11/03/2008

Gnome Keyboard Shortcuts

Tired of using your mouse so much? Did you know that Gnome has keyboard shortcuts for just about everything you can do with a mouse? Here's a list of the various shortcuts on both platforms.

General Shortcut Keys

Alt + F1

Opens the Applicantions Menu .

Alt + F2

Displays the Run Application dialog.

Print Screen

Takes a screenshot.

Alt + Print Screen

Takes a screenshot of the window that has focus.

Ctrl + Alt + right arrow

Switches to the workspace to the right of the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + left arrow

Switches to the workspace to the left of the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + up arrow

Switches to the workspace above the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + down arrow

Switches to the workspace below the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + d

Minimizes all windows, and gives focus to the desktop.

F1

Starts the online help browser, and displays appropriate online Help.

Window Shortcut Keys

Alt + Tab

Switches between windows. When you use these shortcut keys, a list of windows that you can select is displayed. Release the keys to select a window.

Alt + Esc

Switches between windows in reverse order. Release the keys to select a window.

F10

Opens the first menu on the left side of the menubar.

Alt + spacebar

Opens the Window Menu .

Arrow keys

Moves the focus between items in a menu.

Return

Chooses a menu item.

Esc

Closes an open menu.

Ctrl + Alt + right arrow

Switches to the workspace to the right of the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + left arrow

Switches to the workspace to the left of the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + up arrow

Switches to the workspace above the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + down arrow

Switches to the workspace below the current workspace.

Ctrl + Alt + d

Minimizes all windows, and gives focus to the desktop.

Panel Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + Alt + Tab

Switches the focus between the panels and the desktop. When you use these shortcut keys, a list of items that you can select is displayed. Release the keys to select an item.

Ctrl + Alt + Esc

Switches the focus between the panels and the desktop. Release the keys to select an item.

Ctrl + F10

Opens the popup menu for the selected panel.

Tab

Switches the focus between objects on a panel.

Return

Chooses the selected panel object or menu item.

Shift + F10

Opens the popup menu for the selected panel object.

Arrow keys

Moves the focus between items in a menu. Moves the focus between interface items in an applet also.

Esc

Closes an open menu.

F10

Opens the Applications menu from the Menu Bar , if the Menu Bar is in a panel.

Application Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys

Command

Ctrl + N

New

Ctrl + X

Cut

Ctrl + C

Copy

Ctrl + V

Paste

Ctrl + Z

Undo

Ctrl + S

Save

Ctrl + Q

Quit

No comments: