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27

Gnome and Nautilus Keyboard Shortcut Keys

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Some time ago I blogged about keyboard shortcuts for the Gnome Desktop.  I figure its time to revisit some of these.  If I’ve missed any that you find helpful as usual drop a comment.  I am unaware of any definitive list of Gnome shortcuts.  Could this be a start?

Gnome Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt-F2 : Run Application Dialog

Alt-F1 : Open Applications Menu

Alt-F9 : Minimize Active Window

Alt-Tab : Rotate Current Window Focus

Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow : Move Virtual Desktop Left

Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow : Move Virtual Desktop Right

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow : Move Current Application Left

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow : Move Current Application Right

Ctrl+Alt+L : Lock Screen

Ctrl+Alt+Del : Log Out

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace : Restart Gnome (careful)

Nautilus File Management

Shift+Ctrl+N : Create New Folder

Ctrl+T : Delete (to Trash)

Alt+ENTER : File/Folder Properties

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)

Ctrl+S : Select Pattern [enter pattern]

F2 : Rename File

Ctrl+A : Select All

Nautilus Navigation Shortcuts

Ctrl+W : Close Window

Ctrl+Shift+W : Close All Nautilus Windows

Ctrl+R : Reload Nautilus Window

Alt+Up Arrow : Open Parent

Alt+Left Arrow : Back

Alt+Right Arrow : Forward

Alt+Home : Home Folder

Ctrl+L : Location Bar

F9 : Toggle Sidepane

Ctrl+H : Show Hidden Files

Ctrl++ : Zoom In

Ctrl+- : Zoom Out

Ctrl+0 : Normal Size

I know this is a bit of a long list, but I find that using keyboard shortcuts allows me to get more done than reaching for a mouse to navigate around my Desktop.  I know many are much more comfortable with the mouse, but learning a few of these shortcuts can’t hurt either.  Please comment if I’ve missed any shortcuts.

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7 Responses to “Gnome and Nautilus Keyboard Shortcut Keys”

  1. Alan Pope on June 27th, 2008 11:02 am

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KeyboardShortcuts of course :)

  2. journey22 on June 27th, 2008 4:45 pm

    In nautilus, there is also

    Shift-Del

    if you want to delete the file immedately, without having to move it to the Trash

  3. MAS on June 28th, 2008 6:44 am

    Ctrl+Alt+Backspace : Restart Gnome (careful)

    It would be better if you mentioned that it restarts X. AFAIK, this works irrespective of the window manager.

    You can add :

    Ctrl+Alt+d : minimize all windows

    useful if you have too many windows open and want to look at something cleaner :-)

  4. zaipai on June 28th, 2008 9:58 am

    one more shortcut,

    shift+delete

    will delete a file permanently and bypass the trash.. Be sure you no longer want it tho.

  5. ronny on August 28th, 2008 2:18 am

    hello,

    how to disable shift+delete

    thanks
    ronny

  6. thomas on September 5th, 2008 3:10 pm

    ctrl + h

    to show/hide hidden folders

  7. DIVZ on September 8th, 2008 1:56 pm

    how can i add a new keyboard shortcut in ubuntu 8.04

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