Ubuntu Shortcuts

Shortcuts for moving around in ubuntu:

Requiring the least memorization:

• easiest and fastest thing to remember:

  • hold down the window button, it shows you many useful shortcuts

• switch through applications running on your desktop: alt+tab

• switch tabs within terminal, or web browser: ctrl+page up/page down, or use alt+<tab number>

• access the window menu for an application: alt+space

• access application specific menus: alt+F10, or alt + an underlined letter in the menu.

• launch a new application: press window button.

• resize a window:

  • when it is not maximized, type: alt+space, then r
  • use arrows to resize, then press enter
  • a faster way is to use alt+f8
  • if using the mouse, you can hold down alt and the middle mouse wheel to easily resize it.
  • another really fast and easy method is ctrl+window+arrow keys. that is great because it can quickly consume half of the screen on right or left.
  • F11 makes it full screen (not equivalent to maximize in some cases)

• maximize or un-maximize a window: alt+space, then x

• minimize a window: alt+space, then n

• move a window that is not maximized: alt+space, then m, then use arrows to move it, then type enter.

• recover a minimized window: just alt+tab to it.

• access the menus of an application:

  • alt+F10
  • For some apps: hold alt, the menus show with letters underlined to open them.

• open a new tab in terminal: ctrl+shift+t

• open a new tab in browser: ctrl+t

• quit current application: ctrl+q

• cursor to start of line: ctrl+a

• cursor to end of line: ctrl+e

• log out of terminal: ctrl+d

• delete this line: ctrl+u

• move forward one word: ctrl+right, or alt+f

• move backward one word: ctrl+left, or alt+b

• copying text from a browser:

  • click F7 to turn on caret browsing
  • use ctrl+f to find your text, then hit escape
  • hold down shift and move cursor to highlight it all
  • ctrl+c

• follow link from browser: