---
title: Navigating between Apps - Keyboard Katana
slug: navigating-between-apps-keyboard-katana
published_at: 2024-01-12 21:59:52 +0000
updated_at: 2026-03-04 20:12:50 +0000
summary: 
description: Keyboard Katana is a series of short videos showing tips and tricks for navigating quickly with your keyboard.  #keyboard #keyboardshortcuts #productivity
tags: [cjav_dev, web development tutorials, web development for beginners, keyboard, keyboard shortcuts, hot keys, keyboard shortcut tutorial, navigate with keyboard, mac shortcuts, mac hotkeys, key board, fast navigation, keyboard shorts, keyboard katana]
views: 640
author: CJ Avilla
url: https://www.cjav.dev/videos/navigating-between-apps-keyboard-katana
youtube_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMWugPr2u-U
youtube_id: xMWugPr2u-U
embed_url: https://www.youtube.com/embed/xMWugPr2u-U
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xMWugPr2u-U/hqdefault.jpg
type: video
---

# Navigating between Apps - Keyboard Katana

*Published: January 12, 2024*
*Views: 640*

## Watch

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMWugPr2u-U)

[![Navigating between Apps - Keyboard Katana](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xMWugPr2u-U/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMWugPr2u-U)

## Description

Keyboard Katana is a series of short videos showing tips and tricks for navigating quickly with your keyboard.

#keyboard #keyboardshortcuts #productivity

## Transcript

yo what's up it's Thursday and I've got a million applications open not really a million but I have these and one way that I can move through them is by holding down command and hitting the Tab Key to cycle forwards so if I want to open up descript I can do that or if I want to open up vs code I can do that now what's nice is if I fly past an application I can hold down shift to come back to it that'll crack open Slack now if I want to open a new app I will use command space to open the search light or I'll use raycast with option space and maybe I'll open up sketch here so sketch is for screen grabs and if I again command tab through all these different applications and then I find Sketch I can hold down command Q to quit that application if I've got multiple different Chrome Windows not Chrome tabs but Chrome Windows here instead of clicking between the two I can do command TIY and that will flip between the open windows for the same application sharpen your skills with more Katana keyboard Secrets like follow subscribe all the things so that you can cut through the chaos

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