Ctrl+/

Updated: 12/10/2023 by Computer Hope
Ctrl+/ or Ctrl and forward slash keyboard shortcut

The Ctrl+/ keyboard shortcut is most commonly used to display the help and available shortcuts in Google Sheets. Below are other programs that use this keyboard shortcut and related information.

How to use the Ctrl+/ keyboard shortcut

To use this keyboard shortcut, press and hold either Ctrl key, and while continuing to hold, press the / key.

Ctrl+/ in Adobe Photoshop

In Adobe photoshop, pressing Ctrl+/ locks and unlocks a layer.

Ctrl+/ in Google Docs

Pressing Ctrl+/ in Google Docs displays the help menu containing keyboard shortcuts.

Ctrl+/ in Google Sheets

In Google Sheets, pressing Ctrl+/ displays the help menu containing keyboard shortcuts.

Ctrl+/ in Microsoft Excel

Pressing Ctrl+/ selects the array containing the active cell in a multi-cell array formula.

Note

If there are no related arrays, Excel returns the message "No cells were found."

Ctrl+/ in Microsoft FrontPage

Pressing Ctrl+/ turns on and off the display of HTML (hypertext markup language) tags.

Below are links to related keyboard shortcuts and individual key pages.

Forward slash, Keyboard shortcut, Keyboard terms