Projects/Usability/HIG/Keyboard Shortcuts

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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.

    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 may 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 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
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    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