Use These 22 Keyboard Shortcuts
Twitter’s keyboard shortcuts got an update during Twitter’s design overhaul on Dec 8 (2011). In the image above, you’ll see the new key strokes. Below is a quick how-to guide to clear up any immediate confusion.
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






