General shortcuts for windows ,linux and unix


General shortcuts
Action
Activate current application's Menu bar
Alt
With full keyboard access active:[1][2]
Ctrl+F2 (or Fn+Ctrl+F2 on some keyboards)

Meta+`
Alt+F
Ctrl+F2, then F
Alt+F
Meta+`, then f
Alt+E
Ctrl+F2, then E
Alt+E
Meta+`, then e
View menu
Alt+V
Ctrl+F2, then V
Alt+V

Undo the last operation
Ctrl+Z
Cmd+Z
Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+x, then u
or Ctrl+/
or Ctrl+_
or Undo
Redo the last operation
Ctrl+Y
Shift+ Cmd+Z
Shift+Ctrl+Z
Same as undo, when undo is exhausted, it redoes. Move the cursor after one or more undos, and further undos will be redos.
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard
Ctrl+X or Shift+Del
Cmd+X
Ctrl+X
Ctrl+w
Copy the selected area into the clipboard
Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+Ins
Cmd+C
Ctrl+C
Meta+w, or Ctrl+Ins
Paste contents of clipboard at cursor
Ctrl+V, or Shift+Ins
Cmd+V
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+y, or Shift+Ins, or
Paste special
Ctrl+Alt+V

Ctrl+ Shift+V
Meta+y
Select everything in focused control or window
Ctrl+A
Cmd+A
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+x, then h
Toggle among installed keyboard languages
Shift+Alt
Cmd+Space
Configure desired keypress in Keyboard and Mouse Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select the next source in Input menu.[3]
Ctrl+Alt+K via KDE Keyboard Layout Switcher keybinding component for KDE
Ctrl+\
[edit] Navigation
Action
Run new application
Win, enter executable name or
Win+R, enter executable name
Cmd+Space, enter application name
Alt+F2

Open new browser window with same page as current
Alt+( D then Enter )
Ctrl+N (Explorer / Internet Explorer)
Cmd+N (Non-default user option in Safari)


Applications menu
Win or
Ctrl+Esc
At any time with full keyboard access active:[1]
Ctrl+F3 or Fn+Ctrl+F3 While in the Finder: Shift+ Cmd+A[2]
Alt+F1

Lock desktop
Win+L
Move mouse pointer to configured hot corner or active screen corner[4][5]
Ctrl+ Shift+Eject[6]
Ctrl+Alt+L

Show desktop
Win+D or
Win+M (then use Win+ Shift+M to bring back all windows)
Cmd+ Opt+H
Ctrl+Alt+D

Switch active user
Win+L[7]

Ctrl+Alt+L (KDE)

Ctrl+ Shift+Esc, Ctrl+Alt+Delete[8]
Cmd+ Opt+Esc
Ctrl+Esc (KDE)

Rename object
F2
Enter
F2

Open file or program
Enter
Cmd+O


Switch to next/previous focused window
Alt+Tab /
Shift+Alt+Tab
Cmd+Tab /
Shift+ Cmd+Tab
Alt+Tab /
Shift+Alt+Tab (GNOME)
Ctrl+x, then b
Switch focus to the next/previous window (without dialog)
Alt+Esc /
Shift+Alt+Esc
Cmd+` (current app) or Ctrl+F4 (all apps)
(or Fn+Ctrl+F4 on some keyboards)
Alt+Esc (GNOME) /
Shift+Alt+Esc/mini (GNOME)
Ctrl+x, then o
Open the Run dialog box
Win+R

Alt+F2 (GNOME)
Meta+!
Open the Search dialog box
Win, enter executable name or
Win+F
Cmd+Space (quick mode) or
Cmd+ Opt+Space (advanced mode)

Meta+x, then find-grep, then Ret
Change input orientation of "Search programs and files" field in Start Menu
Ctrl+L (left) Ctrl+R (right) Ctrl+E (center)



[edit] Power management
Action
Place computer into sleep/standby mode
Sleep (available on some keyboards, configurable in Power Options dialog)
Opt+ Cmd+Eject[2]
Sleep (available on some keyboards, configurable)
Shutdown computer

Ctrl+ Opt+ Cmd+Eject
(no confirmation, shutdown is immediate)
Ctrl+Alt+ Shift+PageDown
(KDE; no confirmation, shutdown is immediate)
Restart computer

Ctrl+ Cmd+Eject[2]
(no confirmation, restart is immediate)
Ctrl+Alt+ Shift+PageUp
(KDE; no confirmation, restart is immediate)
Place display in sleep mode

Ctrl+ Shift+Eject

Bring up power/sleep dialog box
Alt+F4 (while on Desktop only)
Ctrl+Eject

[edit] Screenshots
Action
Save screenshot of entire screen as file

Shift+ Cmd+3
Print Screen
Copy screenshot of entire screen to clipboard
Print Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen
Ctrl+ Shift+ Cmd+3

Save screenshot of window as file

Shift+ Cmd+4 then Space
Alt+Print Screen (GNOME)
Copy screenshot of window to clipboard
Alt+Print Screen
Ctrl+ Shift+ Cmd+4 then Space

Copy screenshot of arbitrary area to clipboard

Ctrl+ Shift+ Cmd+4

Save screenshot of arbitrary area as file

Shift+ Cmd+4

[edit] Text editing
Many of these commands may be combined with Shift to select a region of text.[9]
Action
Delete char to the right of cursor
Del
Del or Fn+← Backspace
Del
Del, or Ctrl+d
Delete word to the right of cursor
Ctrl+Del
Opt+Del or
Opt+ Fn+← Backspace
Ctrl+Del
Meta+d
Delete word to the left of cursor
Ctrl+← Backspace
Opt+← Backspace
Ctrl+← Backspace
Ctrl+← Backspace, or Meta+← Backspace
Go to start of line
Home
Cmd+ or Ctrl+A
Home
Ctrl+a, or Home
Go to end of line
End
Cmd+ or Ctrl+E
End
Ctrl+e, or End
Go to start of document
Ctrl + Home
Cmd+
Ctrl + Home
Meta+<, or Ctrl+Home
Go to end of document
Ctrl + End
Cmd+
Ctrl + End
Meta+>, or Ctrl+End
Go to previous word
Ctrl+
Opt+
Ctrl+
Meta+b, or Ctrl+, or Meta+
Go to next word
Ctrl+
Opt+
Ctrl+
Meta+f, or Ctrl+, or Meta+
Go to previous line
Ctrl+p, or
Go to next line
Ctrl+n, or
Go to previous line break (paragraph)
Ctrl+
Opt+
Ctrl+ (kword or GNOME)
Meta+'{', or Control+
Go to next line break
Ctrl+
Opt+
Ctrl+ (kword or GNOME)
Meta+'}', or Control+
Go to search
Ctrl+F
Cmd+F
Cmd+E (Search with current selection)
Ctrl+F
Ctrl+K (GNOME; interactive search)
Ctrl+s
Go to next search result
F3
Cmd+G
Ctrl+G (GNOME)
Ctrl+s
Go to previous search result
Shift+F3
Shift+ Cmd+G
Shift+Ctrl+G (GNOME)
Ctrl+r
Search and replace
Ctrl+H
Cmd+F
Ctrl+H (GNOME)
Meta+%



Ctrl+Meta+s
Search and replace a regular expression



Ctrl+Meta+%,
[edit] Text formatting
Action
Make selected text bold/regular
Ctrl+B
Cmd+B
Ctrl+B

Toggle underlining of selected text
Ctrl+U
Cmd+U
Ctrl+U

Make selected text italic/regular
Ctrl+I
Cmd+I
Ctrl+I

Change to upper/lower case
Shift+F3 (Office products only?)
Opt+ Cmd+C

Meta+u for upper,
Meta+l for lower, Meta+c for capitalized.
Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+ Shift++
Ctrl+ Cmd++ (Pages only?)


Make selected text subscript
Ctrl++
Ctrl+ Cmd+- (Pages only?)


[edit] Browsers / Go menu
Action
Go to Browser
Alt+D or Alt+C
according language
Cmd+L

Go to the previous location in history
Alt+ or ← Backspace
Cmd+[ or Cmd+
Alt+
Go to the next location in history
Alt+ or Shift+← Backspace (web browser only)
Cmd+] or Cmd+
Alt+
Go up one level in the navigation hierarchy
Alt+(Vista and 7 only) or ← Backspace(Windows Explorer)
Cmd+
Alt+
Go to the starting page defined by the user or application
Alt+Home
Cmd+Home
Ctrl+Home (KDE) /
Alt+Home (GNOME)
[edit] Web browsers
Action
Bookmarks menu
Ctrl+B
Cmd+B (Firefox)
Alt+B
v
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .com)
Control+ Enter
Cmd+ Enter (Firefox)
Control+ Enter

URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .org)
Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter
Shift+ Cmd+ Enter (Firefox)
Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter

URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .net)
Shift + Enter
Shift + Enter (Firefox)
Shift + Enter

Add bookmark for current page
Ctrl+D
Cmd+D
Ctrl+B /
Ctrl+D
a
Add bookmark for current link



Meta+a
Manage bookmarks
Ctrl+B
Cmd+ Opt+B (Chrome/Safari) or
Cmd+ Shift+B (Firefox)
Ctrl+ Shift+R /
Ctrl+B

Web search
Ctrl+E
Cmd+E (Opera) or
Cmd+K (Firefox) or
Opt+ Cmd+F (Safari)


Focus and select address bar
Ctrl+L or F6 or Alt+D
Cmd+L
Ctrl+L or F6
g
Refresh a webpage
F5 or Ctrl+R
Cmd+R
F5 or Ctrl+R
R
Open a new window
Ctrl+N
Cmd+N (Chrome)
Ctrl+N

Zoom Options (zoom in +, zoom out -, zoom 100%)
Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- and Ctrl+0
Cmd++ and Cmd+- and Cmd+0
Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- and Ctrl+0

[edit] Tab management
Action
Create a new tab
Ctrl+T
Cmd+T
Ctrl+ Shift+N or Ctrl+ Shift+T or Ctrl+T
Ctrl+c, then Ctrl+t
Close current tab
Ctrl+W
Cmd+W
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+ Shift+W[verification needed] or Ctrl+F4 (GNOME?)
Ctrl+c, then Ctrl+w
Close all tabs but the current one



Ctrl+c, then Meta+w
Go to next tab
Ctrl+Tab
Cmd+} or Cmd+ Shift+ (Safari)
Ctrl+PageDown or Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+.
Ctrl+c, then Ctrl+n
Go to previous tab
Ctrl+ Shift+Tab
Cmd+{ or Cmd+ Shift+ (Safari)
Ctrl+PageUp or Ctrl+ Shift+Tab or Ctrl+,
Ctrl+c, then Ctrl+p
Open a previously closed tab
Ctrl+ Shift+T
Cmd+ Shift+T (Firefox/Opera/Chrome)


[edit] Window management
Action
Pop up window menu
Alt+Space

Alt+F3
Alt+Space
Ctrl+`, then b
Close the focused window
Alt+F4 or Ctrl+F4 or Ctrl + W or Alt+Space then C[10]
Cmd+W
Alt+F4
Alt+F4
Ctrl+x, then k
Restore the focused window to its previous size
Alt+Space then R[10]


Alt+F5
Ctrl+x, then r, then j, then letter of the window state register.
Move the focused window
Alt+Space then M[10] then Arrow Keys

Alt+Mouse /
Alt+F3 then M then Arrow Keys
Alt+Mouse /
Alt+F7 then Arrow Keys

Resize the focused window
Alt+Space then S[10] then Arrow Keys

Alt+F3 then S then Arrow Keys
Alt+F8 then Arrow Keys
Ctrl+x, then ^ vertically
Hide the focused window

Cmd+H


Meta+x, then bury-buffer RET, then Ret
Minimize the focused window
Alt+Space then N[10], or Win+ (Windows 7 and Vista Home Premium)
Cmd+M
Alt+F3 then N
Alt+F9
Meta+x, then bury-buffer RET, then Ret
Maximize the focused window
Alt+Space then X[10], or Win+ (Windows 7 only)

Alt+F3 then X
Alt+F10
Ctrl+x, then 1
Maximize horizontally


Available, but no default
Available, but no default

Maximize vertically
Win+ Shift+ (Windows 7 only)

Available, but no default
Available, but no default

Minimize all
Win+M or Win+D
Cmd+Alt+M
Available, but no default
Ctrl+Alt+D

Minimize all non focused windows
Win+Home (Windows 7 only)

Available, but no default


Undo minimize all
Shift+ Win+M

Available, but no default
Ctrl+Alt+D

Switch fullscreen/normal size
F11

F11
F11

Show the window in full screen mode, with no border, menubar, toolbar or statusbar

Depends on application
Ctrl+ Shift+F
Ctrl+F11

Rollup/down window


Available, but no default
Alt+F12

Show all open windows

F9 or
Move mouse pointer to configured hot corner or active screen corner[4][5]


Ctrl+x, then Ctrl+b
Show all windows of current application

F10 or
Move mouse pointer to configured hot corner or active screen corner[4][5]


Ctrl+x, then Ctrl+b
Show all workspaces

F8 or
Move mouse pointer to configured hot corner or active screen corner[4][5]



Move window to left/right/up/down workspace
Win+/ (Windows 7 only)


Ctrl+Alt+ Shift+
/ / /

Move window to workspace n


Available, but no default


Switch to next/previous workspace list


'Available, but no default


Go to workspace n

Ctrl+n
Ctrl+Fn


Go to left/right/up/down workspace
Ctrl+ /
Ctrl+ / Ctrl+ / Ctrl+ (OS X 10.5 or later)

Ctrl+Alt+ /
/ /

Show / hide desktop
Win+D
F11 or
Move mouse pointer to configured hot corner or active screen corner[4][5]
Ctrl+Alt+D
Ctrl+Alt+D user specific, no default

Activate window demanding attention





Quit application of current window
Alt+F4 or Ctrl+F4 varies[12]
Cmd+Q[13]
Ctrl+Alt+Esc

q
Close dialog
Esc
Esc



Open/Focus (preview) pinned program on the taskbar
Win+(#) where "#" is the position of the program on the Windows 7 Taskbar (Windows 7 only)




Open new program window of pinned program in Quick Launch
Win+(#) where "#" is the position of the program on the Quick Launch toolbar (Windows Vista and 7)




Open new program window of the pinned program on the taskbar (if program is already opened)
Win+ Shift+(#) where "#" is the position of the program on the Windows 7 Taskbar (Windows 7 only)




Focus the first taskbar entry. Pressing again will cycle through them
Win+T , you can ←→ back and forth. Hold Shift to cycle backwards (Windows 7 only)




Peek at the desktop
Win+Space (Windows 7 only)
F11 or
Move mouse pointer to configured hot corner or active screen corner[4][5]



Bring gadgets to the front of the Z-order and cycle between gadgets
Win+G (Windows Vista,7) or Win+Space (Vista only, no cycling)




External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc.)
Win+P (Windows 7 only)




[edit] User interface navigation (widgets and controls)
Action
Moves keyboard focus to next/previous control
Tab / Shift+Tab
Tab / Shift+Tab
Tab / Shift+Tab
Tab / Shift+Tab
Ctrl+Tab / Shift+Ctrl+Tab
Pop up tooltip for currently focused control
Shift+F1


Ctrl+F1
Show context-sensitive help for currently focused window or control
Shift+F1
Cmd+?
Shift+F1
Shift+F1
Give focus to next/previous pane
Ctrl+F6 / Alt+F6
Cmd+`

F6 / Shift+F6
Give focus to splitter bar in paned window



F8
Give focus to window's menu bar
F10 or Alt
Ctrl+F2
(or Fn+Ctrl+F2 on some keyboards)
Alt
F10
Pop up contextual menu for currently selected objects (aka context menu)
Shift+F10 or Menu
Varies with laptop / extended keyboard type; enable Mouse keys in Universal Access, then Function+Ctrl+5 or Ctrl+5 (numeric keypad) or Function+Ctrl+i (laptop)
Menu
Shift+F10
Toggle selected state of focused checkbox, radio button, or toggle button
Space
Space
Space
Space
Activate focused button, menu item etc.
Enter
Space (also Enter for menu items)
Enter
Enter
Select/move to first/last item in selected widget


Home / End
Home / End
Scroll selected view by one page up/left/down/right

/
(or Fn+}+Fn+ on some keyboards)

PageUp / Ctrl+PageUp /
PageDown / Ctrl+PageDown
Scroll selected view to top/bottom

or on MacBook Pro Fn + Opt +
or on MacBook Pro Fn + Opt +


Switch focus to the next/previous tab within a window
Ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+Tab /
Cmd+`


Switch focus to the next/previous panel on the desktop



Ctrl+Alt+Tab / Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Switch focus to the next/previous panel (without dialog)



Ctrl+Alt+Esc /
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Esc
[edit] Command line shortcuts
Below is a list of common keyboard shortcuts that are used in a command line environment.
Action
Microsoft Windows
(
cmd.exe)
Microsoft Windows
(
Windows PowerShell)
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X
(
bash)
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X
(
POSIX shell)
Scroll through History of typed commands
/
/
/ or Ctrl+P/Ctrl+N
ESC K/ESC J
Signal end-of-file
Ctrl+Z

Ctrl+D

Abort current command/typing
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+C
Erase word to the left


Ctrl+W

Erase word to the right


Alt+D

Erase line to the left
Ctrl+Home

Ctrl+U

Erase line to the right
Ctrl+End
Ctrl+End
Ctrl+K

Yank/paste previously erased string


Ctrl+Y

Move one word to the left (backward)
Ctrl+
Ctrl+
Alt+B

Move one word to the right (forward)
Ctrl+
Ctrl+
Alt+F

Move to beginning of line
Home
Home
Ctrl+A

Move to end of line
End
End
Ctrl+E

Reverse search of history
F7
F8
Ctrl+R

Stop execution of the current job


Ctrl+Z

Insert the next character typed verbatim


Ctrl+V

Autocomplete command/file name
Tab (enabled by default in Windows XP and later)
Tab
Tab (usually once)
Esc (usually twice)
Scroll window up
Shift+PageUp (may not work in some versions of Windows XP)

Shift+PageUp

Scroll window down
Shift+PageDown (may not work in some versions of Windows XP)

Shift+PageDown

[edit] Accessibility
In Windows, it is possible to disable these shortcuts using the Accessibility or Ease of Access control panel.
Action
Utility Manager
Win+U



Use keyboard to control cursor
(Left Alt+Left Shift+Numlock



Allow user to press shortcuts one key at a time
( Shift 5 times)



Hear beep when -lock key pressed
(Numlock for 5 seconds)



Stop/slow repeating characters when key is pressed
(Right Shift for 8 seconds)



Inverse (Reverse Colors) Mode
Left Alt+Left Shift+PrtScn
Cmd+ Opt+Ctrl+8


[edit] User interface shortcuts
Below is a list of common keyboard shortcuts that are used to select a User interface (UI).
Action
Microsoft Windows
Linux
X11
Mac OS X
CLI

Ctrl+Alt+F1 to Ctrl+Alt+F6

GUI

Usually Ctrl+Alt+F7 or Ctrl+Alt+F8

GPU enhanced GUI




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