Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts

May 13, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Workspaces

* Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right/Up/Down arrow – move to the workspace in the given direction
* Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/Right arrow – move the current window to the workspace in the given direction
* Super + E – “expo” effect, shows all workspaces (move windows with left mouse button, zoom to a workspace with right mouse button)

Window Management

* Super + W – “scale” effect, shows all windows in current workspace (left click selects window, middle click closes window, right click zooms window)
* Super + A – “scale” effect, shows all windows
* Alt + F10 – toggle maximize current window
* Alt + F9 – minimize current window
* Ctrl + Alt + D – toggle show desktop
* Alt + Middle mouse button – resize window
* Alt + Left mouse button – move window
* Alt + Right mouse button – window menu
* Alt + F7 – move current window (without holding down mouse button)
* Alt + F8 – resize current window (without holding down mouse button)
* Alt + Tab – switch windows on current workspace
* Ctrl + Alt + Tab – switch windows on all workspaces

Accessibility

* Super + Mouse wheel scroll – zoom screen
* Super + Middle mouse button – draw rectangle to zoom to
* Super + N – invert colours of current window
* Super + M – invert colours of screen (Compiz is configured for this shortcut, but the messaging indicator seems to have taken it over so it doesn’t work)

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