum height

REAPER - Channel: Show all channels

TickTick - Add task to certain list

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