Step 1: First open your Google Chrome browse from the desktop or from the start menu.
Step 2: Now open a new tab within the browser window.
Step 3: Right after that, just paste the following code in the address bar:
data:text/html, <html contenteditable>
Step 4: Now, the new tab will be converted into a Textpad or Notepad where you can type in your texts quickly & immediately.
Step 5: In order to save the file, you can simply save the page as a webpage by holding these buttons together – Ctrl + S.
Bonus Tip: In order to get access to the Notepad in your Google Chrome
browser quickly, you can save the content editable page as one of your
bookmarks. To do that, just type in the above code in a new tab and then
press these buttons together – Ctrl + D. The Notepad page will now be saved in your Chrome browser as a bookmark. Now you can easily access it from the Bookmark bar below your address bar. If you don’t see it in your browser, then just press these buttons together to view it – Ctrl + Shift + B.
You might also find this guide useful: How to Delete New Folder.exe Virus from USB Drive
That’s it, you are done with it now. If you liked this little trick,
then don’t forget to share it with your friends’ circle and on your
social networking profiles i.e. on Facebook, Twitter etc. And don’t
hesitate to ask your queries and leave your feedback in the comments.
Thanks for reading, I’ll see you guys
The → symbol stands for the right arrow key, ← for the left arrow key, etc.
Win+↑
Maximize the current window
Win+↓
If the current window is maximized, restore it; if the current window is restored, minimize it
Win+←
Dock the current window to the left half of the screen *If it is already docked left, it is moved to the right half of the screen *If it is already docked right, it is restored to its original size
Win+→
Dock the current window to the right half of the screen *If it is already docked right, it is moved to the left half of the screen
*If it is already docked left, it is restored to its original size
Win+Shift+←
Move current window to the left monitor (with dual monitors)
Win+Shift+→
Move current window to the right monitor (with dual monitors)
Win+Home
Minimize all but the current window
Win+Space
Peek at the desktop
Win+[Plus sign]
Zoom in
Win+[Minus sign]
Zoom out
Win+P
Open the projection menu (generally used for laptops connected to projectors)
Alt+P
In Explorer, show/hide the preview pane
Taskbar Modifiers (New in Windows 7)
Shift+Click
Open a new instance of the program
Ctrl+Click
Cycle between windows in a group
Middle Click
Open a new instance of the program
Ctrl+Shift+Click
Open a new instance of the program as Administrator
Cycle through applications on taskbar (showing its live preview)
Win+M
Minimize all open windows
Win+Shift+M
Undo all window minimization
Win+D
Toggle showing the desktop
Win+↑
Maximize the current window
Win+↓
If the current window is maximized, restore it; if the current window is restored, minimize it
Win+←
Dock the current window to the left half of the screen *If it is already docked left, it is moved to the right half of the screen
*If it is already docked right, it is restored to its original size
Win+→
Dock the current window to the right half of the screen *If it is already docked right, it is moved to the left half of the screen *If it is already docked left, it is restored to its original size
Win+Shift+←
Move current window to the left monitor (with dual monitors)
Win+Shift+→
Move current window to the right monitor (with dual monitors)
Windows is packed with many different ways to do this, and that’s
without even counting third-party applications that offer their own ways
to quickly access files. Whether you’re using Windows 7 or Windows 8,
these tips will give you quicker access to your most frequently used
folders.
Favorites
The easiest way to bookmark a folder is by using the Favorites section in Windows Explorer
— named File Explorer in Windows 8. Locate the folder you want to
bookmark, then drag and drop it to the Favorites section. You can
rearrange your favorites by dragging and dropping them or right-click a
favorite and select Remove to remove it from the list.
The Favorites section starts to become inconvenient if you want to
keep track of a large number of folders, as you can’t create subfolders
to organize the list.
Libraries
The libraries feature in Windows 7 and 8 allows you to combine
multiple folders into a single view. You can add new folders to the
default libraries or create your own custom libraries containing as many
folders as you like. This can be a good way to organize related folders
in a single place.
Read our guide to getting started with Windows libraries for more information.
Taskbar Jump List
The jump list feature in Windows 7 and 8 allows you to “pin” recently
used documents to your application’s taskbar icons. To pin a folder,
drag and drop it to the Windows Explorer icon on your taskbar. You can
also right-click the Windows Explorer shortcut on your taskbar, hover
over a recently used folder, and click the pin icon to pin that folder.
When you want to access a pinned folder in the future, just
right-click the Windows Explorer icon on your taskbar and select the
folder you want to access. This works whether Windows Explorer is open
or not.
Start Menu or Start Screen
For easy access to a folder, you could pin it to your Start menu on
Windows 7 or Start screen on Windows 8. It will appear in the list of
shortcuts or tiles just as a Windows desktop application would.
To pin a folder to your Start menu on Windows 7, drag and drop it
from the Windows Explorer window to the Start button in the bottom-left
corner of your taskbar.
To pin a folder to your Start screen on Windows 8, right-click the folder in a File Explorer window and select Pin to Start.
Shortcuts
You could also keep track of your important folders by creating shortcuts to them. For example, if you use Pidgin as your instant messenger,
your Pidgin chat log folder is located at
C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\.purple\logs. It’s very inconvenient to
access this folder. If you want to frequently access your log folder,
you could create a shortcut that takes you there.
Just right-click the folder you want to create a shortcut of and
select Create Shortcut. You can move your shortcut to another folder and
even rename it, if you like. Double-clicking the shortcut will take you
to the folder associated with the shortcut.
This can be useful if you just need easier access to a folder or two —
you could create shortcuts and dump them in your user folder so they’d
be easily accessible along with your documents, downloads, and other
standard folders.
If you have more folders, you could create a hierarchical structure
for all your shortcuts. In other words, you could have a Shortcuts
folder containing subfolders for Development, Communications, Games and
other categories of folders. You could place the shortcuts inside of
those folders.
Taskbar Shortcuts
You may want to place shortcuts to your frequently used folders on
your taskbar, but this doesn’t work on Windows 7 or 8 by default.
Dragging a folder to the taskbar will just pin it to your Windows
Explorer jump list.
However, Windows 7 and 8 still let you add special “toolbars” to your
taskbar. These will work like the old quick launch bar, which was
enabled by default on Windows XP. Just right-click your taskbar, point
to Toolbars, select New Toolbar, and then create a new folder to hold
your shortcuts.
The toolbar on your taskbar will display the contents of the folder
you choose, so all you have to do is create shortcuts to the folder — as
we explained above — and place them in this folder. You can also re-enable the old quick launch bar, but this isn’t necessary.
Change the Default Folder
While you can’t pin additional folder shortcuts to the standard
taskbar, you can change the default folder that appears when you open
your file manager. Just right-click the Windows Explorer icon on your
taskbar, right-click the Windows Explorer option in the list (File
Explorer on Windows 8), and select Properties.
On the Shortcut tab, add the path of the default folder you want to
use to the end of the Target box. For example, if your user account’s
name is Chris and you want to open your Downloads folder every time you
open Windows Explorer from your taskbar, you’d use the following line:
%windir%\explorer.exe C:\Users\Chris\Downloads
If the path you want to use has a space, you’ll need to enclose the
entire path in quotation marks. For example, if you wanted your Program
Files folder to open every time you opened Windows Explorer, you’d use
the following line instead:
%windir%\explorer.exe “C:\Program Files”
Third-Party File Managers
Some third-party file managers have bookmarks menus that work just
like the ones in your browser. They allow you to bookmark many folders
and arrange them into different categories, or subfolders.
To get advanced bookmark features in your file manager, you’d have to switch to a third-party file manager. Explorer++ is a good option that includes an browser-like Bookmarks menu.
Comedy Option: Bookmark in Your Browser
If you’re like most people, you probably spend most of your computer
time in a browser. You could actually bookmark your favorite folders
directly in your browser, so they’d be accessible from your browser
toolbar — you could even store shortcuts to your folders in your
bookmark folders along with your bookmarked websites.
To start browsing your C: drive, type file:///c:/
into Chrome or Firefox’s address bar and press Enter. You’ll see a
special view where you can browse your file system. You can’t do much
with this by default — just view your files in your browser.
However, if you install the IE Tab extension for your browser,
you can actually get a Windows Explorer view in a browser tab and
manage your files without leaving your browser. With IE Tab, this
becomes a fairly practical option.
Thanks to our readers on MakeUseOf Answers, who inspired this article with their discussion!
How do you keep track of all your favorite folders and quickly access them? Leave a comment with any other tricks you have!
and that’s without even counting third-party applications that offer their own ways to quickly access files. Whether you’re using Windows 7 or Windows 8, these tips will give you quicker access to your most frequently used folders.
Favorites
Its
greatest features is one that few people bother to use - keyboard
shortcuts. Spending just a few minutes learning the most common
shortcuts can greatly increase the speed at which you browse web pages.
Keyboard
shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that, when pressed, can
be used to perform a task that would typically require a mouse or other
pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to interact with
your computer, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and
other programs.
Most programs also provide
accelerator keys that can make it easier to work with menus and other
commands. Check the menus of programs for accelerator keys. If a letter
is underlined in a menu, that usually means that pressing the Alt key in
combination with the underlined key will have the same effect as
clicking that menu item.
Ctrl+N
Opens a new window.
Ctrl+T
Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+N
Opens a new window in incognito mode.
Press Ctrl+O, then select file.
Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).
Opens the link in a new tab in the background .
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link. Or press Shift and click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).
Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link.
Opens the link in a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+T
Reopens the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed.
Drag a link to a tab.
Opens the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip.
Opens the link in a new tab.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.
Opens the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window.
Opens the tab in the existing window.
Press Esc while dragging a tab.
Returns the tab to its original position.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8
Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9
Switches to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown
Switches to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp
Switches to the previous tab.
Alt+F4
Closes the current window.
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4
Closes the current tab or pop-up.
Click a tab with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).
Closes the tab you clicked.
Right-click, or click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar.
Displays your browsing history in the tab.
Press Backspace, or Alt and the left arrow together.
Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift+Backspace, or Alt and the right arrow together.
Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Ctrl
and click either the Back arrow, Forward arrow, or Go button in the
toolbar. Or click either button with your middle mouse button (or
mousewheel).
Opens the button destination in a new tab in the background.
Double-click the blank area on the tab strip.
Maximizes or minimizes the window.
Alt+Home
Opens your homepage in your current window.
Google Chrome feature shortcuts
Alt+F or Alt+E
Opens the wrench menu, which lets you customize and control settings in Google Chrome.
Ctrl+Shift+B
Toggles the bookmarks bar on and off.
Ctrl+H
Opens the History page.
Ctrl+J
Opens the Downloads page.
Shift+Esc
Opens the Task Manager.
Shift+Alt+T
Sets
focus on the first tool in the browser toolbar. You can then use the
following shortcuts to move around in the toolbar:
Press Tab, Shift+Tab, Home, End, right arrow, and left arrow to move focus to different items in the toolbar.
Press Space or Enter to activate toolbar buttons, including page actions and browser actions.
Press Shift+F10 to bring up any associated context menu (e.g. browsing history for the Back button).
Press Esc to return focus from the toolbar back to the page.
F6 or Shift+F6
Switches focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include:
Address bar
Bookmarks bar (if visible)
The main web content (including any infobars)
Downloads bar (if visible)
Ctrl+Shift+J
Opens Developer Tools.
Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Opens the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
F1
Opens the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).
Ctrl+Shift+M
Switch between multiple users.
Address bar shortcuts
Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:
Type a search term, then press Enter.
Performs a search using your default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter.
Performs a search using the search engine associated with the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tab when prompted, type a search term, and press Enter.
Performs a search using the search engine associated with the URL.
Ctrl+Enter
Adds www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL.
Type a URL, then press Alt+Enter.
Opens the URL in a new tab.
Ctrl+L or Alt+D
Highlights the URL.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E
Places
a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to
perform a search using your default search engine.
Press Ctrl and the left arrow together.
Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar
Press Ctrl and the right arrow together.
Moves your cursor to the next key term in the address bar
Ctrl+Backspace
Deletes the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar
Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then press Shift+Delete.
Deletes the entry from your browsing history, if possible.
Click an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).
Opens the entry in a new tab in the background.
Press Page Up or Page Down when the address bar drop-down menu is visible.
Selects the first or last entry in the drop-down menu.
Webpage shortcuts
Ctrl+P
Prints your current page.
Ctrl+S
Saves your current page.
F5 or Ctrl+R
Reloads your current page.
Esc
Stops the loading of your current page.
Ctrl+F
Opens the find bar.
Ctrl+G or F3
Finds the next match for your input in the find bar.
Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3, or Shift+Enter
Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar.
Click the middle mouse button (or mousewheel).
Activates auto-scrolling. As you move your mouse, the page automatically scrolls according to the direction of the mouse.
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5
Reloads your current page, ignoring cached content.
Press Alt and click a link.
Downloads the target of the link.
Ctrl+U
Opens the source of your current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar
Saves the link as a bookmark.
Ctrl+D
Saves your current webpage as a bookmark.
Ctrl+Shift+D
Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.
F11
Opens your page in full-screen mode. Press F11 again to exit full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel up.
Enlarges everything on the page.
Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel down.
Makes everything on the page smaller.
Ctrl+0
Returns everything on the page to normal size.
Space bar
Scrolls down the web page.
Home
Goes to the top of the page.
End
Goes to the bottom of the page.
Press Shift and scroll your mousewheel.
Scrolls horizontally on the page.
Text shortcuts
Ctrl+C
Copies highlighted content to the clipboard.
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert
Pastes content from the clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+V
Paste content from the clipboard without formatting.
Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete
Deletes the highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard.
Keyboard
shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that, when pressed, can
be used to perform a task that would typically require a mouse or other
pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to interact with
your computer, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and
other programs.
Most
programs also provide accelerator keys that can make it easier to work
with menus and other commands. Check the menus of programs for
accelerator keys. If a letter is underlined in a menu, that usually
means that pressing the Alt key in combination with the underlined key
will have the same effect as clicking that menu item.
Movement
Move one line up
↑
Move one line down
↓
Move one character to the right
→
Move one character to the left
←
Move one screen-full up
Page Up
Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down
Page Down
Space
Move one screen-full to the left
Ctrl + Page Up
Move one screen-full to the right
Ctrl + Page Down
Go to top
Home
Go to bottom
End
Focus
Cycle focus forward within active context
Tab
Cycle focus backward within active context
Shift + Tab
Activate
Enter
Exit context or cancel
Esc
Display context (right-click) menu
Shift + F10
Properties dialog
Alt + Enter
System keys
Open file
Ctrl + O
Save copy of page
Ctrl + S
Print page
Ctrl + P
Hide Opera
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H
Text keys
Editing
Undo recent changes
Ctrl + Z
Redo recent changes
Ctrl + Y
Ctrl + Shift + Z
Copy selection to clipboard
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + Insert
Move selection to clipboard
Ctrl + X
Shift + Delete
Paste from clipboard
Ctrl + V
Shift + Insert
Copy selected text to Notes panel
Ctrl + Shift + C
Select all
Ctrl + A
Delete selection (or character right of cursor)
Delete
Delete selection (or character left of cursor)
Backspace
Toggle text-style bold
Ctrl + B
Toggle text-style italic
Ctrl + I
Toggle text-style underline
Ctrl + U
Convert hex to Unicode
Ctrl + Shift + X
Find
Find text
Ctrl + F
Find next instance of text
Ctrl + G
F3
Find previous instance of text
Ctrl + Shift + G
Shift + F3
Search for text in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)
(numeric) /
. (period)
Search for text in links in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)
Shift + (numeric) /
, (comma)
Loading keys
Access
Go to your home page
Ctrl + Space
Alt + Home
Enter a web address
F2
Paste and go in current or new tab
Ctrl + Shift + V
Display a Speed Dial
Ctrl + 0-9
Enter nickname for fast bookmark access
Shift + F2
Save page address as new bookmark
Ctrl + D
Save as new bookmark in active bookmark folder
Ctrl + Shift + D
Transmission
Reload (get latest version of) page
Ctrl + R
F5
Reload selected frame
Alt + F5
Ctrl + Shift + R
Stop page loading
Esc
Cancel current voice prompt
Esc
Navigation keys
History
Go to next page in history
Alt + →
Ctrl + →
Shift + Backspace
Shift + scroll wheel up
Go to previous page in history
Alt + ←
Ctrl + ←
Backspace
Shift + scroll wheel down
Fast forward
Shift + Backspace
Space
Site navigation
To remove the last part of any web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address, press Ctrl + Backspace.
Display modes
Print preview (toggles on/off)
Ctrl + Shift + P
Use entire screen for browsing
F11
Toggle "Fit to width"
Ctrl + F11
Developer Tools
Open Dragonfly
Ctrl + Shift + I
Source
View page source
Ctrl + U
View source of active frame
Ctrl + Shift + U
Validate source of active page or frame
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + U
Zooming
Increase zoom % by steps of 10
Plus
Ctrl + Plus
Decrease zoom % by steps of 10
Minus
Ctrl + Minus
Restore zoom to 100%
*
Ctrl + 0
Link keys
Select next link in page
Ctrl + ↓
Select previous link in page
Ctrl + ↑
Follow selected link
Enter
Open selected link in new tab
Shift + Enter
Open selected link in background tab
Ctrl + Enter
Save link target (such as document or image)
Ctrl + Shift + S
Spatial navigation keys
Navigate between links and form elements
Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
Tip: The combination of the Shift key and arrow keys is the fastest way of moving around a webpage when wanting to locate links and webform elements.
Form keys
Log in/auto-fill form using the Password Manager
Ctrl + Enter
For a series of connected pages, see Fast Forward
Go to next element in form
Tab
Go to previous element in form
Shift + Tab
Select form element
Space
Enter
Access keys
These shortcuts are unique to pages that have access keys enabled.
Toggle HTML access keys
Shift + Esc
Enter HTML access keys
A-Z and 0-9
Page keys: basics
Browse in new tab
Ctrl + T
Close active tab
Ctrl + W
Ctrl + F4
Undo closing of tab
Ctrl + Shift + T
Application windows
Browse in new application window
Ctrl + N
Browse in new private window
Ctrl + Shift + N
Close application window
Ctrl + Shift + W
Alt + F4
Tab keys: switching
Cycle to next tab (defaults to recently used order)
Ctrl + Tab
Cycle to previous tab (defaults to recently used order)
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Switch to previous tab on tab bar
Ctrl + Shift + F6
Switch to next tab on tab bar
Ctrl + F6
Panel keys: activation
Toggle last active panel with panel selector
F4
Toggle last active panel
Shift + F4
Activate panels for keyboard navigation
F7
Expand all folders/views in panel
Shift + →
Collapse all folders/views in panel
Shift + ←
Toggle Search panel
Ctrl + Shift + 1
Toggle Bookmarks panel
Ctrl + Shift + 2
Ctrl + B
Toggle Mail panel
Ctrl + Shift + 3
Toggle Contacts panel
Ctrl + Shift + 4
Toggle Chat panel
Ctrl + Shift + 5
Toggle Notes panel
Ctrl + Shift + 6
Toggle Downloads panel
Ctrl + Shift + 7
Toggle History panel
Ctrl + Shift + 8
Ctrl + H
Toggle Links panel
Ctrl + Shift + 9
Toggle Windows panel
Ctrl + Shift + 0
Panel keys: actions
Bookmarks
Open bookmark
Enter
Open bookmark in new tab
Shift + Enter
Open bookmark in background tab
Ctrl + Enter
Mail
Mark all email in selected view as read
Ctrl + Shift + A
Contacts
Show messages associated with contact
Enter
Compose message to contact
Shift + Enter
Downloads
Open downloaded file
Enter
Preferences
Edit your preferences
Alt + P
Ctrl + F12
Quickly edit most popular preferences
F12
Edit browser appearance
Shift + F12
Focus keys
Set focus to webpage (to enable keyboard navigation)
F9
Set focus to address field
F8
Ctrl + L
Alt + D
Set focus to search field
Ctrl + E
Set focus to bookmarks bar (only when you have search fields)
Shift + F7
Restore original address in address field and set focus to page
Esc
Manager pages
Manage bookmarks
Ctrl + Shift + B
Manage downloads
Ctrl + J
Manage history
Ctrl + Shift + H
Manage links
Ctrl + Shift + L
Mail keys: reading and sending
Basics
Check email
Ctrl + K
Write new message
Ctrl + M
Attach files to message
Ctrl + O
Upload queued messages to mail server
Ctrl + Shift + K
Send composed message
Ctrl + Shift + S
Ctrl + Enter
Navigation
Go to next message
J
Go to previous message
U
Go to next unread message
H
Shift + J
Go to previous unread message
Y
Shift + U
Move one screen-full up
Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down, then go to next unread
Space
Scroll up in message body (even if focus on message list)
Alt + ↑
Scroll down in message body (even if focus on message list)
Alt + ↓
Set focus to message list
F8
Set focus to message
F9
Threads
Expand all threads
Shift + →
Collapse all threads
Shift + ←
Mark thread as read
M
Mark thread as read, go to next unread
N
Mail keys: managing
Marking
Mark selected message as read
K
Mark selected message as read, and go to next unread email
G
Mark selected message as read, and go to previous unread email
T
Mark selected message as unread
Shift + K
Mark all messages in active view as read
Ctrl + Shift + A
Move selected message to Trash
Delete
Delete selected message permanently, without moving to Trash
Shift + Delete
Responding
Reply to message
R
Reply to all recipients of message, including sender
Shift + R
Forward message
F
Redirect message
D
Continue editing message (Drafts, Outbox, and Sent views)
Enter
Focus "Quick reply" field
Q
Shift + F9
Handling
Save sender's address as new contact
A
Save attachments
Shift + S
Label message (for example important or funny)
L
View all messages associated with sender
E
Copy raw message data to clipboard
C
Viewing
Toggle different layout of message list and message body
Keyboard
shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that, when pressed, can
be used to perform a task that would typically require a mouse or other
pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to interact with
your computer, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and
other programs.
Most programs also provide
accelerator keys that can make it easier to work with menus and other
commands. Check the menus of programs for accelerator keys. If a letter
is underlined in a menu, that usually means that pressing the Alt key in
combination with the underlined key will have the same effect as
clicking that menu item.