Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com Julita Inca yrazes@gmail.com Juanjo Marín juanj.marin@juntadeandalucia.es Shobha Tyagi tyagishobha@gmail.com Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com Andre Klapper ak-47@gmx.net Define or change keyboard shortcuts in Keyboard settings. Set keyboard shortcuts Shaun McCance

Define shortcuts, using Shortcuts tab in Keyboard settings. Provide reference for what everything is (can group for conciseness). Explain custom shortcuts.

Important: the window says "To edit a shortcut, click the row and hold down the new keys or press Backspace to clear." This is actually wrong. You have to click the row, then click again on the shortcut within the row. File bug against control-center about the faulty message (or better, about the confusing interaction), but make sure to explain correctly in the help regardless.

To change the key or keys to be pressed for a keyboard shortcut:

Open the Activities overview and start typing Settings.

Click on Settings.

Click Keyboard in the sidebar to open the panel.

In the Keyboard Shortcuts section, select Customize Shortcuts.

Select the desired category, or enter a search term.

Click the row for the desired action. The Set shortcut window will be shown.

Hold down the desired key combination, or press Backspace to reset, or press Esc to cancel.
Pre-defined shortcuts

There are a number of pre-configured shortcuts that can be changed, grouped into these categories:

Accessibility

Decrease text size

Disabled

High contrast on or off

Disabled

Increase text size

Disabled

Turn on-screen keyboard on or off

Disabled

Turn screen reader on or off

AltSuperS

Turn zoom on or off

AltSuper8

Zoom in

AltSuper=

Zoom out

AltSuper-
Launchers

Home folder

Explorer key symbol or Explorer key symbol or Explorer

Launch calculator

Calculator key symbol or Calculator

Launch email client

Mail key symbol or Mail

Launch help browser

Disabled

Launch web browser

WWW key symbol or WWW key symbol or WWW

Search

Search key symbol or Search

Settings

Tools
Navigation

Hide all normal windows

Disabled

Move to workspace on the left

SuperPage Up

Move to workspace on the right

SuperPage Down

Move window one monitor down

ShiftSuper↓

Move window one monitor to the left

ShiftSuper←

Move window one monitor to the right

ShiftSuper→

Move window one monitor up

ShiftSuper↑

Move window one workspace to the left

ShiftSuper Page Up

Move window one workspace to the right

ShiftSuperPage Down

Move window to last workspace

ShiftSuperEnd

Move window to workspace 1

ShiftSuperHome

Move window to workspace 2

Disabled

Move window to workspace 3

Disabled

Move window to workspace 4

Disabled

Switch applications

SuperTab

Switch system controls

CtrlAltTab

Switch system controls directly

CtrlAltEsc

Switch to last workspace

SuperEnd

Switch to workspace 1

SuperHome

Switch to workspace 2

Disabled

Switch to workspace 3

Disabled

Switch to workspace 4

Disabled

Switch windows

Disabled

Switch windows directly

AltEsc

Switch windows of an app directly

AltF6

Switch windows of an application

Disabled
Screenshots

Save a screenshot of a window

AltPrint

Save a screenshot of the entire screen

ShiftPrint

Launch the screenshot tool

Print

Record a short screencast

ShiftCtrlAltR

Sound and Media

Eject

Eject key symbol (Eject)

Launch media player

Media key symbol (Audio media)

Microphone mute/unmute

Next track

Next key symbol (Audio next)

Pause playback

Pause key symbol (Audio pause)

Play (or play/pause)

Play key symbol (Audio play)

Previous track

Previous key symbol (Audio previous)

Stop playback

Stop key symbol (Audio stop)

Volume down

Volume Down key symbol (Audio lower volume)

Volume mute

Mute key symbol (Audio mute)

Volume up

Volume Up key symbol (Audio raise volume)
System

Focus the active notification

SuperN

Lock screen

SuperL

Show the Power Off dialog

CtrlAltDelete

Open the application menu

SuperF10

Restore the keyboard shortcuts

SuperEsc

Show all applications

SuperA

Show the activities overview

AltF1

Show the notification list

SuperV

Show the overview

SuperS

Show the run command prompt

AltF2
Typing

Switch to next input source

SuperSpace

Switch to previous input source

ShiftSuperSpace
Windows

Activate the window menu

AltSpace

Close window

AltF4

Hide window

SuperH

Lower window below other windows

Disabled

Maximize window

Super↑

Maximize window horizontally

Disabled

Maximize window vertically

Disabled

Move window

AltF7

Raise window above other windows

Disabled

Raise window if covered, otherwise lower it

Disabled

Resize window

AltF8

Restore window

Super↓

Toggle fullscreen mode

Disabled

Toggle maximization state

AltF10

Toggle window on all workspaces or one

Disabled

View split on left

Super←

View split on right

Super→
Custom shortcuts

To create your own application keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard settings:

Select Custom Shortcuts.

Click the Add Shortcut button if no custom shortcut is set yet. Otherwise click the + button. The Add Custom Shortcut window will appear.

Type a Name to identify the shortcut, and a Command to run an application. For example, if you wanted the shortcut to open Rhythmbox, you could name it Music and use the rhythmbox command.

Click the Add Shortcut… button. In the Add Custom Shortcut window, hold down the desired shortcut key combination.

Click Add.

The command name that you type should be a valid system command. You can check that the command works by opening a Terminal and typing it in there. The command that opens an application cannot have the same name as the application itself.

If you want to change the command that is associated with a custom keyboard shortcut, click the row of the shortcut. The Set Custom Shortcut window will appear, and you can edit the command.