Useful keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu.

 

Key Board shortcuts are an efficient way of doing things fastly. Getting familiarizes with them reduces a lot of time for a geek. Here's some of the most used shortcuts for Ubuntu.

Desktop shortcuts.

Alt + F4                     Close the current window.
Alt + F2                     Display command window.
Alt + Tab                   Switch between the windows.
Ctrl + Alt + L             Lock the screen.
Ctrl + Super + D         Hide all windows and show the desktop.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete     Log out.


Common editing shortcuts.

Ctrl + A     Select All. Texts or Items.
Ctrl + X     Cut Selected texts or items and put them into clipboard.
Ctrl + C     Copy selected items or texts to clipboard.
Ctrl + V     Paste the contents of the clipboards.
Ctrl + Z     Undo the last action/step.


Navigate Windows. 

Alt + F4                 Close the current windows.

Ctrl + Super + ↓     Restore a maximized windows to its original state. 
Alt + F7                 Move the current window. Press alt + f7 and then use the arrow keys to move the window. 
Alt + F8.               Resize the current window. Press alt + f7 and then use the arrow keys to move the window.
Ctrl + Super + ↑     Maximize the window.
Alt + Space           Pop up the window menu as if you have right click on title bar. 


Capturing from the screen. 

Print Screen (prt sc)      Take a screenshot of the screen. 
Alt + Print Screen.         Take a screenshot of a window. 
Shift + Print Screen.      Take a screenshot of an area of the screen. 

Note. Super Key is the key on the left side of the keyboard with a windows logo on it. 


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