Alt+Tab also works, but Alt+Escape is much faster.
[tags]daily-shortcut, productivity, accesskeys, gnome, linux, ubuntu[/tags]
a shortcut a day keeps the mouse away
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I feel like such a noob for posting this, but I had to. =)
I run gnome-terminal quite a bit when I’m at home (Ubuntu), and this is a complete lifesaver…
CTRL+PageUp/PageDown / Alt + (Tab #) toggle through the tabs.
CTRL+SHIFT+W Closes the tab.
[tags]daily-shortcut, productivity, accesskeys, gnome, gnome-terminal, linux, ubuntu[/tags]
With Workspaces in GNOME, it’s very easy to keep organized. One workspace for work and one workspace for play =)
I already posted about moving back and forth with workspaces in GNOME — press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+RightArrow to move your current window to the workspace to the right. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+LeftArrow to move your current window to the workspace on the left.
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A while back I posted how to lock your computer in Windows and on a Mac and I completely forgot GNOME:
Press CTRL+ALT+L and your screen will be locked.
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In Windows, the start menu is accessed by pressing the Windows Key (or CTRL+ESC). The GNOME equivalent of this is Alt+F1.
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Windows users and GNOME users alike, if you want to delete a file and NOT have it go to your trash, just select the file and press Shift+Delete.
It’s that easy.
On Mac you can delete with Apple+Delete and you can empty your trashcan completely with Apple+Shift+Delete.
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One of the more unique features in GNOME is the ability to toggle between workspaces.
Press CTRL+Alt+LeftArrow and CTRL+Alt+RightArrow to toggle between the two visible in a fresh Ubuntu installation.
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In Windows and GNOME and Mac OSX, if you don’t want to use the mouse to switch between your open programs, just hit Alt+Tab. There are some intricacies to Alt+Tab.
- Simply Pressing Alt+Tab will move you to the last Window you had open. Useful, but not always what you intend.
- Pressing Alt+Tab, letting go of Tab — but still holding Alt will bring up a screen with all of the open programs like this one:
- From this screen, if you continue to hold Alt the Tab key will move you left to right and pressing Shift+Tab will move you from right to left.
[tags]daily-shortcut, productivity, accesskeys, windows, gnome, alt-tab[/tags]
CTRL+A will work in most GNOME/Windows applications that have areas for text to be entered.
Need to clear everything out? CTRL+A followed by a backspace or delete.
⌘+A on a Mac
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GNOME: Alt+F2
Windows: Windows+R
These screens will present you with a box like this:
From this screen, just type in the application’s name. notepad, xterm, firefox, etc.
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