Can you believe Google Drive has been around since 2012, and yet for ten years the search engine giant couldn’t find the time to work and provide support for basic keyboard shortcuts to move files through cloud storage?
As the saying goes, it’s better late than never. Google will finally introduce them next week.
In the future, users will be able to use Control + C, Control + X, and Control + V to copy, cut, and paste content, files, and videos from one folder to another, or move them to multiple tabs. This also applies to the Mac, but you must use it instead of the Control key.
In addition, users’ link to the file and its title can also be captured when copying a file, allowing users to easily paste them into a document or email.
Keyboard shortcuts in Google Drive. Credit: Google
This is not all; users can open files or folders in a new tab using the Control + Enter keys so they can easily view multiple files at once.
Google said full implementation will begin on June 1 for both Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts when using Google Chrome.
This means that users can move keyboard shortcuts to Google Drive only in Chrome.
They will not work in other browsers such as Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari. There’s no reason why the latter two don’t support keyboard shortcuts, but many expect Google to eventually do so sooner or later this year.
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