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Keyboard Shortcuts for the KDE Desktop
1. Desktop Navigation
Start menu / Access applications |
Alt + F1 |
Run new application |
Alt + F2 |
Show desktop |
Ctrl + Alt + D |
Lock desktop / Switch active user |
Ctrl + Alt + L |
Task manager |
Ctrl + Esc |
Rename file |
F2 |
2. Desktop Shortcuts
File menu |
Alt + F |
Edit menu |
Alt + E |
View menu |
Alt + V |
Undo the last operation |
Ctrl + Z |
Redo the last operation |
Shift + Ctrl + Z |
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard |
Ctrl + X |
Copy the selected area into the clipboard |
Ctrl + C |
Paste contents of clipboard at cursor |
Ctrl + V |
Paste special |
Ctrl + Shift + V |
Select everything in focused control or window |
Ctrl + A |
3. Text Editing
Start of line |
Home |
End of line |
End |
Start of document |
Ctrl + Home |
End of document |
Ctrl + End |
Previous word |
Ctrl + left arrow |
Next word |
Ctrl + right arrow |
Previous line break |
Ctrl + up arrow (in Kword) |
Next line break |
Ctrl + down arrow (in Kword) |
4. Text Formatting
Make selected text bold/regular |
Ctrl + B |
Toggle underlining of selected text |
Ctrl + U |
Make selected text italic/regular |
Ctrl + I |
5. Web Browsers
Bookmarks menu |
Alt + B |
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .com) |
Ctrl + Enter |
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .org) |
Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .net) |
Shift + Enter |
Add a bookmark for the current location |
Ctrl + B |
Manage bookmarks |
Ctrl + Shift + R |
Refresh a Webpage |
Ctrl + R |
6. Tab Management
Create new tab |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
Close current tab |
Ctrl + W |
Go to next tab |
Ctrl + , |
Go to previous tab |
Ctrl + . |
7. Go Menu
Go to the previous location in history |
Alt + left arrow |
Go to the next location in history |
Alt + right arrow |
Go up one level in the navigation hierarchy |
Alt + up arrow |
Go to the starting page defined by the user or application |
Ctrl + Home |
8. Window Management
Switch to next focused window |
Alt + Tab |
Switch to previous focused window |
Shift + Alt + Tab |
Pop up window menu |
Alt+F3 |
Close the focused window |
Alt+F4 |
Move the focused window with the mouse |
Alt + Mouse |
Move the focused window |
Alt + F3 then M then Arrow Keys |
Resize the focused window |
Alt+F3then Sthen Arrow Keys |
Minimize the focused window |
Win + minus (-) |
Maximize the focused window |
Win + plus (+) |
Maximize horizontally |
Win + equal sign (=) |
Maximize vertically |
Win + Space |
Minimize all / Undo minimize all |
Ctrl + Alt + D |
Switch fullscreen/normal size |
F11 |
Show the window in full screen mode, with no border, menubar, toolbar or statusbar |
Ctrl + Shift + F |
Rollup/down window |
Win + _ (underscore) |
Move window to desktop x |
Win + Alt + Fx (x=1 to 12) |
Switch to next desktop |
Win + Tab |
Switch to previous desktop |
Win + Shift + Tab |
Switch to next desktop list |
Ctrl + Tab |
Switch to previous desktop list |
Shift + Ctrl + Tab |
Go to desktop x |
Ctrl + Fx (x=1 to 12) or Shift + Ctrl + Fx |
Show / hide desktop |
Ctrl + Alt + D |
Activate window demanding attention |
Ctrl + Alt + A |
Kill window |
Ctrl + Alt + Esc |
9. Widget Navigation
Moves keyboard focus to next control |
Tab |
Moves keyboard focus to previous control |
Shift + Tab |
Show context-sensitive help for currently focused window or control |
Shift + F1 |
Give focus to window's menu bar |
Alt |
Pop up contextual menu for currently selected objects (a.k.a. context menu) |
Windows Key |
Toggle selected state of focused checkbox, radio button, or toggle button |
Space |
Activate focused button, menu item etc. |
Enter |
Select/move to first item in selected widget |
Home |
Select/move to last item in selected widget |
End |
10. Making screenshots
Save screenshot of entire screen as file |
Print Screen |
Save screenshot of window as file |
Shift + Print Screen |
11. User interface shortcuts
Command Line Interface (CLI) |
Ctrl + Alt + F1 |
Graphical User Interface (GUI) |
Ctrl + Alt + F7 |
Reference: Wikipedia - Table of keyboard shortcuts
Tags: shortcuts KDE
Created: 8 years ago.
Last edited: 8 years ago.
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