Something Old or Something New?
I don’t remember which key I pressed in error, but one day while I was browsing my news feed, Facebook informed me I could use that key as a shortcut.
A quick search revealed several shortcuts. I printed out the information and scooted over to Twitter.
Tada! Twitter has shortcuts too — and many are the same as Facebook’s.
Since Meta owns both Facebook and Instagram, my educated guess is that Instagram probably reacts to the same keystrokes. I can’t confirm my guess, though (no Instagram account). Do they? Don’t they? Maybe someone could leave a comment and let us know?
Without Further Ado …
The following sections provide all keyboard shortcuts that were active as I wrote this post. For best viewing on cellphones, the shortcuts are arranged in a single column.
Facebook Global Shortcuts
/ = Search Facebook
? = Show shortcuts
Facebook News Feed Shortcuts
c = Leave a comment
Enter = See more
j = Jump to the next post
k = Back to previous post
l = Like or unlike a post
o = Open attachment of post
p = Create a post
q = Search Messenger contacts
s = Share a post
Facebook Photo Albums Shortcuts
f = Enter or exit full screen
j = Previous photo (Would make more sense as next photo.)
k = Next photo (Would make more sense as previous photo.)
l = Like photo
The Writer’s Lexicon series
and additional resources on my Facebook page.
Twitter Navigation Shortcuts
? = Shortcut help
j = Next tweet
k = Previous tweet
space = Page down
. = Load new tweets
g + h = Home
g + e = Explore
g + n = Notifications
g + r = Mentions
g + p = Profile
g + l = Likes
g + i = Lists
g + m = Direct messages
g + c = Moment Maker
g + s = Settings
g + b = Bookmarks
g + u = Go to user
g + d = Display settings
Twitter Actions Shortcuts
n = New tweet
Ctrl + Enter = Send tweet
m = New Direct Message
/ = Search
l = Like
r = Reply
t = Retweet
s = Share tweet
b = Bookmark
u = Mute account
x = Block account
Enter = Open tweet details
o = Expand photo
i = Open/close messages dock
Twitter Media Shortcuts
k = Pause/play selected video
space = Pause/play selected video
m = Mute selected video
a + d = Go to audio dock
a + space = Play/pause audio dock
a + m = Mute/unmute audio dock
The Writer’s Lexicon series
and additional resources on my Facebook page.
G+m should be d+m
I just double-checked, Chirag, and the Twitter-recommended shortcut for direct messages is g + m — although d + m gets works as well. Each shortcut accesses a different area of the direct messaging system.
Thanks for providing another option!
This site lists the top social media platform keyboard shortcuts: https://buffer.com/library/social-media-keyboard-shortcuts/
Hope that helps.
Olga
Thanks for stopping by, Olga, and for sharing the link. I’m sure the page will prove helpful to anyone who’s looking for ways to save a few seconds here and there.
Stay safe!
You’re all most welcome. :).
Olga
This is so helpful, Kathy! I had no idea there were all these shortcuts! I’m bookmarking this one!
It’s a shock to have Facebook do something useful, right? I’m finding these shortcuts invaluable whenever I use Google Chrome, which a few months ago wrecked the functionality of movement keys such as PgUp, PgDn, cursor keys, etc.
Thanks for stopping by, Anne, and stay safe!