Google Drive is launched just few days back. For those who are new to Google Drive, it is basically a cloud storage service offered by Google. It offers 5 GB of free storage space for storing files which be expanded by purchasing more space. Users can also download Google Drive for PC. The web interface of Google Drive offers several useful keyboard shortcuts. Let’s take a look at list of shortcut keys for Google Drive’s web interface.
Before moving forward, note that below are the shortcut keys for Windows users. Mac OS users should replace Ctrl with Command key (or ‘Apple’ key), and Alt with the option key.
Complete List of Google Drive Shortcut Keys
| Shortcut Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| J | Navigate to and highlight next item in list |
| K | Navigate to and highlight previous item in list |
| X | Select/unselect the highlighted item |
| Down arrow | Select next item in list |
| Shift + Down arrow | Select next item in list while leaving the current selection selected |
| Up arrow | Select previous item in list |
| Shift + Up arrow | Select previous item in list while leaving the current selection selected |
| Shift + A | Select all |
| Shift + N | Select none |
Google Drive shortcuts for creating a new document
| Shortcut Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + T | Create a new text document |
| Shift + P | Create a new presentation |
| Shift + S | Create a new spreadsheet |
| Shift + D | Create a new drawing |
| Shift + C | Create a new collection |
Go to and navigation keys
| Shortcut Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| G then N | Access navigation panel |
| G then L | Access list of documents |
| G then C | Access collections |
| G then D | Access details pane |
Open different menu shortcut keys in Google Drive
| Shortcut Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| C | Show the create new menu, use arrow keys to select an item to create |
| U | Show upload menu |
| A | Show actions menu |
| R | Show sort menu |
| V | Show view menu |
Organize, star open or share keys
| Shortcut Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Z | Organize |
| S | Star/unstar |
| O or Enter | Open item |
| . (period) | Share |
Application related
| Shortcut Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| / | Go to search box |
| D | Show/hide details pane |
| ? or Ctrl + / | Access shortcuts help menu |
This list of Google Drive (GDrive) keyboard shortcut keys can help in variety of different tasks. Try using some of these and you will see that they make performing different processes very easy. Navigation, creating new document, organizing, sharing, searching, all this and much more can be done easily by using shortcuts.
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