OMG I NEED THIS!

It never ceases to amaze me that even many Veteran* Second Lifers don’t take advantage of the cool keyboard shortcuts.

Please don’t tell me you are still using the drop-down menus for everything, or are using the (gasp) on-screen camera control, or a laptop touchpad!  Trust me, keyboard+scroll mouse is 100 times better (Kristolynn agrees, so it must be so).

Surely you know the basics:  CTRL-I (Inventory), CTRL-F (Find/Search)… but do you know how to check your frames per second, or to take a quick snapshot? Can you undo your last object edit with the press of 2 keys?

So, without further ado, here are some very useful links to check out.  Find one that looks like your speed, print it out, and superglue to your left retina:

For the Noobs or the Lazy:

• The Official SL Basic Keyboard Shortcuts :  http://tinyurl.com/2c2pbh
• SL QuickStart Guide:  http://tinyurl.com/6zpq8q
• Another Basic Keyboard Cheat Sheet:  http://tinyurl.com/68m46v

For the Adventuresome Avatar:

• More Keyboard Shortcuts:  http://snipr.com/sug9d
• Another moderate-length list:  http://snipr.com/suglc

For those Without a RL:

• “All” the Offiical SL Shortcuts:  http://tinyurl.com/yz4op5n
• Alternative SL input & Accessibility:  http://tinyurl.com/yjp74a2
• Nice one-page printable Shorctut List:  http://snipr.com/suh0s (Windoze & MAC!)
  

What are YOUR favorite shortcuts? I use these every day:

CTRL-SHIFT-H (Teleport Home….  aka Quick Escape)
CTRL-SHIFT-Y (Set to Midday… begone, evil Night)
CTRL-SHIFT-1 (Yes, I’m OCD about FPS)
CTRL-ALT-T (Toggle Transparent on/off… OMG, what are you hiding under your kilt?)

If you know a cool shortcut not on these lists, share it with us here!

Technical Note: These shortcuts should work in regular SL clients. Alternate (non-LL) viewers or pre-release LL viewers may have slight discrepancies. Gee, did ya think I tested them all? I have other duties.  Now where did I misplace Ener’s laundry? Hope she doesn’t count her unmentionables  ;p

* Veteran? What constitutes a SL veteran?  Hmmm… if you know about “Advanced Sky”, have started a group, and have learned how to escape a griefer cage, you’re pretty much there.  If you are a LL scripter or have more than 15K inventory items, you are hopelessly addicted… just like me!