14 ways to use your mouse and keyboard to speed up your work from Mila's blog

Look at your hands! If one is on the mouse and the other on the keyboard, you have all the prerequisites for speeding up your work. Today I will share with you my experience of using mouse and keyboard together in everyday tasks.

For brevity, I will use the following abbreviations:

• RMB  - right click

• LMB  - left mouse button click

• 2xLMB  - double click left mouse button

Pinning shortcuts to the taskbar not only  speeds up your work with jump lists , but also provides more options for launching programs. Also at https://cpscounter.org/right-click-cps-test.html you can test the right click speed of the mouse.

Sometimes you need to open the classic file context menu instead of the jump list. I use this combination to change the command line options in the shortcut properties or run the program as a different user.

This combination can be used to open another browser or command prompt window. Unfortunately, not all developers fully implement support for the new Windows taskbar, so the combination does not work in some programs.

Reader  YaNkEE  suggests that it is enough to press the middle mouse button (wheel).

A simple drag and drop pins the file to the jump list, so the keyboard comes in handy here.

I often use this technique on other people's computers while working in portable Notepad++. In principle, you can do without pressing a key, but then you need to throw the file into the window, and not onto the shortcut.

I most often use this combination to call Total Commander and the command line with full rights. By the way, it also works in the Start menu, including search results. Also at https://cpscounter.org/ you can find out how fast you can click your gaming mouse.

The Windows shell has many prerequisites for managing windows with a mouse and keyboard tandem. Let's continue with the taskbar theme!

I have  thumbnails disabled on the taskbar  when switching between windows with the mouse. Therefore, the combination has the opposite effect, i.e. displays window thumbnails. However, I use it on other people's computers to save time.

Usually, I use this combination to place two windows side by side, or to minimize multiple windows of the same application.

[Does not work on Windows 10] Each movement of the wheel is equivalent to pressing the key  Tab. Obviously, scrolling allows you to get to the desired window faster than successive keystrokes.

I have many windows open, and in this case it is easier and faster to click on the desired thumbnail than to switch between them.

I really love these two features of Windows 7!

Curiously, this utility allows you to return to the past - to the window view  Alt +  Tab times of Windows 2000/XP. However, there is no point in this, since the charms described above do not work in it. By the way,  do you know how to call an old window in Windows 7 and 8 without third-party programs?

File Explorer encourages the use of a mouse, but some actions are faster with two hands.

Agree that this is faster than calling the context menu and searching for the treasured item in it.

As in the previous case, the acceleration is achieved by bypassing the context menu. By the way, if the folder is already selected, you can just press  Alt +  Enter.

These two combinations work in the main Explorer window, but not in the Navigation Pane.

This feature can be used not only in browsers or word processors and editors to see something better. I also use it very often in File Explorer to change the look of a folder.

For example, I find scrolling very useful in image folders when I need to maximize thumbnail size. This is useful both when viewing photos and screenshots, and in the "Open" dialog box when uploading to a website or attaching to a letter.

By the way, try this combination on your desktop.

These combinations respectively select a range of files or only selected files.

I am sure that these two combinations are well known to you, which does not negate their usefulness. After all, you can use them not only to manage folders and files, but also in other programs (for example, to select cells in Excel).

By the way,  do you know how to select several non-consecutive files or folders on a tablet without a mouse and keyboard?

Including more items appear  in the "Send" menu . I very often use this combination to  open a command prompt in the desired folder , or copy the address of a file or folder as a path.