25 Shortcut Keys to Become a Savvy Tweeter

The redesigned Twitter.com is on the rise. However, its users are getting more and more confused as time passes. If you are one of these users, perhaps these 25 tips and tricks will ease your way in using the new Twitter.

Actions for tweets:

Click “f” to favorite a tweet (must have an individual tweet open; test it here)

Click “r” to reply to a tweet (must have an individual tweet open; test it here)

Click “t” to retweet (must have an individual tweet open; test it here)

Click “m” to send a direct message (must have an individual tweet open; test it here)

Click “n” to create a new tweet (can do this on anywhere on Twitter)

Click “Enter” to see tweet details (must use navigation shortcut “j” first to make this one work; test it here)

Click “l” to close all open tweets (open a few tweets using the “Enter” shortcut and then try closing them)

Navigation:

Click “Shift” and “?” for a list of all keyboard shortcuts

Click “j” to go to the next tweet (can do on homepage or your timeline)

Click “k” to go to the previous tweet (can do on homepage or your timeline)

Click the space bar to page down

Click “/” to search

Click / to jump to the search box

Click “.” to load new tweets

Timelines:

Click “g” then “h” to go home

Click “g” then “c” to go to the Connect page

Click “g” then “m” to go to your direct messages

Click “g” then “d” to go to the Discover page

Click “g” then “p” to go to your profile

Click “g” then “f” to go to your favorites

Click “g” then “m” to go to your direct messages

Click “g” then “u” to search for any user’s timeline

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