<info> <name>Michael Hill</name> <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> <name>Julita Inca</name> <email>yrazes@gmail.com</email> <name>Juanjo Marín</name> <email>juanj.marin@juntadeandalucia.es</email> <name>Shobha Tyagi</name> <email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email> <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> <desc>Define or change keyboard shortcuts in <gui>Keyboard</gui> settings.</desc> </info> <comment> Shaun McCance

Define shortcuts, using Shortcuts tab in Keyboard settings. Provide reference for what everything is (can group for conciseness). Explain custom shortcuts.

Important: the window says "To edit a shortcut, click the row and hold down the new keys or press Backspace to clear." This is actually wrong. You have to click the row, then click again on the shortcut within the row. File bug against control-center about the faulty message (or better, about the confusing interaction), but make sure to explain correctly in the help regardless.

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To change the key or keys to be pressed for a keyboard shortcut:

<steps> <item>

Open the Activities overview and start typing <gui>Keyboard.

</item> <item>

Click on <gui>Keyboard to open the panel.

</item> <item>

Select the <gui>Shortcuts tab.

</item> <item>

Select a category in the left pane, and the row for the desired action on the right. The current shortcut definition will change to <gui>New accelerator…

</item> <item>

Hold down the desired key combination, or press <key>Backspace</key> to clear.

</item> </steps>
Pre-defined shortcuts

There are a number of pre-configured shortcuts that can be changed, grouped into these categories:

Launchers
Launch help browser | Disabled
Launch calculator | <key>Calculator</key> key symbol or <key>Calculator</key>
Launch email client | <key>Mail</key> key symbol or <key>Mail</key>
Launch web browser | <key>WWW</key> key symbol or <key>WWW</key> key symbol or <key>WWW</key>
Home folder | <key>Explorer</key> key symbol or <key>Explorer</key> key symbol or <key>Explorer</key>
Search | <key>Search</key> key symbol or <key>Search</key>

Navigation
Move window to workspace 1 | Disabled
Move window to workspace 2 | Disabled
Move window to workspace 3 | Disabled
Move window to workspace 4 | Disabled
Move window one workspace to the left | <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>←</key></keyseq>
Move window one workspace to the right | <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>→</key></keyseq>
Move window one workspace up | <keyseq><key>Shift</key>Super <key>Page Up</keyseq>
Move window one workspace down | <keyseq><key>Shift<key>Super<key>Page Down</keyseq>
Switch applications | <keyseq><key>Super<key>Tab</keyseq>
Switch windows | Disabled
Switch windows of an application | Disabled
Switch system controls | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>Tab</keyseq>
Switch windows directly | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>Esc</keyseq>
Switch windows of an app directly | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F6</keyseq>
Switch system controls directly | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>Esc</keyseq>
Hide all normal windows | Disabled
Switch to workspace 1 | Disabled
Switch to workspace 2 | Disabled
Switch to workspace 3 | Disabled
Switch to workspace 4 | Disabled
Move to workspace left | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>←</keyseq>
Move to workspace right | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>→</keyseq>
Move to workspace above | <keyseq><key>Super<key>Page Up</keyseq>
Move to workspace below | <keyseq><key>Super<key>Page Down</keyseq>

Screenshots
Save a screenshot to file | <key>Print
Save a screenshot of a window to file | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>Print</keyseq>
Save a screenshot of an area to file | <keyseq><key>Shift<key>Print</keyseq>
Copy a screenshot to clipboard | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Print</keyseq>
Copy a screenshot of a window to clipboard | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>Print</keyseq>
Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard | <keyseq><key>Shift<key>Ctrl<key>Print</keyseq>
Record a screencast | <keyseq><key>Shift<key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>R </keyseq>

Sound and Media
Volume mute | <key>Mute key symbol (Audio mute)
Volume down | <key>Volume Down key symbol (Audio lower volume)
Volume up | <key>Volume Up key symbol (Audio raise volume)
Launch media player | <key>Media key symbol (Audio media)
Play (or play/pause) | <key>Play key symbol (Audio play)
Pause playback | <key>Pause key symbol (Audio pause)
Stop playback | <key>Stop key symbol (Audio stop)
Previous track | <key>Previous key symbol (Audio previous)
Next track | <key>Next key symbol (Audio next)
Eject | <key>Eject key symbol (Eject)

System
Show the run command prompt | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F2</keyseq>
Show the activities overview | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F1</keyseq>
Log out | <keyseq><key>Ctrl<key>Alt<key>Delete</keyseq>
Lock screen | <keyseq><key>Super<key>L</keyseq>
Show the message tray | <keyseq><key>Super<key>M</keyseq>
Focus the active notification | <keyseq><key>Super<key>N</keyseq>
Show all applications | <keyseq><key>Super<key>A</keyseq>
Open the application menu | <keyseq><key>Super<key>F10</keyseq>

Typing
Switch to next input source | <keyseq><key>Super<key>Space</keyseq>
Switch to previous input source | Disabled
Modifiers-only switch to next source | Disabled
Compose Key | Disabled
Alternative Characters Key | Disabled

Universal Access
Turn zoom on or off | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>Super<key>8</keyseq>
Zoom in | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>Super<key>=</keyseq>
Zoom out | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>Super<key>-</keyseq>
Turn screen reader on or off | Disabled
Turn on-screen keyboard on or off | Disabled
Increase text size | Disabled
Decrease text size | Disabled
High contrast on or off | Disabled

Windows
Activate the window menu | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>Space</keyseq>
Toggle fullscreen mode | Disabled
Toggle maximization state | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F10</keyseq>
Maximize window | <keyseq><key>Super<key>↑</keyseq>
Restore window | <keyseq><key>Super<key>↓</keyseq>
Toggle shaded state | Disabled
Close window | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F4</keyseq>
Hide window | <keyseq><key>Super<key>H</keyseq>
Move window | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F7</keyseq>
Resize window | <keyseq><key>Alt<key>F8</keyseq>
Toggle window on all workspaces or one | Disabled
Raise window if covered, otherwise lower it | Disabled
Raise window above other windows | Disabled
Lower window below other windows | Disabled
Maximize window vertically | Disabled
Maximize window horizontally | Disabled
View split on left | <keyseq><key>Super<key>←</keyseq>
View split on right | <keyseq><key>Super<key>→</keyseq>

Custom shortcuts

To create your own application keyboard shortcut in the <app>Keyboard</app> settings:

<steps> <item>

Click the + button. The <gui>Custom Shortcut window will appear.

</item> <item>

Type a <gui>Name to identify the shortcut, and a <gui>Command to run an application, then click <gui>Add. For example, if you wanted the shortcut to open <app>Rhythmbox</app>, you could name it Music and use the rhythmbox command.

</item> <item>

Click <gui>Disabled in the row that was just added. When it changes to <gui>New accelerator…, hold down the desired shortcut key combination.

</item> </steps>

The command name that you type should be a valid system command. You can check that the command works by opening a Terminal and typing it in there. The command that opens an application cannot have the same name as the application itself.

If you want to change the command that is associated with a custom keyboard shortcut, double-click the name of the shortcut. The <gui>Custom Shortcut window will appear, and you can edit the command.