Google Drive CHEAT SHEET

A visual cheat-sheet for the 54 keyboard shortcuts found in Google Drive on the web

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#Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation and views

Shortcut	Action
`G` `N`	Go to navigation panel (folders list)
`G` `L`	Go to items view
`V`	Switch between grid and list in items view
`G` `D`	Go to details pane
`G` `T`	Go to top of application (Google bar)
`G` `A`	Go to download status
`G` `U`	Go to upload status
`D`	Show or hide details pane
`I`	Show or hide activity pane

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Select items

Shortcut	Action
`X`	Select or deselect item
`J/Down`	Select next item down
`K/Up`	Select next item up
`H/Left`	Select next item to the left
`L/Right`	Select next item to the right
`Shift` `Down`	Extend selection down
`Shift` `Up`	Extend selection up
`Shift` `Left`	Extend selection left
`Shift` `Right`	Extend selection right
`Shift` `A`	Select all visible items
`Shift` `N`	Clear all selections

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Move between items

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` `Down`	Move down without changing selection
`Ctrl` `Up`	Move up without changing selection
`Ctrl` `Left`	Move left without changing selection
`Ctrl` `Right`	Move right without changing selection

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Take action on selected items

Shortcut	Action
`Enter`	Open selected item
`N`	Rename selected item
`.`	Share selected items
`Z`	Move selected items to new folder
`S`	Star or unstar selected items
`Shift` `Z`	Add selected items to an additional folder
`Delete`	Remove selected items
`Ctrl` `Z`	Undo last action
`Ctrl` `Shift` `Z`	Redo last undone action

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Create new items

Shortcut	Action
`Shift` `T`	Document
`Shift` `P`	Presentation
`Shift` `S`	Spreadsheet
`Shift` `D`	Drawing
`Shift` `F`	Folder
`Shift` `O`	Form

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Open menus

Shortcut	Action
`C`	Create menu
`A`	More actions menu
`F`	Current folder actions menu
`R`	Sort menu
`T`	Settings menu

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Application actions

Shortcut	Action
`Shift` `/`	Display keyboard shortcuts list
`Q` `Q`	Choose next visual density
`Ctrl` `F`	Find/find next
`Ctrl` `P`	Print
`M`	Show last message
`/`	Search your drive

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Preview mode actions

Shortcut	Action
`Esc`	Close
`Space`	Play/pause
`+/=`	Zoom in
`-`	Zoom out

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#Also see

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive (support.google.com)