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    Keyboard shortcuts help users perform common actions quickly through the keyboard instead of accessing the functionality in the UI with a mouse.  
    Keyboard shortcuts help users perform common actions quickly through the keyboard instead of accessing the functionality in the UI with a mouse.  


    === Global Keyboard Shortcuts ===
    === Global Keyboard Shortcuts ===


    {| border="1" cellpadding="5"
    {| cellpadding="5" border="1"
    |- style="height:40px"  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    ! width="200" | Action !! width="50" | Key !! width="50" | Altern. !! width="250" | Comment
    ! width="200" | Action  
    |- style="height:40px"  
    ! width="50" | Key  
    | colspan="4" | File Menu  
    ! width="50" | Altern.  
    |- style="height:40px"  
    ! width="250" | Comment
    | New || Ctrl+N || || Create a new document
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"  
    | colspan="4" | File Menu
    | Open || Ctrl+O || || Open a document  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"  
    | New  
    | Save || Ctrl+S || || Save the current document
    | Ctrl+N  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | <br>
    | Save As || Ctrl+Shift+S || ||Save the current document
    | Create a new document
    |- style="height:40px"  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Reload || F5 || || Reload the current document/view
    | Open  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+O  
    | Print || Ctrl+P || || Print the current document
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Open a document
    | Close || Ctrl+W || || Close the current document
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Save  
    | Quit || Ctrl+Q || || Quit the application  
    | Ctrl+S  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | <br>
    | colspan="4" | Edit menu  
    | Save the current document
    |- style="height:40px"  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Undo || Ctrl+Z || || Undo the last operation  
    | Save As  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Shift+S  
    | Redo || Ctrl+Y || Shift+Ctrl+Z || Redo the last undone operation  
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Save the current document
    | Cut || Ctrl+X || Shift+Delete || Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Reload  
    | Copy || Ctrl+C || Ctrl+Insert || Copy the selected area into the clipboard
    | F5  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | <br>
    | Paste || Ctrl+V || Shift+Insert || Paste contents of clipboard at mouse/cursor position
    | Reload the current document/view
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Select All || Ctrl+A || || Select everything in the contents area  
    | Print  
    |- style="height:40px"  
    | Ctrl+P  
    | Deselect || Ctrl+Shift+A || || Deselect everything in the contents area
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"  
    | Print the current document
    | Find || Ctrl+F || || Find
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"  
    | Close  
    | Find Next || F3 || || Find the next match
    | Ctrl+W  
    |- style="height:40px"  
    | <br>
    | Find Previous || Shift+F3 || || Find previous match
    | Close the current document. If there is only one document open, this shortcut '''will not''' Close the window or Quit the application.
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Replace || Ctrl+R || || Find and replace matches
    | Quit  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Q  
    | Delete word forward || Ctrl+Delete || || Delete word from current cursor location to the end.
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Quit the application
    | Delete word backward || Ctrl+Backspace || || Delete word from beginning to current cursor location.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | colspan="4" | Edit menu
    | Go to line... || Ctrl+G || || Move cursor to the corresponding line.  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Undo  
    | colspan="4" | View Menu  
    | Ctrl+Z  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | <br>
    | Full Screen Mode || Ctrl+Shift+F || || Toggle full screen mode
    | Undo the last operation
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Redo  
    | Ctrl+Y  
    | Shift+Ctrl+Z  
    | Redo the last undone operation
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Cut  
    | Ctrl+X  
    | Shift+Delete  
    | Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Copy  
    | Ctrl+C  
    | Ctrl+Insert  
    | Copy the selected area into the clipboard
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Paste  
    | Ctrl+V  
    | Shift+Insert  
    | Paste contents of clipboard at mouse/cursor position
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Select All  
    | Ctrl+A  
    | <br>
    | Select everything in the contents area
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Deselect  
    | Ctrl+Shift+A  
    | <br>
    | Deselect everything in the contents area
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Find  
    | Ctrl+F  
    | <br>
    | Find
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Find Next  
    | F3  
    | <br>
    | Find the next match
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Find Previous  
    | Shift+F3  
    | <br>
    | Find previous match
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Replace  
    | Ctrl+R  
    | <br>
    | Find and replace matches
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Delete word forward  
    | Ctrl+Delete  
    | <br>
    | Delete word from current cursor location to the end.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Delete word backward  
    | Ctrl+Backspace  
    | <br>
    | Delete word from beginning to current cursor location.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Go to line...  
    | Ctrl+G  
    | <br>
    | Move cursor to the corresponding line.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="4" | View Menu
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Full Screen Mode  
    | F11<br>
    | Ctrl+Shift+F <br>
    | Toggle full screen mode
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="4" | Zoom menu
    | colspan="4" | Zoom menu
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Zoom In || Ctrl++ || Ctrl+= || Zoom in to the document (magnify)
    | Zoom In  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl++  
    | Zoom Out |Ctrl+- || || Zoom out of the document
    | Ctrl+=  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Zoom in to the document (magnify)
    | Zoom to 100% || Ctrl+0 ||
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Zoom Out  
    | Ctrl+-  
    | <br>
    | Zoom out of the document
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Zoom to 100%  
    | Ctrl+0  
    | <br>
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="4" | Bookmarks menu
    | colspan="4" | Bookmarks menu
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Add Bookmark || Ctrl+B || || Add a bookmark for the current location
    | Add Bookmark  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+B  
    | colspan="4" | Help menu
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Add a bookmark for the current location
    | Help || F1 || || Obtain help and documentation for the application
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | colspan="4" | Help menu
    | What's This || Shift+F1 || || Obtain a short help for the currently visible interface elements.  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Help  
    | F1  
    | <br>
    | Obtain help and documentation for the application
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | What's This  
    | Shift+F1  
    | <br>
    | Obtain a short help for the currently visible interface elements.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="4" | Navigation
    | colspan="4" | Navigation
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Focus to Menu || F10 || || Focus the menu bar.
    | Focus to Menu  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | F10  
    | Show Context Menu || Ctrl+F10 || Menu || Show the context menu.
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Focus the menu bar.
    | Toggle Menu bar || Ctrl+M || || Toggle the appearance of the menu bar.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Show Context Menu  
    | Page Down || Space || PageDown || Scroll down one Screen, displaying the next page if the application normally displays a page at a time.
    | Ctrl+F10  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Menu  
    | Page Up || Shift+space || PageUp || Scroll up one Screen, displaying the previous page if the application normally displays a page at a time.
    | Show the context menu.
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Forward || Alt+Right || || Go to next page.
    | Toggle Menu bar  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+M  
    | Back || Alt+Left || || Go to previous page.
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Toggle the appearance of the menu bar.
    | Next Tab || Ctrl+PageUp || || Activate the next Tab.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Page Down  
    | Previous Tab || Ctrl+PageDown || || Activate the previous Tab.
    | Space  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | PageDown  
    | 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.
    | Scroll down one Screen, displaying the next page if the application normally displays a page at a time.
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Resize Split Pane || F8 || || Switches focus from one split pane to another to resize them via the arrow keys.  
    | Page Up  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Shift+space  
    | colspan="4" | Text Navigation  
    | PageUp  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Scroll up one Screen, displaying the previous page if the application normally displays a page at a time.
    | Beginning of line || Home || || Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Forward  
    | End of line || End || || Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
    | Alt+Right  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | <br>
    | End || Ctrl+End ||
    | Go to next page.
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Forward Word || Ctrl+Right || || Move cursor to the beginning of the next word.
    | Back  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Alt+Left  
    | Backward Word || Ctrl+Left || || Move cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Go to previous page.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Next Tab  
    | Ctrl+PageUp  
    | <br>
    | Activate the next Tab.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Previous Tab  
    | Ctrl+PageDown  
    | <br>
    | Activate the previous Tab.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Next Major Panel  
    | F6  
    | <br>
    | 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.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Resize Split Pane  
    | F8  
    | <br>
    | Switches focus from one split pane to another to resize them via the arrow keys.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="4" | Text Navigation
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Beginning of line  
    | Home  
    | <br>
    | Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | End of line  
    | End  
    | <br>
    | Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | End  
    | Ctrl+End  
    | <br>
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Forward Word  
    | Ctrl+Right  
    | <br>
    | Move cursor to the beginning of the next word.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Backward Word  
    | Ctrl+Left  
    | <br>
    | Move cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="4" | Text Completion
    | colspan="4" | Text Completion
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Substring completion || Ctrl+T || || Toggle substring completion.
    | Substring completion  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+T  
    | Text Completion || Ctrl+E || || Toggle text completion.
    | <br>
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Toggle substring completion.
    | Next item in list || Down || || Select the next item in the completion list.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Text Completion  
    | Previous item in list || Up || || Select the previous item in the completion list.
    | Ctrl+E  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | <br>
    | Next completion match || Ctrl+Down || || Select the next completion match.
    | Toggle text completion.
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Previous completion match || Ctrl+Up || || Select the previous completion match.  
    | Next item in list  
    | Down  
    | <br>
    | Select the next item in the completion list.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Previous item in list  
    | Up  
    | <br>
    | Select the previous item in the completion list.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Next completion match  
    | Ctrl+Down  
    | <br>
    | Select the next completion match.
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Previous completion match  
    | Ctrl+Up  
    | <br>
    | Select the previous completion match.
    |}
    |}


    <p>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). </p>
    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 ===
    === Standard System Shortcuts ===


    {| border="1" cellpadding="5"
    {| cellpadding="5" border="1"
    |- style="height:40px"  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    ! width="50" | Key !! width="250" | Comment
    ! width="50" | Key  
    |- style="height:40px"
    ! width="250" | Comment
    | colspan="2" | Navigation  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | colspan="2" | Navigation
    | Alt+Tab || Walk through windows
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Alt+Tab  
    | Alt+Shift+Tab || Walk through windows (reverse)
    | Walk through windows
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Tab || Focus to next widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields).
    | Alt+Shift+Tab  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Walk through windows (reverse)
    | Ctrl+Shift+Tab || Focus to previous widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields).
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Tab  
    | Ctrl+F1 – F4 || Switch to desktop 1 to 4
    | Focus to next widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields).
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+Tab || Switch focus between panel and desktop
    | Ctrl+Shift+Tab  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Focus to previous widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields).
    | Ctrl+Alt+Right || Switch to next desktop
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+F1 – F4  
    | Ctrl+Alt+Left || Switch to previous desktop
    | Switch to desktop 1 to 4
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab || Switch focus between panel and desktop (reverse)  
    | Ctrl+Alt+Tab  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Switch focus between panel and desktop
    | colspan="2" | Windows  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Alt+Right  
    | Alt+F3 || Window operations menu
    | Switch to next desktop
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Alt+F4 || Close Window
    | Ctrl+Alt+Left  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Switch to previous desktop
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab  
    | Switch focus between panel and desktop (reverse)
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="2" | Windows
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Alt+F3  
    | Window operations menu
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Alt+F4  
    | Close Window
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="2" | Miscellaneous
    | colspan="2" | Miscellaneous
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Alt+F12 || Mouse Emulation
    | Alt+F12  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Mouse Emulation
    | Ctrl+Alt+Escape || Kill window
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Alt+Escape  
    | Alt+Print || Window screenshot
    | Kill window
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Print || Desktop screenshot
    | Alt+Print  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Window screenshot
    | colspan="2" | Panel  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Print  
    | Alt+F1 || Popup launch menu  
    | Desktop screenshot
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+D || Toggle showing (empty) desktop
    | colspan="2" | Panel
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="2" | Desktop  
    | Alt+F1  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Popup launch menu
    | Alt+F2 || Run command
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Alt+D  
    | Ctrl+Escape || Show taskmanager  
    | Toggle showing (empty) desktop
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Alt+F5 || Show windowlist  
    | colspan="2" | Desktop
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Alt+Ctrl+L || Lock session  
    | Alt+F2  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Run command
    | colspan="2" | Clipboard  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Ctrl+Escape  
    | Ctrl+Alt+V || Show Klipper popup menu
    | Show taskmanager
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+R || Manually invoke action on current clipboard
    | Alt+F5  
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Show windowlist
    | Ctrl+Alt+X || Enable/disable clipboard actions  
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    |- style="height:40px"
    | Alt+Ctrl+L  
    | colspan="2" || Keyboard
    | Lock session
    |- style="height:40px"
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+K || Switch to next keyboard layout  
    | colspan="2" | Clipboard
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+V  
    | Show Klipper popup menu
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+R  
    | Manually invoke action on current clipboard
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+Alt+X  
    | Enable/disable clipboard actions
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | colspan="2"  
    | Keyboard
    |- style="height: 40px;"
    | Ctrl+K  
    | Switch to next keyboard layout
    |}
    |}


    === Implementation Notes ===
    === Implementation Notes ===


    Keyboard accelerators - classes helping to establish consistent key bindings throughout the desktop.
    Keyboard accelerators - classes helping to establish consistent key bindings throughout the desktop.  
    * [http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKAccel.html KAccel] - collection of keyboard shortcuts.
     
    * [http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKStdAccel.html KStdAccel] - easy access to the common keyboard shortcut keys.
    *[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKAccel.html KAccel] - collection of keyboard shortcuts.  
    * [http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKGlobalAccel.html KGlobalAccel] - collection of system-wide keyboard shortcuts
    *[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKStdAccel.html KStdAccel] - easy access to the common keyboard shortcut keys.  
    *[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKGlobalAccel.html KGlobalAccel] - collection of system-wide keyboard shortcuts

    Revision as of 18:49, 3 June 2009

    Keyboard shortcuts help users perform common actions quickly through the keyboard instead of accessing the functionality in the UI with a mouse.

    Global Keyboard Shortcuts

    Action Key Altern. 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. If there is only one document open, this shortcut will not Close the window or Quit the application.
    Quit Ctrl+Q
    Quit the application
    Edit menu
    Undo Ctrl+Z
    Undo the last operation
    Redo Ctrl+Y Shift+Ctrl+Z Redo the last undone operation
    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 F11
    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 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
    colspan="2" Keyboard
    Ctrl+K Switch to next keyboard layout

    Implementation Notes

    Keyboard accelerators - classes helping to establish consistent key bindings throughout the desktop.

    • KAccel - collection of keyboard shortcuts.
    • KStdAccel - easy access to the common keyboard shortcut keys.
    • KGlobalAccel - collection of system-wide keyboard shortcuts