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KDE Plasma Desktop keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 6/21/2018 on https://defkey.com/kde-plasma-shortcuts

KDE Plasma is desktop environment developed by KDE mainly for Linux
operating systems.

KDE Plasma Desktop has 72 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Working with windows
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Ctrl + Q                Quit
Ctrl + Esc              System Activity
Ctrl + Alt + Esc        Force Quit
Alt + Space             Run Command Interface
Alt + F2                Run Command Interface
Alt + F4                Close


Working with windows: Moving around
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Ctrl + F10              Present Windows
Ctrl + F9               Present Windows on current desktop
Ctrl + F7               Present Windows of current application only
Ctrl + F12              Show Desktop
Ctrl + Alt + A          Activate Window Demanding Attention
Alt + Tab               Walk through windows
Alt + Shift + Tab       Walk through windows (Reverse)
Alt + F3                Open the Window Operations menu
Meta + Alt + Up arrow   Switch to Window Above
Meta + Alt + Down arrow Switch to Window Below
Meta + Alt + Left arrow Switch to Window to the Left
Meta + Alt + Right arrow Switch to Window to the Right


Working with windows: Panning and zooming
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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.

Meta + =                Zoom In
Meta + -                Zoom Out
Meta + 0                Zoom Normal
Meta + Up arrow         Pan Up
Meta + Down arrow       Pan Down
Meta + Left arrow       Pan left
Meta + Right arrow      Pan Right


Working with Activities and Virtual Desktops
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Meta + Q                Manage Activities
Alt + D then Alt + A    Manage Activities
Meta + Tab              Next Activity
Meta + Shift + Tab      Previous Activity
Ctrl + F1               Switch to Desktop 1
Ctrl + F2               Switch to Desktop 2
Ctrl + F3               Switch to Desktop 3
Ctrl + F4               Switch to Desktop 4


Working with desktop
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Alt + D then A          Add Widgets
Alt + D then R          Remove this Widget
Alt + D then L          Lock/Unlock Widgets
Alt + D then S          Widget Settings
Ctrl + F12              Show Desktop
Alt + D then T          Run the Associated Application
Alt + D then Alt + S    Desktop Settings


Help
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F1                      Help
Shift + F1              What's This?


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


Working with files
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Ctrl + Z                Undo
Ctrl + X                Cut
Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + V                Paste
Ctrl + A                Select All
Ctrl + L                Replace Location
Ctrl + Shift + A        Invert Selection
Alt + Left arrow        Back
Alt + Right arrow       Forward
Alt + Up arrow          Up (to folder that contains this one)
Alt + Home              Home Folder
Del                     Move to Trash
Shift + Del             Delete Permanently


Changing Volume and Brightness
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  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.



Leaving your computer
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Ctrl + Alt + L          Lock Screen
Ctrl + Alt + Del        Leave
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Del Logout without confirmation
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Page Down Shut Down without confirmation
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Page Up Reboot without confirmation

Source: docs.kde.org


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