Are you finding the Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive? Google Drive provides shortcuts to help you quickly work on documents. Here is the list of all shortcuts that you can use. This post will help you to check and make your work faster with the most used.
Table of Contents
Navigation and Views
| Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) | Menu Description |
| g then n or g then f | Go to the navigation panel (the folders list) |
| g then l | Go to items view |
| v | Toggle grid view and list view |
| g then d | Go to details pane |
| g then t | Go to top of application |
| g then a | Go to download status |
| g then u | Go to upload status |
| d | Show or hide the details pane |
| i | Show or hide the activity pane |
Item Selection
| Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) | Menu Description |
| x | Select or deselect item |
| j or down | Select next item down |
| k or up | Select next item up |
| h or left | Select next item to the left |
| l or right | Select next item to the right |
| shift+up/down/left/right | Expand selection up/down/left/right |
| ctrl+up/down/left/right | Move focus up/down/left/right without changing selection |
| shift+a | Select all visible items |
| shift+n | Select none (clear selection) |
Item Actions
| Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) | Menu Description |
| o or enter | Open selected item |
| n | Rename selected item |
| . | Share selected item |
| z | Move selected item to folder |
| shift+z | Add selected item to folder (Note: items can appear in more than one folder at once in Google Drive) |
| s | Star or unstar selected item |
| # | Remove selected item |
| ctrl+z | Undo last action |
| ctrl+shift+z | Redo last action |
Create New Items
| Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) | Menu Description |
| shift+t | Create new document |
| shift+p | Create new presentation |
| shift+s | Create new spreadsheet |
| shift+d | Create new drawing |
| shift+f | Create new folder |
| shift+o | Create new form |
Open Menus
| Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) | Menu Description |
| c | Open create menu |
| a | Open actions menu |
| f | Open folder menu |
| r | Open sort menu |
| t | Open settings menu |
Application Actions
| Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) | Menu Description |
| ? | Display keyboard shortcuts list |
| q then q | Cycle through visual density options (row height and element spacing) |
| m | Show last message |
| / | Search your Drive |
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Well, there you have it, Google Drive shortcuts list. You might not have known about these shortcuts. If I’ve left important something out in this list, feedback is appreciated and welcome on the Make A Public List.
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