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10 Practical shortcuts to be faster !

1 ) ctrl + enter : JUMP TO THE NEXT LINE

using this command you are able to jump to the next line even if the cursor is in the middle of a line text.

2 ) shift + left arrow / right arrow : HIGHLIGHT CODE

this command is used to highlight the left/right section of the cursor character by character.it can be combined with ctrl to go word by word.

3 ) ctrl + F2 : FIND ALL THE OCCURENCES

On visual studio you can select some text and use this shortcut to find all the occurrences of that text.

4 ) ctrl + W : TO CLOSE PROGRAMS
This command is a little similar to alt+f4, but unlike the latter this one closes the current program you'r at, for instance it closes a tab for you without shutting down the whole browser.

5 ) ctrl + shift + esc : OPEN THE TASK MANAGER
Nothing much to say here this command pop up the task manager.

6 ) ctrl + shift + J : Open the Console panel
Hitting this command brings up the console panel for inspecting on chrome.

7 ) ctrl + shift + C : SHOW THE ELEMENTS PANEL
Hitting this command brings up the ELEMENTS panel on chrome.

8 ) CMD & +/- : ZOOM IN OUT
On windows you can use this shortcut to zoom in out and to make you computer read some text for you.

9 ) CMD + ARROW LEFT/RIGHT : DIVIDE THE SCREEN

This command allow you to divide you screen in two part and set the current program to left/right.

10 ) DOT IN GITHUB

Hitting the dot open the current repository on a web editor for easy access.

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