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title: Gnome Desktop
date: 2024-06-05 16:23:31.705009
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  A visual cheat-sheet for Gnome Desktop
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## Keyboard Shortcuts

### Actions

| Shortcut      | Action              |
| ------------- | ------------------- |
| `Alt+Super+8` | Turn zoom on or off |
| `Alt+Super+=` | Zoom in             |
| `Alt+Super+-` | Zoom out            |

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### Launchers

| Shortcut     | Action              |
| ------------ | ------------------- |
| `Super+F1`   | Launch Help Browser |
| `Ctrl+Alt+T` | Launch Terminal     |

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### Screenshots

| Shortcut           | Action                            |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------- |
| `Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R` | Record a screencast interactively |
| `Shift+Print`      | Take a screenshot                 |
| `Print`            | Take a screenshot interactively   |
| `Alt+Print`        | Take a screenshot of a window     |

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### System

| Shortcut       | Action                         |
| -------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `Super+N`      | Focus the active notification  |
| `Super+L`      | Lock screen                    |
| `Ctrl+Alt+Del` | Log out                        |
| `Super+F10`    | Open the application menu      |
| `Super+Escape` | Restore the keyboard shortcuts |
| `Super+A`      | Show all applications          |
| `Super+V`      | Show the notification list     |
| `Super+S`      | Show the overview              |
| `Alt+F2`       | Show the run command prompt    |

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### Typing

| Shortcut            | Action                          |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `Super+space`       | Switch to next typing source    |
| `Shift+Super+Space` | Switch to previous input source |

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### Windows

| Shortcut      | Action                    |
| ------------- | ------------------------- |
| `Alt+Space`   | Activate the window menu  |
| `Alt+F1`      | Close the window          |
| `Super+H`     | Hide window               |
| `Super+Up`    | Maximize window           |
| `Alt+F7`      | Move window               |
| `Alt+F8`      | Resize Window             |
| `Super+Down`  | Restore window            |
| `Alt+F10`     | Toggle maximization state |
| `Super+Left`  | View split on left        |
| `Super+Right` | View split on right       |

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### Navigation

| Shortcut                | Action                                 |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl+Super+D`          | Hide all normal windows                |
| `Super+Page Up`         | Move to workspace on the left          |
| `Super+Page Down`       | Move to workspace on the right         |
| `Shift+Super+Down`      | Move window one monitor down           |
| `Shift+Super+Left`      | Move window one monitor to the left    |
| `Shift+Super+Right`     | Move window one monitor to the right   |
| `Shift+Super+Up`        | Move window one monitor up             |
| `Shift+Super+Page Up`   | Move window one workspace to the left  |
| `Shift+Super+Page Down` | Move window one workspace to the right |
| `Shift+Super+End`       | Move window to last workspace          |
| `Shift+Super+Home`      | Move window to workspace 1             |
| `Super+Tab`             | Switch applications                    |
| `Ctrl+Alt+Tab`          | Switch system controls                 |
| `Ctrl+Alt+Escape`       | Switch system controls directly        |
| `Super+End`             | Switch to last workspace               |
| `Super+Home`            | Switch to workspace 1                  |
| `Alt+Tab`               | Switch windows                         |
| `Alt+Escape`            | Switch windows directly                |
| `Alt+F6`                | Switch windows of an app directly      |
| `Super+`                | Switch windows of an application       |

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## Also see

- [Gnome Shell Cheatsheet](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/CheatSheet) _(www.gnome.org)_