(Ubuntu 11.04) Unity Shortcuts
Super (Win key) - This open the activities menu (Launcher)
Super + D - Minimize all windows; hitting it again restores them
Super + F - Opens Files & Folders menu
Supert + T - Opens the Trash folder
Super + A - Brings up the applications menu and allows you to perform search
Super + F1 - Focuses on the special Launcher, use arrow keys to navigate and press enter to select
Alt + F1 - Focus on the left side menu launcher (arrow keys and enter to start an application)
Super + W - Expo mode, zoom out on all windows in all workspace and lets you to move them
Shift + Alt + Up - Expo mode for all windows in the current workspace only
Control + Alt + Left/Right/Up/Down - Change to a new workspace
Super+S - Expo mode, zooms out on all the workspaces and let’s you manage windows
Escape key often exits the current menu Contrl + W = sometimes closes a window (or a tab in a browser)
Window Shortcuts (used in any environment as well in Unity)
Alt + Tab - Switches between currently open windows
Alt + F4 - Closes window
Alt + F10 - Maximises current window
Alt + F9 - Minimises current window
Alt + F5 - Returns window to ‘normal’ or previous size
Alt+F7 - Moves the current window (can be moved with mouse or keyboard)
Alt+F8 - Resizes current window (again,can be moved with mouse or keyboard)
Alt+Space - Brings up window menu with various options as minimize, maximize, move…etc
Control + alt + T = terminal Alt + F2 Run an application by typing its name in the box which appears Prt Sc (Print Screen) Take a screenshot of the whole screen Alt + Prt Sc Take a screenshot of the current window Alt+Ctrl+Del - Restart the system Alt+Ctrl+L - Lock the screen
Control + L = from desktop you can get a popup to open a specific folder
Terminal Shortcuts (Ctrl + Alt + T)
Ctrl + A - Move cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl + E - Move cursor to end of line
Ctrl + C - kills the current process
Ctrl + Z - sends the current process to the background
Ctrl + D - logs you out
Ctrl + R - finds the last command matching the entered letters
Enter a letter, followed by Tab + Tab - lists the available commands beginning with those letters
Ctrl + U - deletes the current line
Ctrl + K - deletes the command from the cursor right
Ctrl + W - deletes the word before the cursor
Ctrl + L - clears the terminal output
Shift + Ctrl + C - copy the highlighted command to the clipboard
Shift + Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) - pastes the contents of the clipboard
Alt + F - moves forward one word
Alt + B - moves backward one word
Arrow Up/Down - browse command history
Shift + PageUp / PageDown - Scroll terminal output
COMMON APP SHORTCUTS Ctrl + C - Copy the selected text/object Ctrl + X - Cut the selected text/object Ctrl + V - Paste/insert the selected text/object Ctrl + A - Select all text Ctrl + B - Make the selected text bold Ctrl + I - Make the selected text italic Ctrl + U - Underline the selected text Ctrl + N - Open a new document or window Ctrl + S - Save the current document Ctrl + O - Open another document Ctrl + P - Print the current document Ctrl + Z - Undo the last change you made Ctrl + Shift + Z - Redo a change that you just undid Ctrl + Q - Quit the current application