Background
I’m always forgetting GNOME & Nautilus keyboard shortcuts so this is a list of some of the more common ones that I’ve used in the past.
Solution
Here’s the lists. I’ve tried to organize the shortcuts first by whether they’re GNOME related or Nautilus. I’ve also tried to break them down into a sub groups based on similar functions, such as, file management, selecting, etc.
GNOME
Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts:
| Alt + F1 | → Open Applications Menu (Pulldown) |
| Alt + F2 | → Run Application Dialog |
| Alt + F9 | → Minimize Active Window |
| Alt + Tab | → Rotate Current Window Focus |
| Ctrl+Alt + D | → minimize all windows |
Virtual Desktop Shortcuts:
| Ctrl+Alt + L Arrow | → Move Virtual Desktop Left |
| Ctrl+Alt + R Arrow | → Move Virtual Desktop Right |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift + L Arrow | → Move Current Application Left |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift + R Arrow | → Move Current Application Right |
Logging Out and Restarting:
| Ctrl+Alt + L | → Lock Screen |
| Ctrl+Alt + Del | → Log Out/Reboot System |
| Ctrl+Alt + Backspace | → Restart Gnome/XWindows (careful) |
Nautilus
File Management:
| Alt + ENTER | → File/Folder Properties |
| Ctrl + H | → Show Hidden Files |
| Shift+Ctrl + N | → Create New Folder |
| F2 | → Rename File |
| Ctrl + 1 | → Toggle View As Icons |
| Ctrl + 2 | → Toggle View As List |
| Shift + Right Arrow | → Open Directory (List View) |
| Shift + Left Arrow | → Close Directory (List View) |
| Shift + Del | → Delete without moving to Trash |
Selecting:
| Ctrl + A | → Select All |
| Ctrl + S | → Select Pattern [enter pattern] |
| hold Ctrl + nav. up/down | → Select non-adjacent files, use space to select multiple files (toggles select/deselect). |
| hold shift + nav. up/down | → Select adjacent files, (PgUp/PgDwn works by pagefulls too) |
Zooming:
| Ctrl++ | → Zoom In |
| Ctrl+- | → Zoom Out |
| Ctrl+0 | → Normal Size |
Navigation:
| Alt + Up Arrow | → Open Parent |
| Alt + Down Arrow | → Open Selected Folder |
| Alt + Left Arrow | → Back |
| Alt + Right Arrow | → Forward |
| Alt + Home | → Home Folder |
| Backspace | → return to parent folder |
| Ctrl + L | → Location Bar in text mode, Esc: switch back to buttons mode |
Opening/Closing:
| Ctrl + W | → Close Nautilus Window |
| Ctrl+Shift + W | → Close All Nautilus Windows |
| Ctrl + R | → Reload Nautilus Window |
| Ctrl + T | → New Tab |
| Opening a Nautilus Window | → System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, select “Launch home directory”, you can assign +e or anything you want… |
Tabs & Sidepane:
| F6 | → switch focus b/w the side pane and the view pane |
| F9 | → Toggle Sidepane |
| Ctrl+Alt + [PgUp or PgDwn] | → Navigate b/w Nautilus tabs |
| Ctrl+ [PgUp or PgDwn] | → Navigate b/w Nautilus tabs |
References
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March 28th, 2012, @ 9:13 am |
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