Ubuntu GNOME Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a list of Ubuntu Keyboard shortcuts I’ve discovered from various sources.  I believe many of them are specific to the GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) desktop environment, although I’ve never used KDE so I don’t know for sure.  If you are looking for another shortcut or want to make your own, just head to System → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts as shown in the image below.

Alt+Enter

Show file properties without using right click menu.

Alt+F1

Open Application menu

Alt+F2

Open Quick Run Application Dialog Box (type “gksu application” in Quick Run Application Dialog Box to run as root)

Alt+F4

Close window

Alt+F5

Return window to ‘normal’ or previous size

Alt+F7

Move the current window (with mouse or keyboard)

Alt+F8

Resize current window (again, with mouse or keyboard)

Alt+F9

Minimize current window

Alt+F10

Maximize current window

Alt+left drag

Move any window

Alt+middle drag

Resize any window

Alt+Space

Open window menu

Alt+Tab

Switch between currently-open windows

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Restart X session (the graphical networking interface), and return to login

Ctrl+Alt+D

Hide all windows and show Desktop

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Open the Shutdown menu

Ctrl+Alt+F1-F7

switch virtual consoles (F7 is the GUI)

Ctrl+Alt+l

Lock the screen quickly

Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right

Switch between workspaces

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left/Right

Move the current window to another workspace

Ctrl+h

Show hidden files in nautilus

Middle Click

Paste from clipboard in X. The X clipboard is independent of the GNOME clipboard (Used in BASH)

Select with Mouse

Copy to clipboard in X

Super+Tab

Cool way to flip through open windows, but you can only do this if you’ve disabled Expo using the ccsm CompizConfig Settings Manager.