Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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macOS
Groups

1 apps, 66 shortcuts

macOS keyboard shortcuts

macOS · macOS

ActionmacOS
Essentials
Copy the selected item to the ClipboardCmd C
Cut the selected itemCmd X
Paste the Clipboard contentsCmd V
Undo the previous commandCmd Z
Redo, reversing the undo commandShift Cmd Z
Select all itemsCmd A
Find items in a document or open a Find windowCmd F
Find the next occurrenceCmd G
Find the previous occurrenceShift Cmd G
Open the selected item or an Open dialogCmd O
Open the print dialogCmd P
Save the current documentCmd S
Open a new tabCmd T
Open settings for the front appCmd ,
Open the Character ViewerControl Cmd Space
Apps and windows
Switch to the next most recently used appCmd Tab
Switch between windows of the app you are usingCmd `
Quit the current appCmd Q
Close the front windowCmd W
Minimize the front window to the DockCmd M
Hide the windows of the front appCmd H
Force quit an appOption Cmd Esc
Use or stop using the app in full screenControl Cmd F
Mission Control
Open Mission ControlControl Up
Show all windows of the front appControl Down
Screenshots
Screenshot the entire screenShift Cmd 3
Screenshot a selected area of the screenShift Cmd 4
Open the Screenshot utility for captures and recordingShift Cmd 5
Finder
Preview the selected item with Quick LookSpace
Create a new empty folderShift Cmd N
Move the selected item to the TrashCmd Delete
Open a Go to Folder windowShift Cmd G
Show the Get Info window for a fileCmd I
Open a new Finder windowCmd N
Open the Documents folderShift Cmd O
Open Connect to ServerCmd K
Go to the previous folderCmd Left Bracket
Go to the next folderCmd Right Bracket
Open the folder containing the current folderCmd Up
Open the selected item in FinderCmd Down
Empty the TrashShift Cmd Delete
View Finder items as iconsCmd 1
View Finder items as a listCmd 2
View Finder items in columnsCmd 3
View Finder items in a galleryCmd 4
Text editing
Move to the beginning of the lineCmd Left
Move to the end of the lineCmd Right
Move to the beginning of the previous wordOption Left
Move to the end of the next wordOption Right
Bold the selected textCmd B
Italicize the selected textCmd I
Underline the selected textCmd U
Add a web linkCmd K
Delete the word to the left of the insertion pointOption Delete
Delete the character to the right of the insertion pointControl D
Show the definition of the selected wordControl Cmd D
Open the Spelling and Grammar windowShift Cmd :
System
Show or hide Spotlight searchCmd Space
Lock your screenControl Cmd Q
Open the Character Viewer with the function keyFn E
Show the desktopCmd Mission Control
Show or hide the DockFn A
Show or hide Control CenterFn C
Show or hide Notification CenterFn N
Put the displays to sleepControl Shift Power
Show the restart, sleep, or shut down dialogControl Power

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.