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All Command+<letter> combinations in OSX and Windows

Source: ChatGPT. There could be mistakes.

OSX

Key Combination Purpose
Command + A Select all (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + B Bold text (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + C Copy (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + D Dictionary (OSX), Add Bookmark (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + E Eject Disk (OSX)
Command + F Find (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + G Find next (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + H Hide application (OSX), Replace with history item (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + I Italic text (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + J Justify text (OSX)
Command + K Link (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + L Select URL (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + M Minimize window (OSX)
Command + N New window/document (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + O Open (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + P Print (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + Q Quit application (OSX)
Command + R Refresh (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + S Save (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + T New tab (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + U Underline text (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + V Paste (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + W Close window (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + X Cut (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + Y Redo (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Command + Z Undo (OSX, Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Key Combination Purpose
Option + A Accented characters (OSX)
Option + B
Option + C
Option + D Dictionary (OSX)
Option + E Accented characters (OSX)
Option + F
Option + G
Option + H Hide application (OSX)
Option + I
Option + J
Option + K
Option + L
Option + M Minimize window (OSX)
Option + N
Option + O
Option + P
Option + Q Quit application (OSX)
Option + R
Option + S
Option + T
Option + U
Option + V
Option + W Close window (OSX)
Option + X
Option + Y
Option + Z
Option + Tab Switch between open windows (OSX)

Windows

Key Combination Purpose
Ctrl + A Select all (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + B Bold text (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + C Copy (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + D Bookmark page (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + E Align center (Windows)
Ctrl + F Find (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + G Find next (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + H History (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + I Italic text (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + J Justify text (Windows)
Ctrl + K Link (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + L Select address bar (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + M Minimize window (Windows)
Ctrl + N New window (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + O Open (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + P Print (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + Q Quit application (Windows)
Ctrl + R Refresh (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + S Save (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + T New tab (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + U Underline text (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + V Paste (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + W Close window (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + X Cut (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + Y Redo (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Ctrl + Z Undo (Windows, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Key Combination Purpose
Alt + A
Alt + B
Alt + C
Alt + D
Alt + E Align center (Windows)
Alt + F Find (Windows)
Alt + G Find next (Windows)
Alt + H
Alt + I
Alt + J Justify text (Windows)
Alt + K
Alt + L Select address bar (Windows)
Alt + M Minimize window (Windows)
Alt + N New window (Windows)
Alt + O
Alt + P Print (Windows)
Alt + Q Quit application (Windows)
Alt + R
Alt + S
Alt + T New tab (Windows)
Alt + U
Alt + V
Alt + W Close window (Windows)
Alt + X
Alt + Y
Alt + Z
Alt + Tab Switch between open windows (Windows)
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