A guide to Android's 'Messages for web' keyboard shortcuts, which allow you to organize your texts on a computer

A guide to Android's 'Messages for web' keyboard shortcuts, which allow you to organize your texts on a computer

© Westend61/Getty Images Android's Messages for web feature allows you to continue your text conversation on the computer, made easy with some helpful shortcuts. Westend61/Getty Images

Android's "Messages for web" keyboard shortcuts all begin with the Ctrl key.

You can find a summary of the program's shortcuts by pressing Ctrl + Shift + /.

The Messages for web feature lets you send and receive text messages in any web browser, so you can continue conversations on your PC.

Here is the full list of Android Messages for web keyboard shortcuts.

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One of the more recent improvements to Messages - Google's text messaging app for Android - is the ability to take your text messages to a web browser on your PC, sort of like Apple's Continuity feature for iOS. If you use Android's Messages for the web, you'll no doubt appreciate the small but useful library of keyboard shortcuts. 

Here is the complete list of shortcuts, but you can find them anytime by pressing Ctrl + Shift + /. 

Open settings: Ctrl + Alt + X 

Start a new conversation: Ctrl + Alt + C

Move to next conversation: Ctrl + . (period)

Move to previous conversation: Ctrl + , (comma)

Delete the current conversation: Ctrl + Alt + R

Archive the current conversation: Ctrl + Alt + H

Show or hide the emojis: Ctrl + Alt + E

Show or hide the stickers: Ctrl + Alt + S

Show or hide the GIFs: Ctrl + Alt + G

Show or hide "people" details: Ctrl + Alt + O

Put the focus on the conversation list: Ctrl: + Alt + Y

Put the focus on messages in the current c conversation: Ctrl + Alt + U

Put the focus on the message box: Ctrl + Alt  + I

Attach a file: Ctrl + Alt + A

See a summary of the keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl + Shift + /