‘g h’
If you want to return straight to the home page, you don’t have to scroll the cursor up to the home icon on the left. You can just press ‘g h’ on your keyboard and it will take you straight to your home Twitter feed.
Your profile – ‘g p’
When you’re surfing around on Twitter and find yourself seven degrees of separation away from your profile, press ‘g p’ and it will take you straight back to your profile.
Homepage – ‘g h’
Messages – ‘g m’
The message icon can be hard to find on Twitter, so if you need to access your inbox, press ‘g m’ on your keyboard and it will take you straight there.
Connect – ‘g c’
When you want to get to your list of interactions, just press ‘g c’ on the keyboard.
Homepage – ‘g h’
Users’ profiles – ‘g u’
To get to someone else’s profile you don’t have to browse the search box. Instead you can type ‘g u’ and a box will pop up saying: “Go to a person’s profile.” Just type in their name to jump to a profile.
New Tweet – ‘n’
Wherever you are on the Twitter site, pressing ‘n’ on your keyboard will immediately pull up a ‘What’s happening?’ box for you to type your Tweet into.
DM (direct message) – ‘m’
If you want to send a DM (direct message), press ‘m’ and a new direct message box will appear on your screen. You can then type in the recipient’s Twitter handle and send your message.
Keyboard shortcuts – ‘?’
When in doubt of all these shortcuts, just typing in a question mark will bring up Twitter‘s hidden menu of all the keyboard shortcuts available.
If you want to return straight to the home page, you don’t have to scroll the cursor up to the home icon on the left. You can just press ‘g h’ on your keyboard and it will take you straight to your home Twitter feed.
Your profile – ‘g p’
When you’re surfing around on Twitter and find yourself seven degrees of separation away from your profile, press ‘g p’ and it will take you straight back to your profile.
Homepage – ‘g h’
Messages – ‘g m’
The message icon can be hard to find on Twitter, so if you need to access your inbox, press ‘g m’ on your keyboard and it will take you straight there.
Connect – ‘g c’
When you want to get to your list of interactions, just press ‘g c’ on the keyboard.
Homepage – ‘g h’
Users’ profiles – ‘g u’
To get to someone else’s profile you don’t have to browse the search box. Instead you can type ‘g u’ and a box will pop up saying: “Go to a person’s profile.” Just type in their name to jump to a profile.
New Tweet – ‘n’
Wherever you are on the Twitter site, pressing ‘n’ on your keyboard will immediately pull up a ‘What’s happening?’ box for you to type your Tweet into.
DM (direct message) – ‘m’
If you want to send a DM (direct message), press ‘m’ and a new direct message box will appear on your screen. You can then type in the recipient’s Twitter handle and send your message.
Keyboard shortcuts – ‘?’
When in doubt of all these shortcuts, just typing in a question mark will bring up Twitter‘s hidden menu of all the keyboard shortcuts available.