Trick to Learn Shortcuts - TheOdinProject/blog GitHub Wiki

First thing is first, delete every custom shortcut you have created, this will cripple you when you have to use a new system for a short time.

Then, get a sticky note.

Identify something you find yourself doing a lot, (moving text around, switching windows, reloading the web browser for example), and then look up the shortcut for it, first try to find it in a menu (you might notice other things you do frequently that have shortcuts, write down what you do frequently, but not the shortcut). Then put no more than 3 shortcuts on a sticky note and put it on your monitor. Then MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT IT, if you find you did something without using the shortcut, undo the change, then do it with the shortcut. Do this until you find you don't need the sticky note anymore for that shortcut. Cross it out completely and add a new shortcut for something you do frequently to the bottom of the list. You'll always have 3 in rotation.

The hardest part is finding stuff that is repetitive enough you can find a shortcut for.

After a while, you'll be getting to more complex shortcuts and harder to remember shortcuts. At this point, do the same sticky note method, but if you're not learning one and you find you keep looking at it, black part of it out so you have only 2 keys instead of 3 to look at, then after a while, black the next key out and you'll only have one to serve as a reminder eventually you'll learn that shortcut and then you can add another one On your list of 3, the top one is always priority, if you're struggling to learn any of the 3, the top one is the one you should focus on learning You can learn a shortcut a day for a while like this until it becomes hard to recognize repetitive patterns THEN if you find yourself doing multiple shortcuts together, make a macro/custom shortcut for it If you make your own shortcuts too early, you'll be crippled when you have to work on another machine.