Linux Mint Shortcuts for Linux | linux mint

Hello In this article. I will show you a shortcuts key for Linux mint. These shortcut keys are based on ubuntu. With the help of shortcut keys, you will be able to boost your time.

Linux Mint Shortcuts keys

General Linux Mint Shortcuts.

Action	Shortcuts
To Open the Applications Menu	Win
To Show desktop	Win + D
To Open File Manager	Win + E
To Open the run dialogue	Alt + F12
To Open a terminal	Ctrl + Alt + T
To Undo	Ctrl + Z
To Redo	Ctrl + y
To Copy selected item	Ctrl + C
To Paste	Ctrl + V
To Cut Selected item	Ctrl + X

File Manager Shortcuts keys

Action	Shortcut Keys
To New folder	Ctrl + Shift + N
To Focus on the location bar	Ctrl + L
To Navigate to the home directory	Alt + Home
To navigate up one directory	Alt + Up Arrow key
To Navigate one directory forward	Alt + Right Arrow key
To Navigate one directory back	Alt + Left Arrow key
To select all items	Ctrl + A
To Invert selection	Ctrl + Shift + I
To open the selected item	Ctrl + O
To Open the selected item in the new tab	Ctrl + Shift + O
To Properties of the selected item	Alt + Enter
To Preview the selected item	Shift + Enter
To Rename selected item	F2
To create a shortcut to the selected item	Ctrl + M
To Delete selected item	Delete
To Icon view	Ctrl + 1
To List view	Ctrl + 2
To Compact view	Ctrl + 3
To Show hidden files	Ctrl + H
To Increase icon size	Ctrl + =
To Decrease icon size	Ctrl + –
To Reset icon size	Ctrl + 0
To Toggle Extra Pane	F3
To Toggle Terminal in the top pane	F4
To Toggle left pane	F9
To Edit bookmarks	Ctrl + B
To Add bookmark	Ctrl + D
To Cycle focus between panes	F6
To New tab	Ctrl + T
To Switch to tab 1…9	Alt + 1…9
To Next tab	Ctrl + Page Up key
To Previous tab	Ctrl + Page Down key
To Move tab left	Ctrl + Shift + Page Up key
To Move tab right	Ctrl + Shift + Page Down key
To Close tab	Ctrl + W
To Find	Ctrl + F
To New window	Ctrl + N
To Open file menu	F10
To Open the plugin manager	Alt + P
To Close all windows	Ctrl + Q

 

To Manage Windows Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut Keys
To Cycle through open windows on the current Workspace	Alt + Tab
To Cycle through open windows of the same application on ANY Workspace	Alt + ‘
To Toggle Scale view	Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow key
To Toggle Expo view	Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow key
To Move to left workspace	Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow key
To Move to the right workspace	Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow key
To Move current window to left workspace	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left Arrow key
To Move current window to right workspace	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right Arrow key

 

Current Application Window Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut Keys
To Close window	Alt + F4
To Unmaximize window	Alt + F5
To Resize window	Alt + F7
To Move window	Alt + F8
To Toggle maximize or unmaximize window	Alt + F10
To Open window menu	Alt + Spacebar

 

Screenshots & Screen Recording Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut Keys
To Take a screenshot	Print Screen
To Copy a screenshot to the clipboard	Ctrl + Print Screen
To Take a screenshot of the current window	Alt + Print Screen
To Copy a screenshot of the current window to the clipboard	Ctrl + Alt + Print Screen
To Toggle desktop recording	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R

 

Others Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut Keys
To Lock screen	Ctrl + Alt + L
To Log out	Ctrl + Alt + Delete
To Open the Shut Down menu	Ctrl + Alt + End
To Launch Linux Mint online to help	F1
To Restart Cinnamon	Ctrl + Alt + Esc
To Re-detect display devices	Win + P
To Toggle looking glass debugging tool	Win + L
To Restart the X server	Ctrl + Alt + Backspace

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