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Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition 17.2 ShortcutsPlatform: Linux/English

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General

Win Open the Applications Menu

Win+D Show desktop

Win+E Open File Manager

Alt+F2 Open the run dialogCtrl+Alt+T Open a terminal

Shift+F10 OR rightclick

Open the context menu of the selected item

Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y Undo / redo

Ctrl+C Copy selected item

Ctrl+V Paste

Ctrl+X Cut selected item

File Manager (Nemo)

Navigating Directories

Ctrl+Shift+N New folder

Ctrl+L Focus the location bar

Alt+Home Navigate to the home directory

Alt+Arrow Up Navigate up one directory

Alt+Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Navigate one directory forward / back

Selecting Items

Ctrl+ left click Select multiple items

Shift+ left click Select a range of items

Arrow Keys Select an item in the indicated direction

Shift+Arrow Keys Select a range of items in the indicated direction

Ctrl+S Select items matching a pattern (opens a dialogwhere you type in a pattern. All items matching that

pattern are selected)

Home/End Select the first or last item in the window

Ctrl+A Select all items

Ctrl+Shift+I Invert selection

Interact with the Selected Item

Ctrl+O OR Alt+Arrow Down OR Enter

Open selected item

Ctrl+Shift+O Open selected item in new tab

Alt+Enter Properties of selected item

Shift+Space Preview selected item

F2 Rename selected item

Ctrl+M Create shortcut to selected itemDelete Delete selected item

Change the View

Ctrl+1 Icon view

Ctrl+2 List view

Ctrl+3 Compact view

Ctrl+H Show hidden files

Ctrl+=/- OR Ctrl +Mousewheel

Increase / decrease icon size

Ctrl+0 (zero) Reset icon size

Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal

F3 Toggle Extra Pane (split view that shows two folderside by side)

F4 Toggle Terminal in top pane (require the NemoTerminal plugin)

F9 Toggle left pane

Ctrl+B Edit bookmarks (Opens a dialog where you can sort,rename, and delete the shortcuts that appear in theleft pane)

Ctrl+D Add bookmark (a shortcut in the left pane)

F6 Cycle focus between panes

F8, then ArrowKeys

Resize panes. Press F8 to cycle through theseparators between panes (the selected one will behighlighted). Then use the arrow keys to resize theseparator.

Manage Tabs

Ctrl+T New tab

Alt+1 ... 9 Switch to tab 1 ... 9

Ctrl+Page Up/Page

Down

Next / previous tab

Ctrl+Shift+Page Up/Page Down

Move tab left / right

Ctrl+W Close tab

General

Ctrl+F Find

Ctrl+N New window

F10 Open file menu

Alt+P Open the plugin manager

Ctrl+Q Close all windows

Manage Windows and Workspaces

Alt+Tab Cycle through open windows on current Workspace

Alt+` Cycle through open windows of the same applicationon ANY Workspace

Ctrl+Alt+ArrowDown/Alt+Esc

Toggle Scale view (display all windows on currentWorkspace)

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up Toggle Expo view (display all Workspaces)

Ctrl+Alt+ArrowLeft/Arrow Right

Move to left / right workspace

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Move current window to left /right workspace

Win+Shift+ArrowKeys

Move current window to different monitor(left/right/up/down)

Current Application Window

Alt+F4 Close window

Alt+F5 Unmaximize window

Alt+F7 Resize window

Alt+F8 Move window

Alt+F10 Toggle maximize / unaximize window

Win+Arrow Keys Snap window to left/right/top/bottom half of screen.Use in combination to snap to corners, e.g. right thenup. Key back toward the middle of the screen tounsnap (e.g., for a right-snapped window, pushsuper+arrow left)

Ctrl+Win+ArrowKeys

Tile window to the left/right/top/bottom half of thescreen. Other maximized windows will fill in theremaining space.

Alt+Space Open window menu

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Session

Ctrl+Alt+L Lock screen

Ctrl+Alt+Delete Log out

Ctrl+Alt+End Open the Shut Down menu (Suspend / Restart / ShutDown)

Screenshots and Screen RecordingBy default, screenshots are saved to the Pictures folder in your Homedirectory

Print Screen Take a screenshot

Ctrl+Print Screen Copy a screenshot to the clipboard

Alt+Print Screen Take a screenshot of the current window

Ctrl+Alt+PrintScreen

Copy a screenshot of the current window to theclipboard

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R Toggle desktop recording (video will be saved to yourHome folder)

Troubleshooting

F1 Launch Linux Mint online help

Ctrl+Alt+Esc Restart Cinnamon, preserving all applications andwindows (version 2.6+)

Win+P Re-detect display devices

Win+L Toggle looking glass debugging tool

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace Restart the X server (WARNING: this will close allrunning applications!)

Accessibility

Alt+Win+=/-or Alt+Mousewheel

Zoom desktop in or out (Note: Zoom must be enabledin Universal Access settings)

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