Quit Mail and open System Preferences. Click the Keyboard & Mouse preferences panel, then click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Press the plus sign to add a new shortcut key. When the sheet comes down, find Mail in the Application pull-down menu, and enter Get New Mail as the Menu Title. Then click in the Keyboard Shortcut input and hit the F5 key.
Aug 15, 2020 The button is located somewhere next to the 'Address Bar'. Clicking on that will make your browser refresh the webpage. Alternatively, you can refresh the feed simply by pressing 'F5' button. This works in all modern Internet browsers in Windows. If you are a proud Mac user, instead of 'F5' you need to press 'Command + R' buttons while in the.
Sep 10, 2008 1 Refresh a internet browser window from the keyboard. 2 Refresh a Finder window from the keyboard. I just press F5 on Windows. I'd like to be able to avoid the mouse for it on Leopard as well. Anybody have shortcut or method?
What App Use Function Key Shortcuts?
Function keys are used in many apps. Here's some almost universal keys:
F11 full screen.
F5 browser refresh.
F2 rename, when in desktop folder, or in image viewer.
F12 opens JavaScript console. (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) [see JS: How to Use Browser Console]
Photoshop. Help F1, Cut F2, Copy F3, Paste F4, Show/Hide Brush panel F5, Show/Hide Color panel F6, Show/Hide Layers panel F7, Show/Hide Info panel F8, Show/Hide Actions panel F9, Revert F12, Fill Shift+F5, Feather Selection Shift+F6, Inverse Selection Shift+F7
If you are a programer, many IDE or Linux terminal tools use all of the function keys.
linux htop. [see Linux: Monitor Processes, htop]
Microsoft Visual Studio, 69 shortcuts involving function keys. [see Microsoft Visual Studio Function Key Shortcuts]
Apple Xcode. (Step Into F7, Step Over F6, Step Out F8 and more with modifiers.)
Midnight Commander.
Following are tips on how you can customize the function keys for more productivity.
Switching Windows/Apps
One of the best use for function keys is switching apps. I've been using this since 1992, across {Mac, Windows, Linux}.
Normally, to switch app you have to do Alt+Tab or ⌘command+Tab, or even using Windows Flip3D or Instant Viewer or Mac's “Mission Control” (aka Exposé). They involve multiple keys or mouse aim. The Tab is pressed by pinky — the weakest finger. But worst is that you have to take a second to eyeball among 10 windows to look for the one you want.
For most of us, there are 3 or 4 specific apps we use everyday, and have to constantly switch to it many times every hour. Examples: {browser, desktop, photoshop, terminal}.
It's good to have F5F6F7F8 for switching to the apps you use the most often.
For how to set a key to switch app, see:How to Set Key to Switch to Browser.
What About App Launch Buttons?
On many keyboards, they have special buttons to launch apps. But these buttons have several problems:
They are harder to press than Function keys.
They are in hard-to-reach places.
Their positions and size are not standardized. It requires looking to press the button.
What About Windows's QucikLaunch?
On Windows, if you have pinned apps in Taskbar (or Quick Launch barin Windows Vista), the keys are ❖Window+1, ❖Window+2etc.
These are not good shortcuts because:
Two key combos is not as convenient as single key.
The key 1 is in difficult position pressed by pinky.
Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste
The traditional keys for {Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste} are Z X C V, while holding Ctrl or ⌘command. That's 2 key presses. You can set F1F2F3F4 to them.
Copy and Paste is by far the most used keys. Setting them to single key saves you a lot hand stress.
Here's how to:
Linux how-to: Linux: Set F2 F3 F4 to Cut Copy Paste
Mac how-to: Mac: Key Remapping, Keybinding Tools
Windows how-to: Useful AutoHotkey Scripts
Switching Browser Tabs, Close Tab
Often, you have 10 tabs open in a browser. The hotkey to switch to previous/next tab varies depending on browser. For example, for Next Tab, there's:
They all require multiple keys. Using a mouse is more cumbersome, because you have to take a second to aim at the right tab.
It would be very convenient to set F11F12 for prev/next tab. Pressing one of these key can quickly fly you thru all your tabs.
By default, the key to close tab is Ctrl+w.
Create a hotkey for closing the current tab. Depending on your keyboard, it can be Pause or F13.
(usually, in most browsers, you can press Ctrl+Shift+t to reopen. In Safari, it's undo Ctrl+z)
Linux how-to: Linux: Add Keyboard Shortcut to Switch App
Mac how-to: Mac: Key Remapping, Keybinding Tools
Microsoft Windows how-to: Useful AutoHotkey Scripts
Switching Virtual Desktop
On Mac, Linux, Windows 10, you have virtual screen called “workspace”. Typically, Linuxes lets you switch by Ctrl+Alt+→ , or Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2. That's 2 or 3 combo-keys requiring both hands.
If you use Virtual Desktop heavily, then F9F10 are perfect keys for it.
For Linux, just go to the control panel, then windows manager preference. See: Linux: Keyboard Software Guide
For Mac OS X, you can set in control panel too.
Keyboard with Bad Function Keys
Avoid Continuous-Row Function Keys
Avoid Function Keys as Special Buttons
If the function keys is not easy to press, then, it's not good to put frequently used commands to them.
Function Key vs Key Combination, Which is Healthier, Which is Faster?
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What is browser cache?
In order to speed up web browsing, web browsers are designed to download web pages and store them locally on your computer's hard drive in an area called 'cache'. Browser cache (also know as Internet cache) contains records of every item you have viewed or downloaded while Internet surfing. So when you visit the same page for a second time, the browser speeds up display time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again.
How To Set F5 Key For Refresh Mac Screen
Although storing Internet cache makes web browser faster as it usually takes your computer less time to display a web page when it can open page's elements or even the entire page from your local Temporary Internet Files folder, You sometimes want to overrule the Internet cache, for Example to see changes you made to a webpage you just uploaded. On Refreshyourcache you can find tutorials on how to refresh the cache from your browser.
How To Make F5 Refresh
Clearing Cache Memory
Windows 10 F5 Key Refresh
To ensure you see the latest version of a site you need to clear the cache memory. This is done by doing a force refresh by pressing both control and F5 buttons simultaneously on your keyboard (depending on your browser). Most times a simple force cache refresh won't work and you need to clear the cache by hand. On this site you can find step by step guides for Chrome, Firefox 3, Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6, Safari and more on how to refresh your cache.
Force Refresh
Someone just told you to “force reload” your browser to fix something. Depending on your operating system all you need to do is the following key combination: Windows: ctrl + F5 Mac/Apple: Apple + R or command + R Linux: F5
Cache and Privacy
How To Set F5 Key For Refresh Macbook Pro
Internet cache can threat to your privacy as everyone who has access to your computer can see some personal information by simply opening the cache folder. Also when the cache fills up, performance can slow down and your hard drive may run out of space.
Internet Service Provider Cache
In the same way that your web browser has a cache of recent web pages, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) may be doing some caching on your behalf.
In some (rare) cases, even though you are using shift-refresh to get new data from a webpage, the pages still seem to be old. This may be because your Internet Service Provider also has a cache and their cache may not be set up quite right, and they are not downloading the latest web pages.
Refresh Screen F5
When you encounter this problem you will have to communicatie with your ISP to fix this problem