KDE Plasma Desktop keyboard shortcuts

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2	Ctrl + Q	Quit
7	Ctrl + Esc	System Activity
1	Ctrl + Alt + Esc	Force Quit
6	Alt + Space	Run Command Interface
4	or Alt + F2
3	Alt + F4	Close

؜-1	Ctrl + F10	Present Windows
1	Ctrl + F9	Present Windows on current desktop
4	Ctrl + F7	Present Windows of current application only
7	Ctrl + F12	Show Desktop
3	Ctrl + Alt + A	Activate Window Demanding Attention
3	Alt + Tab	Walk through windows
؜-3	Alt + ↑ Shift + Tab	Walk through windows (Reverse)
؜-1	Alt + F3	Open the Window Operations menu
0	♦ Meta + Alt + ↑	Switch to Window Above
0	♦ Meta + Alt + ↓	Switch to Window Below
0	♦ Meta + Alt + ←	Switch to Window to the Left
0	♦ Meta + Alt + →	Switch to Window to the Right

KDE Plasma Workspaces allows you to zoom in and out and move your entire desktop around, therefore you can zoom in even when the application you are using doesn't support it.
2	♦ Meta + =	Zoom In
3	♦ Meta + -	Zoom Out
0	♦ Meta + 0	Zoom Normal
3	♦ Meta + ↑	Pan Up
0	♦ Meta + ↓	Pan Down
2	♦ Meta + ←	Pan left
0	♦ Meta + →	Pan Right

1	♦ Meta + Q	Manage Activities
1	or Alt + D then Alt + A
0	♦ Meta + Tab	Next Activity
؜-1	♦ Meta + ↑ Shift + Tab	Previous Activity
3	Ctrl + F1	Switch to Desktop 1
0	Ctrl + F2	Switch to Desktop 2
0	Ctrl + F3	Switch to Desktop 3
2	Ctrl + F4	Switch to Desktop 4

1	Alt + D then A	Add Widgets
؜-1	Alt + D then R	Remove this Widget
؜-1	Alt + D then L	Lock/Unlock Widgets
؜-1	Alt + D then S	Widget Settings
7	Ctrl + F12	Show Desktop
0	Alt + D then T	Run the Associated Application
0	Alt + D then Alt + S	Desktop Settings

1	F1	Help
1	↑ Shift + F1	What's This?

1	F5	Refresh
1	Ctrl + A	Select All
1	Ctrl + Z	Undo
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Z	Redo
0	Ctrl + X	Cut
؜-1	Ctrl + C	Copy
0	Ctrl + V	Paste
0	Ctrl + N	New
0	Ctrl + P	Print
1	Ctrl + S	Save
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0	Ctrl + F	Find
0	Ctrl + W	Close Document/Tab

0	Ctrl + Z	Undo
0	Ctrl + X	Cut
0	Ctrl + C	Copy
0	Ctrl + V	Paste
0	Ctrl + A	Select All
0	Ctrl + L	Replace Location
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + A	Invert Selection
0	Alt + ←	Back
0	Alt + →	Forward
0	Alt + ↑	Up (to folder that contains this one)
0	Alt + Home	Home Folder
0	Del	Move to Trash
0	↑ Shift + Del	Delete Permanently

In addition to the standard keys, many computer keyboards and laptops nowadays have special keys or buttons to change the speaker volume, as well as the brightness of your monitor if applicable. If present, you can use these keys in the KDE Plasma Workspaces to perform those tasks.

1	Ctrl + Alt + L	Lock Screen
0	Ctrl + Alt + Del	Leave
؜-1	Ctrl + Alt + ↑ Shift + Del	Logout without confirmation
6	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Page Down	Shut Down without confirmation
؜-1	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Page Up	Reboot without confirmation
Source: docs.kde.org

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