I haven't seen any shortcut for creating "A New Text Document" or any file. Is there any?
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Windows 7 and earlier:Alt+F, W, T works, regardless of whether the file or folder pane has focus.
Windows 8: This doesn't work in any more. Menu, w, t works as long as the file pane has focus.
Windows 10: Menu, w, t works as long as the file pane has focus and no file is selected. Press CONTROL-SPACE to clear the selected files (thanks @RogUE).
Windows 10 2nd Method: Alt+H, W, UP, UP, UP, ENTER. This works in even if a file is selected:
I wrote a script based on the suggestions to use AutoHotkey. If you want to change the .txt file extension, this requires Hide extentions for known file types to be off.
#IfWinActive, ahk_class CabinetWClass
#n:: ;If Windows+N is pressed in Windows Explorer
Send {Alt} ;Menu
Send f ;> File
Send w ;> New
Send t ;select Text Document
Send ^a ;select all
ExitIf you need any help with AutoHotkey, let me know. :)
5The following works under XP (I don't have Windows 7):
- make sure the Files (not Folders) pane has focus (Tab or F6 to get there).
- make sure no file is selected (press CTRL+Space to unselect one file if necessary).
- bring up either the File menu with Alt+F or the context menu with the context menu key or Shift+F10.
- Press W for New, and T for Text Document.
It may be possible with a third party solution (haven't tested it, autokey is famous too), since it's not available in Windows 7's official keyboard shortcuts. You can create a new folder using Ctrl+Shift+N though.
I just tried the following on my Swedish Windows 7 machine and it works good. No need to install third party.
- Open folder
- Press ALT-key to display menubar
- A (Swe. Arkiv, Eng. File)
- N (Swe. Nytt, Eng. New)
- T (Swe. Textdokument, Eng. Textdocument)
Short: ALT, A, N, T
Right click (leave right click mouse button) then press 'W' (leave W) and finally press 'T' works with windows 8.1
I've been using this autohotkey script for ages.
; New text file
#IfWinActive AHK_CLASS #32770 Capslock & f11::
#IfWinActive AHK_CLASS CabinetWClass Capslock & f11:: ; make it work even though a file is previously selected Send {PgUp} ; Force select the first file Send ^{Space} ; Clear the selection Sleep 250 ; Remove delay if not required Send {AppsKey} ; Menu key Send w ; New Send t ; Text Document return
#IfWinActive- Works on file dialogs (save as / open file)
- Works even though a file is selected
- Works even though cursor is positioned off screen
Change "Capslock & f11" to your preferred shortcut.
To understand the syntax above, see below example,
; Syntax - To have the same hotkey subroutine executed by more than one variant, the easiest way is to create a stack of identical hotkeys, each with a different #IfWin directive above it. For example: ;#IfWinActive ahk_class Notepad ;#z:: ;#IfWinActive ahk_class WordPadClass ;#z:: ;MsgBox You pressed Win+Z in either Notepad or WordPad. ;returnHope you find this useful!
Get AutoHotkey.
Then you need create or find a script for shortcut binding. For more, read the AHK tutorial.
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