- Ctrl+Alt+T or Shift+Ctrl+N: Open a terminal window.
- Shift+Ctrl+Q: Close the current terminal window
- Shift+Ctrl+T: Open a new tab.
- Shift+Ctrl+W Close the current tab.
- Ctrl+Page Up: Switch to the previous tab.
- Ctrl+Page Down: Switch to the next tab.
- Shift+Ctrl+Page Up: Move to the tab to the left.
- Shift+Ctrl+Page Down: Move to the tab to the right.
- Alt+1: Switch to Tab 1.
- Alt+2: Switch to Tab 2.
- Alt+3: Switch to Tab 3, and so on, up to Alt+9 to switch to tab 9
- Alt+0: Switch to Tab 10.
- Shift+Ctrl+C: Copy the highlighted text. You must use the mouse to highlight the text.
- Shift+Ctrl+V: Paste the copied text in a terminal window. If you are pasting into an application such as an editor, Ctrl+V will probably work.
- Ctrl+A or Home: Go to the start of a command line.
- Ctrl+E or End: Go to the end of a command line.
- Alt+B or Ctrl+Left Arrow: Move the cursor backward one word.
- Ctrl+B or Left Arrow: Move the cursor backward one character.
- Alt+F or Ctrl+Right Arrow: Move the cursor forward one word.
- Ctrl+F or Right Arrow: Move the cursor forward one character.
- Ctrl+XX: Hop between the current position of the cursor and the start of the line. Hold down Ctrl and Press X twice, quickly.
- Ctrl+D or Delete: Delete the character under the cursor.
- Ctrl+U: Delete all characters before the cursor. Ctrl+E, Ctrl+U will delete the entire line.
- Alt+D: Delete all characters after the cursor to the end of the line.
- Ctrl+H or Backspace: Delete the character before the cursor.
- Ctrl+L: Clear the terminal window. Same as typing clear.
- Ctrl+S: Stop scrolling output. Freezes the output from a program, but allows the program to continue to run in the background.
- Ctrl+Q: Restart scrolling output if it has been stopped with Ctrl+S.
- Shift+Ctrl++ (that is, Shift, Ctrl and +, “the plus sign”): Zoom in.
- Ctrl+- (that is, Shift, Ctrl and -, “the minus sign“): Zoom out.
- F11: Full screen.
- Ctrl+0 (that is, Ctrl and 0, “zero”): Return to normal size.
- Shift+Ctrl+F: Find.
- Shift+Ctrl+G: Find the next occurrence of the search term.
- Shift+Ctrl+H: Find the previous occurrence of the search term.
- Shift+Ctrl+J: Clear text highlights.
- Alt+F2: Run a command. Opens the “Enter a Command” dialog. You can use this to launch applications, run commands, and run scripts.
- Super+D: Minimizes all windows and shows the desktop.
- Super+Tab or Alt+Tab: Switch applications.
- Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow: Move to the previous workspace.
- Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow: Move to the next workspace.
- Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow: Move an application to the previous workspace.
- Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow: Move an application to the next workspace.
- Super+Left Arrow: Snap the current application so that it takes up the left side of the screen.
- Super+Right Arrow: Snap the current application so that it takes up the right side of the screen.
- Super+Up Arrow: Maximize the current application.
- Super+Down Arrow: Restore down (that is, reduce but don’t minimize) the current application.
- Super+M or Super+V: Display the notifications are and Calendar.
- Super+Space: Switches between input sources. For example, if you have a laptop with a US keyboard and you also use it with an external UK keyboard, you’d find this useful.
- Ctrl+Alt+L: Locks the screen so that you need to log back in. Makes it safe to leave your computer unattended.
- Ctrl+Alt+Del: Logs you out of the current session.
- Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+W or Alt+F4: Close application.
- Ctrl+P: Open the Print dialog.
- Ctrl+S: Save the current file.
- Shift+Ctrl+S: Open the File Save dialog.
- Ctrl+O: Open the Open File dialog.