Google Drive Keyboard Shortcuts

Google drive is presently not available for every one as Google is making it available in a phased manner. Now if you have got the access, than you can use the following shortcuts to make your navigation speedier in Google drive. You can check out more about Google Drive to know the ways and means with which you can benefit with this service.

To speed up your way around Google Drive, quit fumbling with the mouse and try these nifty keyboard shortcuts:

SELECTION
j : navigate to and highlight next item
k : navigate to and highlight previous item
x : toggle selection of highlighted item
Shift + a : select all
Shift + n : select none

JUMPING
G THEN N : GO TO NAVIGATION PANEL
G THEN L : GO TO DOCUMENT LIST
G THEN C : GO TO COLLECTIONS
G THEN D : GO TO DETAILS PANE

ACTIONS
O OR ENTER : OPEN ITEM
S : TOGGLE STAR
. : SHARE
Z : ORGANIZE

CREATE NEW
SHIFT + T : CREATE A NEW TEXT DOCUMENT
SHIFT + S : CREATE A NEW SPREADSHEET
SHIFT + P : CREATE A NEW PRESENTATION
SHIFT + D : CREATE A NEW DRAWING
SHIFT + C : CREATE A NEW COLLECTION

MENUS
C : DISPLAY CREATE NEW MENU
U : DISPLAY UPLOAD MENU
A : DISPLAY ACTIONS MENU
R : DISPLAY SORT MENU
V : DISPLAY VIEW MENU

APPLICATIONS
/ : GO TO SEARCH BOX
D : TOGGLE DETAILS PANE
? : DISPLAY KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

If you have applied for the Google drive and have not heard from them; than do not panic as you can check your Google Drive access status at http://drive.googlecom/