Projects/Usability/HIG/Keyboard Shortcuts

Standard Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Key Binding		Comment
File menu
New	Ctrl+N		Create a new document
Open	Ctrl+O		Open a document
Save	Ctrl+S		Save the current document
Save As	Ctrl+Shift+S		Save the current document
Reload	F5		Reload the current document/view
Print	Ctrl+P		Print the current document
Close	Ctrl+W		Close the current document
Quit	Ctrl+Q		Quit the application
Edit menu
Undo	Ctrl+Z		Undo the last operation
Redo	Ctrl+Y	Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo the last undone operation
Redo	Shift+Ctrl+Z		Redo last undone operation (alternative)
Cut	Ctrl+X	Shift+Delete	Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard
Copy	Ctrl+C	Ctrl+Insert	Copy the selected area into the clipboard
Paste	Ctrl+V	Shift+Insert	Paste contents of clipboard at mouse/cursor position
Select All	Ctrl+A		Select everything in the contents area
Deselect	Ctrl+Shift+A		Deselect everything in the contents area
Find	Ctrl+F		Find
Find Next	F3		Find the next match
Find Previous	Shift+F3		Find previous match
Replace	Ctrl+R		Find and replace matches
Delete word forward	Ctrl+Delete		Delete word from current cursor location to the end.
Delete word backward	Ctrl+Backspace		Delete word from beginning to current cursor location.
Go to line...	Ctrl+G		Move cursor to the corresponding line.
View Menu
Full Screen Mode	Ctrl+Shift+F		Toggle full screen mode
Zoom menu
Zoom In	Ctrl++	Ctrl+=	Zoom in to the document (magnify)
Zoom Out	Ctrl+-		Zoom out of the document
Zoom to 100%	Ctrl+0
Bookmarks menu
Add Bookmark	Ctrl+B		Add a bookmark for the current location
Help menu
Help	F1		Obtain help and documentation for the application
What's This	Shift+F1		Obtain a short help for the currently visible interface elements.
Navigation
Focus to Menu	F10		Focus the menu bar.
Show Context Menu	Ctrl+F10	Menu	Show the context menu.
Toggle Menu bar	Ctrl+M		Toggle the appearance of the menu bar.
Page Down	Space	PageDown	Scroll down one Screen, displaying the next page if the application normally displays a page at a time.
Page Up	Shift+space	PageUp	Scroll up one Screen, displaying the previous page if the application normally displays a page at a time.
Forward	Alt+Right		Go to next page.
Back	Alt+Left		Go to previous page.
Next Tab	Ctrl+PageUp		Activate the next Tab.
Previous Tab	Ctrl+PageDown		Activate the previous Tab.
Next Major Panel	F6		Switches focus to the next major panel, e.g. sidebar or content panel in a file manager. Useful to get focus from dockers back to the main window when.
Resize Split Pane	F8		Switches focus from one split pane to another to resize them via the arrow keys.
Text Navigation
Beginning of line	Home		Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
End of line	End		Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
End	Ctrl+End
Forward Word	Ctrl+Right		Move cursor to the beginning of the next word.
Backward Word	Ctrl+Left		Move cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
Text Completion
Substring completion	Ctrl+T		Toggle substring completion.
Text Completion	Ctrl+E		Toggle text completion.
Next item in list	Down		Select the next item in the completion list.
Previous item in list	Up		Select the previous item in the completion list.
Next completion match	Ctrl+Down		Select the next completion match.
Previous completion match	Ctrl+Up		Select the previous completion match.

F8 and F6 may still be used differently, if the window has no split panes (F8) or the definition of main panels is not required, e.g. if there are no dockers (F6).

Standard System Shortcuts

Key Binding	Comment
Navigation
Alt+Tab	Walk through windows
Alt+Shift+Tab	Walk through windows (reverse)
Ctrl+Tab	Focus to next widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields).
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Focus to previous widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields).
Ctrl+F1 – F4	Switch to desktop 1 to 4
Ctrl+Alt+Tab	Switch focus between panel and desktop
Ctrl+Alt+Right	Switch to next desktop
Ctrl+Alt+Left	Switch to previous desktop
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab	Switch focus between panel and desktop (reverse)
Windows
Alt+F3	Window operations menu
Alt+F4	Close Window
Miscellaneous
Alt+F12	Mouse Emulation
Ctrl+Alt+Escape	Kill window
Alt+Print	Window screenshot
Ctrl+Print	Desktop screenshot
Panel
Alt+F1	Popup launch menu
Ctrl+Alt+D	Toggle showing (empty) desktop
Desktop
Alt+F2	Run command
Ctrl+Escape	Show taskmanager
Alt+F5	Show windowlist
Alt+Ctrl+L	Lock session
Clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+V	Show Klipper popup menu
Ctrl+Alt+R	Manually invoke action on current clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+X	Enable/disable clipboard actions
Keyboard
Ctrl+K	Switch to next keyboard layout