As with all posts this will be a growing WIP as and when.
You should learn hotkeys for the stuff you use day to day using a mouse is slow and even worse on a laptop touch pads. Using these can improve your workflow
Here are some resources for hotkey and ones i use.
Windows
Kali
Terminal
Knowing a few key hotkeys can make using the terminal nice and easy :)
Hotkeys
New Termianl Window CTRL + ALT + T
New Tab CTRL + SHIFT + T
Next Tab CTRL + PGUP
Last CTRL + PGDN
Clear Terminal CTRL + L
Zoom in CTRL + +
Zoom Out CTRL + -
Burp
If your a webapp guy and use burp then
HotKeys are defined within the User Options
Hotkeys
Send to Repeater Ctrl+R
Send to Intruder Ctrl+I
Forward intercepted Proxy message Ctrl+F
Toggle Proxy interception Ctrl+T
Switch to Target Ctrl+Shift+T
Switch to Proxy Ctrl+Shift+P
Switch to Scanner Ctrl+Shift+S
Switch to Intruder Ctrl+Shift+I
Switch to Repeater* Ctrl+Shift+R
Switch to Suite options Ctrl+Shift+O
Switch to Alerts tab Ctrl+Shift+A
Go to previous tab Ctrl+Minus
Go to next tab Ctrl+Equals (=)
Issue Repeater Requestest Ctrl + Space
Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Y
Select all Ctrl+A
Search Ctrl+S
Go to previous search match Ctrl+Comma (,)
Go to next search match Ctrl+Period
URL-decode Ctrl+Shift+U
URL-encode key characters Ctrl+U
HTML-decode Ctrl+Shift+H
HTML-encode key characters Ctrl+H
Base64-decode Ctrl+Shift+B
Base64-encode Ctrl+B
Backspace word Ctrl+Backspace
Delete word Ctrl+Delete
Delete line Ctrl+D
Go to previous word Ctrl+Left
Go to previous word (extend) Ctrl+Shift+Left
Go to next word Ctrl+Right
Go to next word (extend) Ctrl+Shift+Right
Go to previous paragraph Ctrl+Up
Go to previous paragraph (extend) Ctrl+Shift+Up
Go to next paragraph Ctrl+Down
Go to next paragraph (extend) Ctrl+Shift+Down
Go to start of document Ctrl+Home
Go to start of document (extend) Ctrl+Shift+Home
Go to end of document Ctrl+End
Go to end of document (extend) Ctrl+Shift+End
Switch to Dashboard Ctrl + Shift + D
Editor: Go to next search match Ctrl + Period (.)
Go to Previous Tab Ctrl + minus (-)
Web Browser
I use brave .. basically chrome but you can earn BAT token
Microsoft Office
Word
Get things done quicker in word. navigating word can be a nightmare. here are some default hotkeys i find userful You can also make your own so the power is endless. I have a few extra styles. Further stuff can be done with Macros which I will write up at some point
- Microsoft - Customizing Word Shortcut keys
- Word Shortcut keys List
- Microsoft - Office Keyboard Shortcuts
- Business Insider - M$ Hotkeys
Hotkeys
Align Centre CTRL + E
Align Left CTRL + L
Alight Right CTRL + Right
Bold / Un Bold CTRL + B
Split Window ALT + CTRL + S
Normal Font CTRL + SHIFT + N
Heading 1 CTRL + ALT + 1
Heading 2 CTRL + ALT + 2
Heading 3 CTRL + ALT + 1
Find CTRL + F
Undo CTRL + Z
Redo CTRL + Y
Open Styles CTRL + ALT + Shift + S
Excel
Onenote
Notepad++
Cobalt Strike
Hotkeys
# Beacon Inteact
Clear CTRL + L