[sclug-general] No Mouse Necessary

[Leroy Everett]

No Mouse Necessary I really love keyboard shortcuts. While a mouse is nice for some applications, often it just gets in the way of speed and productivity. Reaching for the mouse from the keyboard then resetting my fingers just takes precious time. I've always looked for a way to circumvent that process with the knowledge that taking the time to learn some critical keyboard shortcuts can, in the end, speed things up considerably. Today, we'll look at some of the built-in keyboard shortcuts in what is becoming the most popular desktop manager, KDE. Alt Key   Shortcut Result   Alt-Esc, Ctrl-Esc Display a list of currently running apps   Alt-Tab, Alt-Shift-Tab Switch desktop windows   Alt-F2 Open a single command-line utility   Alt-F3 Open the control menu of the current window   Alt-F4 Close the current window         Ctrl Key   Shortcut Result   Ctrl-Tab, Ctrl-Shift-Tab Switch virtual desktops   Ctrl-F[1-8] Switches to a virtual desktop   Ctrl-Alt-Esc Kills the current window   Ctrl-W Close   Ctrl-C Copy   Ctrl-X Cut   Ctrl-End End   Ctrl-F Find   F1 Help   Ctrl-Home Home   Ctrl-Insert Insert   Ctrl-N New   Page Down Next   Ctrl-O Open   Ctrl-V Paste   Ctrl-P Print   Page Up Previous   Ctrl-Q Quit   Ctrl-R Replace   Ctrl-S Save   Ctrl-Z Undo   With a list of keyboard shortcuts this long, it's probably not possible to remember them all. Start with one or two that will be useful to you on a daily basis, and add shortcuts as the need arises. Before you know it, you'll be living nearly mouse-free on your Linux system - and working much faster.