Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts 

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7 years ago 13 Dec 2017 Wednesday 2:41 PM (UTC)
- Shortcuts

The most well-known Linux distro provides some powerful keyboard shortcuts for faster control without mouse.

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Ctrl + A

Select all text

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected text/object

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Ctrl + S

Save the current document

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Ctrl + Z

Undo the last change you made

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Ctrl + V

Paste/insert the selected text/object

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Ctrl + X

Cut the selected text/object

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Ctrl + N

Open a new document or window

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Ctrl + O

Open another document

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Ctrl + P

Print the current document

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Ctrl + I

Make the selected text italic

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Ctrl + B

Make the selected text bold

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Ctrl + U

Underline the selected text

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Ctrl + H

Display hidden files in file manager

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Z

Redo a change that you just undid

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Alt + F4

Close the window

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Ctrl + Alt + T

Open terminal

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Alt +

Move focused window

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Ctrl + Alt +

Unfolds your workspace cube allowing you to see more than one of your workspaces at once, using the left and right cursor keys with this active will allow you to select the workspace you wish to use

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Ctrl + Alt +

Enables an ‘expose’ like feature that presents you with all the windows you currently have open, allowing you to select the one you wish to give focus to

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Alt + F1

Open Applications menu

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Alt + F8

Resize current window

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Alt + F9

Minimize current window

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Alt + F2

Run an application by typing its name

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Alt + F7

Move current window

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Alt + Space

Bring up window menu with with ‘Always on Top’ and ‘Minimize’ and ‘Maximize’ and above commands

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Print Screen

Take a screenshot of whole screen

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Alt + F5

Return window to "normal" or previous size

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Alt + F10

Maximize current window

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Alt +

Show window menu

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Alt + Tab

Switch between open windows

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Ctrl + Alt + -

(numeric keypad)  Rotate backwards through supported screen resolutions

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Alt +

Resize focused window

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Alt + Print Screen

Take a screenshot of the current windows

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Ctrl + Alt + +

(numeric keypad) Rotate through supported screen resolutions

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Ctrl + Alt + Del

Restart the computer immediately, without saving open files

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Ctrl + Alt +   

Quickly switch between Workspaces

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Ctrl + Alt +   

Spins the ‘cube’ that your workspaces reside on, allowing you to select the workspace you wish to use

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Ctrl + Alt + Tab

Switch between currently-open windows in all Workspaces

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Ctrl + Alt + Tab

Switch between currently-open windows across all workspaces.

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↑  Shift + Print Screen

Take a screenshot of a selected rectangle on the screen

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Super + M

Display music files

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Super + T

Open Trash can

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Super + W

Enables the ‘scale’ effect, it shows all windows from the current workspace

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Super + M

Invert colours for the whole screen

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Super + A

Display recently used and installed applications

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Super + F

Display files and folders

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Super + L

Lock the PC

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Super + A

Enables the ‘scale’ effect, it shows all windows from all workspaces

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Super + N

Invert colours of the focused window

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Super + V

Display media files

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Super + S

Zoom out, show workspace switcher

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Ctrl + Super + D

Minimize everything to show desktop

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Super +

Zooms in on the screen

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Super +

Select a region to zoom into, using a rectangle.

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Ctrl + Super + D

Toggles ‘Show Desktop’

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Note: Windows key is called "Super" in Ubuntu world.
You can configure your own keyboard shortcuts by pressing Super and writing keyboard. Select Shortcuts tab and find the command you want to edit.
Shortcuts below may not work on every machine but they're quite common.
Shortcuts below may behave different depending on the application, but works on most applications.

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Program information

Program name: Ubuntu Ubuntu (General)

Ubuntu is a open source operating system for computers. It is usually used on personal computers but also popular in network servers, which runs Ubuntu Server variant. As a Linux distribution, it uses Debian architecture.

Web page: ubuntu.com

Last update: 7/6/2023 1:18 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 74%

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Updated: Updated program information. (2 updates.) 3/4/2021 12:32:57 PM Updated program information.
7/6/2023 1:18:34 PM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 55

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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