RedHat Shortcuts

7/30/2019 RedHat Shortcuts

1/16

RedhatLog in

Log inX

United States

Sorry!

This section of the site is only available in English.

closeCustomer PortalResource LibraryFind a partnerBuy onlineContact sales

Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Desktop Server For Scientific Computing For IBM POWER For IBM System z For SAP BusinessApplications Red Hat Network Satellite Management

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

For Servers For Desktops

Identity Management

Red Hat Certificate System Red Hat Directory Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Add-Ons

Extended Update Support High Availability High Performance Network Load Balancer ResilientStorage Scalable File System Smart Management Extended Lifecycle Support

Cloud Computing

ManageIQ OpenShift Enterprise OpenStack preview CloudForms

JBoss Enterprise Middleware

Web Server Developer Studio Portfolio Edition JBoss Operations Network FuseSource IntegrationProducts Web Framework Kit Application Platform Data Grid Portal Platform SOA Platform BusinessRules Management System (BRMS) Data Services Platform Messaging JBoss Community or JBossenterprise

Red Hat Enterprise MRG

at.com | The World's Open Source Leader http://www.redhat.com/magazine/011sep05/feature

16 02/01/2013 02


2/16

Messaging Realtime Grid

Red Hat Storage Server

For On-premise For Public Cloud For Hybrid Cloud

Products A to Z

Solutions

By IT challenge

Application development Business process management Enterprise application integrationInteroperability Operational efficiency Security Virtualization

Migration Center

Migrate to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems management Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise LinuxJBoss Enterprise Middleware IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux HP-UX to Red Hat EnterpriseLinux Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Start a conversationwith Red Hat Migration services

By business need

Enterprise applications Infrastructure consolidation Security Web applications Storage

By industry

Education Financial services Government Healthcare and life sciences Media and entertainment

Telecommunications

Cloud Computing

Red Hat Cloud Enterprise PaaS Hybrid IaaS Cloud with virtualization Find a public cloud providerSupport

Benefits of a Red Hat subscription

Open Source Assurance FAQs

Red Hat Customer Portal

Technical Account Management

Red Hat Partner Support

Training

The value of Red Hat Training


16 02/01/2013 02


3/16

Ways to train

Classroom training Red Hat Online Learning Virtual training Remote classroom training On-site teamtraining Live Access Labs

Courses and training paths

Popular and new courses JBoss Middleware Administration curriculum Core System Administration

curriculum JBoss Middleware Development curriculum Advanced System Administration curriculumLinux Development curriculum Cloud Computing and Virtualization curriculum

Ways to save

Certification Success Packs Create your own bundle Multi-student discount Stay Current CertificationExam Discount Training units

Certifications

Guaranteed to Run classes

Training resource center

View all Red Hat Training courses

Consulting

Product Enablement

Product Accelerators Product Architecture Services

Infrastructure services

Assessments Quickstarts Implementations Healthchecks Migration Planning Dedicated Resources

Business solutions

Red Hat Pathways

Middleware and Application Services

Assessments Quickstarts Implementations Middleware Healthchecks Middleware Migration Planning

IT Architecture and Design Services

Standard Operating Environment (SOE) Strategic Migration Planning Service-oriented architecture(SOA) Enterprise Data Solutions Business Process Management

Engagement Delivery Options


16 02/01/2013 02


4/16

Cloud Services

Middleware Cloud Services Red Hat Cloud Pathway Red Hat Cloud Quickstart

Consulting resource library

Issue #11 September 2005

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF MOUSEby Rosanna Yuen

Keyboard bindings: why use them?GNOME desktop

FirefoxEvolutionOpenOffice.org

About the author

Keyboard bindings: why use them?My computer set-up is suboptimal. My desk is too high for me to type on comfortably. My workaround? Itype with my keyboard on my lap. That puts the keyboard at just the right height and is kinder to mywrists. My mouse, however, has to sit on my desk. Using my mouse involves moving my hand a foot ineach direction.

While this action might conceivably bulk up my arm muscles, I would rather not do my arm exerciseswhile at my computer. Using the mouse is time consuming, distracting, and, most importantly, lessergonomic. While your computer may be better situated than mine, chances are you, too, would workfaster if you did not have to use your mouse.

To minimize my mouse use, I learned many of the keyboard bindings for various applications. Manyapplications use similar bindings, making them even easier to remember.

I have compiled a list of keyboard bindings here for some of the more prevalent applications. Feel free to

print them out and keep them next to your computer. It may take you a little time to remember them, butonce you do, you will wonder how you ever did without.

GNOME desktopThe GNOME desktop has a set of keyboard bindings that work the same way for most of their programs.The GNOME project requires that everything done with a mouse should be possible with just thekeyboard. The most useful GNOME keyboard bindings are shown in Table 1, GNOME keyboardbindings (#tb-gnome).


16 02/01/2013 02


5/16

Tip:Some keyboard shortcuts can be changed. To see a list of possible actions that can be bound to ashortcut, select Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

Tip:If you are a frequent user of shell and Emacs key bindings, you can set your desktop to respondto the same keys by entering this in your terminal:

gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme "Emacs"

To restore to the default, enter:

gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme "default"

Keyboard

bindingWhat it does Mouse equivalent

Alt-Space Brings up the window menu.Click on thewindow icon in themenubar.

F1Starts the help browser for the current

application.

Select Help ->

Contents.

F6Moves focus to pane. If more than one pane isavailable in the application, cycles betweenthem.

No mouseequivalent.

F8

Moves focus to pane separator. If more than onepane separator is available in the application,moves between them. Once selected, the paneselector can be moved by using the arrow keys,

the Page Up and Page Down keys, and theHome and End keys.

Click and drag thepane separators.

F10 Gives focus to and opens the menubar.Click on the themenubar.

Shift-F10If available, opens the context menu for the partin focus.

Right click on thedesired widget.

Ctrl-F10 In the file chooser, opens the context menu for Right click on a


16 02/01/2013 02


6/16

Keyboard


the general area.blank space in thefile pane.

F11 Toggles full screen mode.

Select View ->

Fullscreen.

Ctrl-X Cut highlighted text.Right click onhighlighted textand select Cut.

Ctrl-C Copy highlighted text.Right click onhighlighted textand select Copy.

Ctrl-V Paste cut or copied text.Right click onhighlighted textand select Paste.

Ctrl-+ Zoom in.Select View ->Zoom in.

Ctrl-- Zoom out.Select View ->Zoom out.

Tab Moves to next widget in window.

Some widgets canbe selected with amouse click.Others cannot.

Shift-Tab Moves to previous widget in window.

Some widgets canbe selected with amouse click.Others cannot.

Ctrl-Tab

Moves to next widget in window even when a

normal Tab does not work. For example, in atext entry box, Tab adds a tab space.

Some widgets can

be selected with amouse click.Others cannot.

Ctrl-Space Select item in addition to previous selections.Ctrl-left click onthe item.

Ctrl-ArrowKey

Move focus without affecting selection.No mouseequivalent.


16 02/01/2013 02


7/16

Keyboard


Ctrl-L Moves focus to the location bar.Click in thelocation bar.

Ctrl-Page Up Move to the tab on the left of current one. Select the tab.

Ctrl-PageDown

Move to the tab on the right of current one. Select the tab.

PrtScn Takes a screenshot of the desktop.No mouseequivalent.

Alt-PrtScn Takes a screenshot of the window in focus.No mouseequivalent.

Ctrl-Alt-Tab Toggles focus between the desktop andindividual panels..

No mouseequivalent.

Ctrl-Alt-D Hide all applications to show the desktop.Click the Hide allbutton located inthe panel.

Table 1. GNOME keyboard bindings

FirefoxAlthough not technically part of the GNOME project, Firefox uses many of the keyboard bindings shown

in Table 1, GNOME keyboard bindings (#tb-gnome). Supplemental bindings are shown in Table 2,Firefox keyboard bindings (#tb-firefox).

Keyboard binding What it does Mouse equivalent

Ctrl-N Creates a new Firefox window.Select File -> NewWindow.

Ctrl-TCreates a new tab in the current Firefoxwindow.

Select File -> New Tab.

Alt-LeftArrow

Go to previous page in your browsinghistory.

Click Left Arrow in thetoolbar.

Alt-RightArrow

Go to the next page in your browsinghistory.

Click Right Arrow in thetoolbar.

Alt-Home Go to the home page.Click on Home in thetoolbar.


16 02/01/2013 02


8/16


Ctrl-R Reload page.Click on Reload in thetoolbar.

Ctrl-OAllows you to choose an existing file toshow in the current Firefox window.

Select File -> Open File.

Ctrl-WClose current tab. If only one tab is openin the window, closes the window.

Select File -> Close Tab.

Ctrl-Shift-WCloses the current window. If only onewindow is open, Firefox exits.

Select File -> CloseWindow.

Ctrl-SPrompts you for a file name underwhich to save the current page.

Select File -> Save PageAs.

Ctrl-P Prints the current page. Select File -> Print.

Ctrl-F Search in current page.Select Edit -> Find in ThisPage.

Ctrl-G Repeat the same search. Select Edit -> Find Again

Ctrl-UView the source HTML for the currentpage.

Select View -> PageSource.

Ctrl-H Opens the History pane. Select Go -> History.

Ctrl-DAdds current page into yourbookmarks.

Select Bookmarks ->Bookmark This Page.

Table 2. Firefox keyboard bindings

EvolutionBecause Evolution is a suite of applications, each component has its own set of keyboard bindings. Table3, General Evolution keyboard bindings (#tb-evo) shows the generic Evolution bindings while Table 4,Evolution keyboard bindings in the mail view (#tb-evomail), Table 5, Evolution keyboard bindings in

the mail composition window (#tb-evocomp), and Table 6, Evolution keyboard bindings in the calendarwindow (#tb-evocalendar) show the keyboard bindings for the mail component, the mail compositionwindow, and the calendar component respectively.

Keyboard


Ctrl-NCreates a new email, contact, task, orappointment, depending on which Click on New.


16 02/01/2013 02


9/16

Keyboard


view you are in.

Ctrl-Shift-MCreates a new email independent of

your current view.

Click on the down arrow nextto New and select Mail

Message.

Ctrl-Shift-CCreates a new contact independent ofyour current view.

Click on the down arrow nextto New and select Contact.

Ctrl-Shift-ACreates a new appointmentindependent of your current view.

Click on the down arrow nextto New and selectAppointment.

Ctrl-Shift-TCreates a new task independent of

your current view.

Click on the down arrow next

to New and select Task.

Ctrl-P Print Click Print.

Ctrl-W Close current window. Select File -> Close.

Ctrl-Q Quit Evolution. Select File -> Quit.

F9Send any outgoing mail and get anyincoming mail.

Click on Send/Receive.

Ctrl-F1 Change to mail view.Select View -> Window ->Mail.

Ctrl-F2 Change to contacts view.Select View -> Window ->Contacts.

Ctrl-F3 Change to calendars view.Select View -> Window ->Calendars.

Ctrl-F4 Change to tasks view. Select View -> Window ->Tasks.

Table 3. General Evolution keyboard bindings

Keyboard


Ctrl-YApply filters to selectedmessages.

Select Actions -> Apply Filters.


16 02/01/2013 02


10/16

Keyboard


Ctrl-OOpen selected message in newwindow.

Double click on selected message.

Ctrl-R

Reply to sender for the selected

message. Click on Reply.

Ctrl-Shift-RReply to all for the selectedmessage.

Click on Reply to All.

Ctrl-F Forward selected message. Click on Forward.

] or .When the message list hasfocus, goes to next unreadmessage.

Click on the message.

[ or ,When the message list hasfocus, goes to previous unreadmessage.

Click on the message.

Ctrl-KMarks selected messages asread.

Click on the envelope icon on theleft of the message line to toggleread status.

Ctrl-Shift-KMarks selected messages as

unread.

Click on the envelope icon on theleft of the message line to toggleread status.

Ctrl-E Expunge deleted messages. Select Actions -> Expunge.

Table 4. Evolution keyboard bindings in the mail view

Keyboard


Ctrl-Return Send message. Click on Send.

Ctrl-S Save as a file. Select File -> Save.

Ctrl-Shift-L Spell check the email.Select Edit -> Spell CheckDocument.

Ctrl-Alt-A Add attachment to email. Click Attach.

Ctrl-Z Undo last edit. Click Undo.


f 16 02/01/2013 02


11/16

Keyboard


Ctrl-RRedo edit that had beenundone.

Click Redo.

Table 5. Evolution keyboard bindings in the mail composition window

Keyboard


Ctrl-Shift-E Create a new meeting. Select File -> New -> Meeting.

Ctrl-Shift-P Create a new all-day appointment.Select File -> New -> All DayAppointment.

Ctrl-Alt-T Go to today's calendar page. Click Today.

Ctrl-Alt-GGo to a selected date on the calendarpage.

Click Go To.

Ctrl-D Delete selected appointment. Select Edit -> Delete.

Ctrl-EPurge all appointments fromcalendar before set date.

Select Actions -> Purge.

Table 6. Evolution keyboard bindings in the calendar window

OpenOffice.orgLike Evolution, OpenOffice.org is a suite of different applications. Their shared keyboard bindings areshown in Table 7, General OpenOffice.org keyboard bindings (#tb-ooo) while Table 8, OpenOffice.orgwriter keyboard bindings (#tb-ooow) and Table 9, OpenOffice.org Calc keyboard bindings (#tb-oooc)show individual keyboard bindings for OpenOffice.org Writer and OpenOffice.org Calc respectively.

These tables show some of the more important keyboard bindings. OpenOffice.org actually has manymore. You can find a list of them in the help section for each application, which, if you check Table 1,

GNOME keyboard bindings (#tb-gnome), can be started by pressing F1.

Keyboard


Ctrl-O Open a document Select File -> Open.

Ctrl-S Save the current document. Select File -> Save.

Ctrl-N Create a new document. Select File -> New.


f 16 02/01/2013 02


12/16

Keyboard


Ctrl-Shift-NOpen the Templates andDocuments window.

No mouse equivalent.

Ctrl-P Print current document. Select File -> Print.

Ctrl-F4 Close current window. Select File -> Close.

Ctrl-Q Quit OpenOffice.org. Select File -> Quit.

Ctrl-Z Undo last edit. Select Edit -> Undo.

Ctrl-Y Redo edit that has been undone. Select Edit -> Redo.

Ctrl-A Select all. Select Edit -> Select All.

Ctrl-F Search in the current document. Select Edit -> Find & Replace.

Ctrl-Shift-FSearches again with the samestring.

In the Find & Replace window,click on Find.

Ctrl-Shift-J Toggles full screen mode. Select View -> Full Screen.

Ctrl-B Marks selected text as bold. Click B in the toolbar.

Ctrl-I Marks selected text as italic. Click I in the toolbar.

Ctrl-U Marks selected text as underlined. Click U in the toolbar.

Table 7. General OpenOffice.org keyboard bindings

Keyboard


F2 Show the formula bar. Select Table -> Formula.

F4 Toggle data sources pane. Select View -> Data Sources.

F5 Toggle navigator window. Select Edit -> Navigator.

F7 Spell check document. Select Tools -> Spellcheck.

Ctrl-F7Use the thesaurus for current Select Tools -> Language ->


f 16 02/01/2013 02


13/16

Keyboard


word. Thesaurus.

F11Toggles the Style and Formattingwindow.

Select Format -> Styles andFormatting.

F12 Start numbered list mode.Click the numbered list icon inthe toolbar.

Shift-F12 Start bullet list mode.Click the bullet list icon in thetoolbar.

Ctrl-DMarks selected text with a doubleunderline.

No mouse equivalent.

Ctrl-J Justify selected paragraph. Select Format -> Alignment ->Justified.

Ctrl-E Center selected paragraph.Select Format -> Alignment ->Centered.

Ctrl-LAlign selected paragraph to theleft.

Select Format -> Alignment ->Left.

Ctrl-RAlign selected paragraph to the

right.

Select Format -> Alignment ->

Right.

Ctrl-Enter Create a page break. Select Insert -> Manual Break.

HomeMove cursor to the beginning ofline.

Click on beginning of line.

Ctrl-HomeMove cursor to the beginning ofdocument.

Scroll to beginning of document.

End Move cursor to the end of the line. Click on the end of the line.

Ctrl-EndMove cursor to the end of thedocument.

Click on the end of the document.

Table 8. OpenOffice.org writer keyboard bindings


F2 Edit the current cell. Click in the input


f 16 02/01/2013 02


14/16


line.

Ctrl-F2 Open the Function Wizard.Select Insert ->Function.

F5 Toggles the Navigator window.Select Edit ->Navigator.

F7 Checks spelling in current sheet.Select Tools ->Spellcheck.

F9Recalculate all the formulas oncurrent sheet.

Select Tools -> CellContents ->Recalculate.

F11Opens the Styles and Formattingwindow.

Select Format ->Styles andFormatting.

F12Group selected rows or columnstogether.

Select Data ->Outline -> Group.

Ctrl-F12Removes grouping from selectedrows or columns.

Select Data ->Outline ->Ungroup.

Alt-Down ArrowIncrease the height of the currentrow.

Select Format -> Row-> Height and editmanually.

Alt-Up ArrowDecrease the height of thecurrent row.

Select Format -> Row-> Height and editmanually.

Alt-Right ArrowIncreases the width of the currentcolumn.

Select Format ->Column -> Height

and edit manually.

Alt-Left ArrowDecreases the width of thecurrent column.

Select Format ->Column -> Heightand edit manually.

Alt-Shift-Down Arrowor Alt-Shift-Up Arrow

Set the row height to exact heightof selected entry.

No mouseequivalent.


f 16 02/01/2013 02


15/16


Alt-Shift-Right Arrowor Alt-Shift-LeftArrow

Set the column width to exactwidth of selected entry.

No mouseequivalent.

Home

Move cursor to the first cell in the

current row.

Click on the

appropriate cell.

End

Move cursor to the cell in thecurrent row. The last cell isdefined as the one in the lastcolumn with data.

Click on theappropriate cell.

Ctrl-HomeMove cursor to cell A1 in thecurrent sheet.

Scroll to the top andclick on cell A1.

Ctrl-EndMove cursor to last cell in thespreadsheet.

Scroll to the end ofthe sheet and click oncell.

Ctrl-Page Up Show the sheet to the left.Click on theappropriate sheettab.

Ctrl-Page Down Show the sheet to the right.Click on theappropriate sheettab.

Table 9. OpenOffice.org Calc keyboard bindings

About the authorRosanna Yuen is an avid computer user who often finds herself surrounded by computer programmers. She co-wrote AisleRiot and is a dabbler in the

GNOME project. In her spare time, she reads, knits, and experiments in her kitchen.

Connect:

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.|


f 16 02/01/2013 02


16/16
