Google Drive Quick Dev Reference

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

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation and views

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

Select items

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

Move between items

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

Take action on selected items

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

Create new items

Shift T — Document

Shift P — Presentation

Shift S — Spreadsheet

Shift D — Drawing

Shift F — Folder

Shift O — Form

Open menus

C — Create menu

A — More actions menu

F — Current folder actions menu

R — Sort menu

T — Settings menu

Application actions

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

Preview mode actions

Esc — Close

Space — Play/pause

+/= — Zoom in

- — Zoom out