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Drive: Features, Tips, and Best Practices

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Drive Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation and views

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Go to navigation panel (folders list)
alt + g then n alt + g then f
option + g then n option + g then f
Go to items view
alt + g then i
option + g then i
Switch between grid and list in items view
alt + v then l
option + v then l
Go to page content
alt + g then c
option + g then c
Go to details pane
alt + g then d
option + g then d
Go to top of application
alt + g then t
option + g then t
Go to download status
alt + g then a
option + g then a
Go to upload status
alt + g then u
option + g then u
Show/hide approvals pane
alt + v then e
option + v then e
Show/hide details pane
alt + v then d
option + v then d
Show/hide activity pane
alt + v then a
option + v then a

Select items

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Select or deselect item
shift + space
shift + space
Select next item down
down arrow
down arrow
Select next item up
up arrow
up arrow
Select next item to the left
left arrow
left arrow
Select next item to the right
right arrow
right arrow
Extend selection down
shift + down arrow
shift + down arrow
Extend selection up
shift + up arrow
shift + up arrow
Extend selection left
shift + left arrow
shift + left arrow
Extend selection right
shift + right arrow
shift + right arrow
Select all visible items
ctrl + a
command + a
Clear all selections
esc
esc

Take action on selected items

Move between items

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Move down without changing selection
ctrl + down arrow
command + down arrow
Move up without changing selection
ctrl + up arrow
command + up arrow
Move left without changing selection
ctrl + left arrow
command + left arrow
Move right without changing selection
ctrl + right arrow
command + right arrow

Create new items

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Document
alt + c then t
control + c then t
Presentation
alt + c then p
control + c then p
Spreadsheet
alt + c then s
control + c then s
Drawing
alt + c then d
control + c then d
Folder
alt + c then f
control + c then f
Form
alt + c then o
control + c then o

Open Menus

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Create menu
alt + n
control + n
More actions menu
shift + F10 alt + a
shift + F10 control + a
Current folder actions menu
alt + shift + a
control + shift + a
Sort menu
alt + r
control + r
Settings menu
control + shift + s
command + shift + s

Preview mode actions

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Preview items
ctrl + alt + p
command + option + p
Close
esc
esc
Play/pause
space
space
Zoom in
+ or =
+ or =
Zoom out
-
-
Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Open selected items
enter
enter
Open selected items in tab
ctrl + enter
command + enter
Rename selected items
F2
F2
Share selected items
ctrl + alt + a
command + option + a
Move selected items to folder
ctrl + alt + m
command + option + m
Star or unstar selected items
ctrl + alt + s
command + option + s
Create shortcuts to selected items
ctrl + alt + r
command + option + r
Remove selected items
delete or #
delete or #
Copy selected item URLs to the clipboard
ctrl + alt + l
command + option + l
Copy selected item titles to the clipboard
ctrl + shift + c
command + shift + c
Cut selected items to the clipboard
ctrl + x
command + x
Paste items from the clipboard as a shortcut
ctrl + shift + v
command + shift + v
Create a shortcut for the selected item
ctrl + alt + r
command + option + r
Redo last undone action
ctrl + y
command + y
Upload file
alt + c then u
control + c then u
Upload folder
alt + c then i
control + c then i

Application Actions

Shortcut description
Windows/ ChromeOS
MacOS
Display keyboard shortcuts list
ctrl + /
command + /
Choose next visual density
alt + t then q
control + t then q
Find/find next
ctrl + f
command + f
Print
ctrl + p
command + p
Undo last action
ctrl + z
command + z
Redo last undone action
ctrl + y
command + y
Show last message
alt + g then k
option + g then k
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