What is ~ keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 64 programs in our database.

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General (6)

Pop!_OS - Browse the filesystem

Vim - Switch case

Mame - Toggle the on-screen display

Zsnes - Fast Forward

Windows Calculator - Select Not

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

Text editing (2)

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

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Open Output Preview

Imaging (8)

Blender - View all layers

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

Harmony 20 - Onion skin: No previous

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

3D Coat - Quick panel

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

LightWave 3D - Bend

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Onion skin: No previous

System tools (2)

Alfred 4 - Navigate to home folder

Alfred 4 - Navigate to home folder

Developer tools (4)

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

IDA Pro 7.4 - Bitwise negate

Tig - Toggle line graphics

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

Web applications (1)

Gmail - Go to previous Inbox section

Games - PC (39)

FiveM - Adjust your voice to whisper / normal / shout

BeamNG - Toggle system console

The Sims 4 - Pause Sims 4

DayZ - Toggle Hotbar (Hide/View)

The Forest - Open console

Hell Let Loose (PC) - Console

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - View character

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

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

Unturned - Put away what is in your hands

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Unturned - Dequip item

Space Engineers (PC) - Unequip

Space Engineers (PC) - Console

Timberborn - Change speed

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

Black Desert Online - Quest journal

Squad (PC) - Console

Destiny 2 - Switch Weapon

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

Don't Starve (PC) - Console

Green Hell (PC) - System information

Ground Branch (PC) - Console

Portal 2 - Toggle developer console

Diablo II: Resurrected - Show belt

Kenshi (PC) - Select all characters in squad

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Whitelist enemy

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

FlightGear - Select all engines

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Drop highlighted gem to inventory

Raid: Shadow Legends (PC) - Chat

Baldur's Gate III (PC) - (hold) Highlight character

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Select next waypoint or airfield

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Cycle through targets (Cycle through targets on MFD in AWACS and Ground Attack Modes)

Strike Commander - Engine shutoff

UBOAT - Open / Close console

Blood - Weapon jab

AI War Classic - Go to most recent Flare

OpenTTD 12.1 - Display command line Console.

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem - Activate console

Zimbra Web Client - Assistant

Productivity (9)

REAPER - View: Toggle track zoom to maximum height

REAPER - Channel: Show all channels

TickTick - Add task to certain list

Atlassian Structure - Show Automation

Noteflight (2022) - Start bend/release

Mutt 2.2.10 - Create a hotkey macro for the current message

Freshdesk - Close a ticket

Freshdesk - Close a ticket

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Desktop Reels

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Table of contents

General (6)
Text editing (2)
Imaging (8)
System tools (2)
Developer tools (4)
Web applications (1)
Games - PC (39)
Social & Messaging (1)
Productivity (9)

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