Open a new window keyboard shortcut in 13 apps
Open a new window has a documented keyboard shortcut in 13 apps here, among them Asana, ChromeOS, File Explorer, Google Chrome. The most common keys are Ctrl + N on Windows and Cmd + N on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asana | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Cmd + N | Open a new window |
| ChromeOS | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Not documented | Open a new browser window |
| File Explorer | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Not documented | Open a new File Explorer window |
| Google Chrome | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Not documented | New window |
| macOS | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + N | New Finder window |
| Mattermost | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Cmd + N | Open a new window for this server |
| Microsoft Edge | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Cmd + N | Open a browser window |
| Mozilla Firefox | Windows Ctrl + N | Mac Not documented | New window |
| Notion | Windows Ctrl + Shift + N | Mac Cmd + Shift + N | Open another Notion window |
| Safari | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + N | Open a browser window |
| Todoist | Windows Shift + Ctrl + N | Mac Shift + Cmd + N | Open the current view in a new window |
| Windows Terminal | Windows Ctrl + Shift + N | Mac Not documented | Open a new window |
| Zed | Windows Ctrl + Shift + N | Mac Cmd + Shift + N | Open a new window |
What most apps settled on for Open a new window
On Windows, Ctrl + N is the combination in 7 of the 11 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + N in 5 of 8. 4 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
5 apps here publish no Mac key for Open a new window, so those cells are left blank. 2 document it for Mac only. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Open a new window, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Open a new window do nothing
The 13 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since open a new window is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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