42 Shortcuts for Google Drive

Jump to: Navigation and Views, Item Selection, Item Actions, Create New Items, Open Menus, Application Actions

NOTE: These shortcuts were tested in the "New Google Drive." There may be slight inconsistencies if you are using the older interface.

1. Navigation and Views

g then n or g then f

Go to navigation panel (the folders list)

g then l

Go to items view

v

Toggle grid view and list view

g then d

Go to details pane

g then t

Go to top of application

g then a

Go to download status

g then u

Go to upload status

d

Show or hide the details pane

i

Show or hide the activity pane

2. Item Selection

x

Select or deselect item

j or down

Select next item down

k or up

Select next item up

h or left

Select next item to the left

l or right

Select next item to the right

shift+up/down/left/right

Expand selection up/down/left/right

ctrl+up/down/left/right

Move focus up/down/left/right without changing selection

shift+a

Select all visible items

shift+n

Select none (clear selection)

3. Item Actions

o or enter

Open selected item

n

Rename selected item

.

Share selected item

z

Move selected item to folder

shift+z

Add selected item to folder (Note: items can appear in more than one folder at once in Google Drive)

s

Star or unstar selected item

#

Remove selected item

ctrl+z

Undo last action

ctrl+shift+z

Redo last action

4. Create New Items

shift+t

Create new document

shift+p

Create new presentation

shift+s

Create new spreadsheet

shift+d

Create new drawing

shift+f

Create new folder

shift+o

Create new form

5. Open Menus

c

Open create menu

a

Open actions menu

f

Open folder menu

r

Open sort menu

t

Open settings menu

6. Application Actions

?

Display keyboard shortcuts list

q then q

Cycle through visual density options (row height and element spacing)

m

Show last message

/

Search your Drive

icon

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