GTalk Keyboard Shortcuts

For all those GTalk lovers, here are some cool shortcuts you can use while chatting.

  • Ctrl + E – Centralizes the selected text that you typed, or the current line where your cursor is present.
  • Ctrl + R – Justifies the selected message to the right, or to the current line.
  • Ctrl + L – Justifies the message to the left the selected text, or the current line.
  • Tab – Helps specify the area required for each windows opened
  • Alt + F4 – Closes the current GTalk window.
  • Alt + Esc – Minimizes all GTalk windows.
  • Windows + ESC – Opens Google Talk (if it is minimized, or is in the tray)
  • F9 – Automatically open Gmail to send an email to the current contact window that is opened.
  • F11 – Automatically initiates a telephonic call with the contact.
  • F12 – Can be used to cancels a telephonic call.
  • Esc – Closes all current windows
  • Ctrl + Shift + L – Helps switch between numbers, letters, points, roman numbers, capital letters and capitals with roman numbers
  • Ctrl + 1 (KeyPad) – A simple space between the lines.
  • Ctrl + 2 (KeyPad) – A double space between the lines.
  • Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) – A space with 1.5 distance between the lines.
  • Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) – Moves the cursor to the end of the last line.
  • Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) – Moves the cursor to the begin of the last line.
  • Ctrl + F4 – Closes the current GTalk window.