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82 Shortcuts for Linux Mint (Linux)
82 Shortcuts for Linux Mint (Linux)
Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition uses the Cinnamon desktop environment and the
Nemo le manager.
1. General
Win
Open the Applications Menu
Win+D
Show desktop
Win+E
Open File Manager
Alt+F2
Open the run dialog
Ctrl+Alt+T
Open a terminal
Shift+F10 OR right click
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
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2. 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
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Selecting Items
Ctrl+ left
click
Shift+ left
click
Arrow Keys
Shift+Arrow
Keys
Ctrl+S
Select multiple items
Select a range of items
Select an item in the indicated direction
Select a range of items in the indicated direction
Select items matching a pattern (opens a dialog where you type
in a pattern. All items matching that pattern are selected)
Home/End
Select the rst 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 item
Delete
Delete selected item
Change the View
Ctrl+1
Icon view
Ctrl+2
List view
Ctrl+3
Compact view
Ctrl+H
Show hidden les
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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 folder side by side)
F4
Toggle Terminal in top pane (require the Nemo Terminal plugin)
F9
Toggle left pane
Edit bookmarks (Opens a dialog where you can sort, rename, and
Ctrl+B
delete the shortcuts that appear in the left pane)
Ctrl+D
Add bookmark (a shortcut in the left pane)
F6
Cycle focus between panes
F8,
Resize panes. Press F8 to cycle through the separators between
then
panes (the selected one will be highlighted). Then use the arrow
Arrow
keys to resize the separator.
Keys
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 le menu
Alt+P
Open the plugin manager
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Ctrl+Q
Close all windows
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3. Manage Windows and Workspaces
Cycle through open windows on current
Alt+Tab
Workspace
Cycle through open windows of the same
Alt+`
application on ANY Workspace
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow
Toggle Scale view (display all windows on current
Down/Alt+Esc
Workspace)
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up
Toggle Expo view (display all Workspaces)
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow
Move to left / right workspace
Left/Arrow Right
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow
Left/Arrow Right
Win+Shift+Arrow Keys
Move current window to left /right workspace
Move current window to different monitor
(left/right/up/down)
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4. 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
Snap window to left/right/top/bottom half of screen. Use
Win+Arrow
in combination to snap to corners, e.g. right then up. Key
Keys
back toward the middle of the screen to unsnap (e.g., for a
right-snapped window, push super+arrow left)
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Ctrl+Win+Arrow
Tile window to the left/right/top/bottom half of the screen.
Keys
Other maximized windows will ll in the remaining space.
Alt+Space
Open window menu
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5. Session
Ctrl+Alt+L
Lock screen
Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Log out
Ctrl+Alt+End
Open the Shut Down menu (Suspend / Restart / Shut Down)
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6. Screenshots and Screen Recording
By default, screenshots are saved to the Pictures folder in your Home
directory
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+Print
Screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R
Copy a screenshot of the current window to the clipboard
Toggle desktop recording (video will be saved to your
Home folder)
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7. Troubleshooting
F1
Ctrl+Alt+Esc
Win+P
Launch Linux Mint online help
Restart Cinnamon, preserving all applications and
windows (version 2.6+)
Re-detect display devices
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Win+L
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Toggle looking glass debugging tool
Restart the X server (WARNING: this will close all
running applications!)
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8. Accessibility
Alt+Win+=/- or
Zoom desktop in or out (Note: Zoom must be enabled
Alt+Mousewheel
in Universal Access settings)
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