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No Mouse Necessary
I really love keyboard shortcuts. While a mouse is nice for some applications, often it just gets in the way of speed and productivity. Reaching for the mouse from the keyboard then resetting my fingers just takes precious time. I’ve always looked for a way to circumvent that process with the knowledge that taking the time to learn some critical keyboard shortcuts can, in the end, speed things up considerably. Today, we’ll look at some of the built-in keyboard shortcuts in what is becoming the most popular desktop manager, KDE.
| Alt Key | ||
| Shortcut | Result | |
| Alt-Esc, Ctrl-Esc | Display a list of currently running apps | |
| Alt-Tab, Alt-Shift-Tab | Switch desktop windows | |
| Alt-F2 | Open a single command-line utility | |
| Alt-F3 | Open the control menu of the current window | |
| Alt-F4 | Close the current window | |
| Ctrl Key | ||
| Shortcut | Result | |
| Ctrl-Tab, Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Switch virtual desktops | |
| Ctrl-F[1-8] | Switches to a virtual desktop | |
| Ctrl-Alt-Esc | Kills the current window | |
| Ctrl-W | Close | |
| Ctrl-C | Copy | |
| Ctrl-X | Cut | |
| Ctrl-End | End | |
| Ctrl-F | Find | |
| F1 | Help | |
| Ctrl-Home | Home | |
| Ctrl-Insert | Insert | |
| Ctrl-N | New | |
| Page Down | Next | |
| Ctrl-O | Open | |
| Ctrl-V | Paste | |
| Ctrl-P | ||
| Page Up | Previous | |
| Ctrl-Q | Quit | |
| Ctrl-R | Replace | |
| Ctrl-S | Save | |
| Ctrl-Z | Undo | |
With a list of keyboard shortcuts this long, it’s probably not possible to remember them all. Start with one or two that will be useful to you on a daily basis, and add shortcuts as the need arises. Before you know it, you’ll be living nearly mouse-free on your Linux system - and working much faster.