Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive on the web

Google Drive on the web has a variety of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to accomplish different types of actions like selecting a document from a list or accessing frequently used features. Here's a current list of keyboard shortcuts that you can apply individually or combine.

Select items

Shortcut	Action
↓/j	Navigate to the next item in the list
↑/k	Navigate to the previous item in the list
x	Select/deselect the current item
Shift + ↓/j	Continue the selection/deselection to the next item
Shift + ↑/k	Continue the selection/deselection to the previous item
Shift + a	Select all visible items
Shift + n	Clear all selections

Go to different views

Shortcut	Action
g then n	Focus the navigation panel
g then f	Focus the folders view
g then l	Focus the items view
g then d	Focus the details pane
g then t	Focus the Google bar at the top of the page

Application

Shortcut	Action
?, Shift + /, or Ctrl + /	Display the keyboard shortcuts pop-up
d	Show/hide the details pane
/	Focus the search box

Create new Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations

Shortcut	Action
Shift + t	Create a new document
Shift + p	Create a new presentation
Shift + s	Create a new spreadsheet
Shift + d	Create a new drawing
Shift + f	Create a new folder
Shift + o	Create a new form

Menus

Shortcut	Action
c	Open the create menu
u	Open the upload menu
a	Open the more actions menu
r	Open the sort menu
t	Open the settings menu

Actions

Shortcut	Action
Enter or o	Open the current item
n	Rename the current item
.	Share the selected items
z	Move the selected items
s	Star/unstar the current item or the selected items
p	Show document preview