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2	Alt + Space	Window operations menu
5	Esc	Dismiss/cancel dialog
14	Alt + Tab	Switch to next window
4	↑ Shift + Alt + Tab	Switch to previous window
11	Super + Tab	Next window of current application
3	Alt + F4	Close window
2	Alt + F7	Move window
3	Alt + F8	Resize window
12	Alt + F9	Hide window
11	Alt + F10	Maximize window
-8	Alt + Shift + Page Down	Raise/lower window
6	Alt + F11	Toggle fullscreen
4	Alt + F12	Toggle above
11	Ctrl + Alt + D	Show desktop

3	Alt + F6	Stick window (show in all workspace)
0	Alt + F5	Maximize window horizontally
2	Ctrl + Alt + End	Move window to next workspace
2	Ctrl + Alt + Home	Move window to previous workspace
10	Ctrl + Alt + Num 1	Move window to workspace 1
5	Ctrl + Alt + Num 2	Move window to workspace 2

15	Ctrl + F1	… to F9: Switch to workspace 1-9
13	Ctrl + Alt + ← →	Next/Previous workspace
3	Ctrl + Alt + ↑	Upper workspace
3	Ctrl + Alt + ↓	Bottom workspace
3	Ctrl + Alt + ←	Left workspace
2	Ctrl + Alt + →	Right workspace
2	Ctrl + F1	Go to workspace 1
0	Ctrl + F2	Go to workspace 2
0	Alt + Insert	Add a workspace
1	Alt + Del	Delete last workspace
2	Ctrl + Alt + Del	Lock the screen

-2	Super + F	File manager
1	Super + M	Mail reader
6	Ctrl + Alt + T	Terminal emulator
0	or Super + T
0	Super + W	Web browser
0	Super + 4	LibreOffice Calc
-2	Super + 3	LibreOffice Writer
2	Super + E	Mousepad
1	Super + 1	Parole
1	Super + R	App Finder
0	Alt + F1	Popup applications menu
3	Ctrl + Esc	Whisker menu
2	Print Screen	xfce4-screenshooter -f
4	Alt + Print Screen	xfce4-screenshooter -w
4	Ctrl + Alt + L	Start xflock4
1	or Ctrl + Alt + Del
1	Alt + F2	Start xfrun4
-3	Ctrl + Alt + Esc	Start xkill

0	Super + P	XF86Display xfce4-display-settings --minimal
-1	Super + P	Show context mMenu. xfdesktop --menu
1	Super + P	Lock screen. xflock4
0	Super + P	Start prompt to run command. xfrun4

3		Hover your mouse over the taskbar, then scroll mouse wheel to cycle windows.
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1		Hover your mouse over empty space on desktop, then scroll mouse wheel to cycle workspaces

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Program name: Xfce Xfce (System tools)

Xfce is a desktop environment for Linux. It aims to be fast and visually appealing. Like Gnome, Xfce is based on the GTK toolkit but it is not a Gnome fork. It uses mouse-driven Xfwm window manager.

Web page: xfce.org

Last update: 11/12/2024 12:38 PM UTC

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Updated: Updated program information. (3 updates.) 11/10/2019 8:27:05 AM Updated program information.
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? Guest #Shift + } OP says:

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? Daniel OP says:

With power button set to sleep, i set this new keyboard shortcut to suspend:

xfce4-session-logout --suspend

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? Guest OP says:

There are also nice shortcuts for window arrangements:

SUPER+LEFT - adjust&resize window left half of screen
SUPER+RIGHT - adjust&resize window right half of screen
SUPER+1 - adjust&resize window bottom-left corner on a 2x2 grid
SUPER+3 - adjust&resize window bottom-right corner on a 2x2 grid
SUPER+7 - adjust&resize window top-left corner on a 2x2 grid
SUPER+9 - adjust&resize window top-right corner on a 2x2 grid