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List of keyboard shortcuts for Terminal
⌘ + T Open terminal
Shortcuts Pantheon Terminal
Ctrl + D Closes active tab
Ctrl + Shift + W Closes tab
Ctrl + Shift + T Opens new tab
Alt + 1...9 Jumps to first-ninth tab
Ctrl + + Increase font size
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How can I change the default Terminal app?
You can set the default terminal by changing the alternative for x-terminal-emulator. Installing gnome-terminal creates an alternative symlink so all you have to do is set it.
sudo update-...
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How can I open Terminal with a keyboard shortcut?
To open terminal press super + T
Super key = Windows key
EDIT:
To customize your shortcut key:
Open System settings -- > Keyboard --> Applications
Now select terminal on right side of window, ...
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How can I view the desktop?
I personally like to use Hot corners to show the desktop.
To do this, first install devilspie with:
sudo apt-get install devilspie
Then create a script file with:
io.elementary.code ~/minimize.ds
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Why is there a difference between Super-Space and other shortcuts?
The difference is that Super+Space is hardcoded right in to Slingshot. It does not check system settings for different keybindings.
I grabbed the latest source code and had a look for the word "Super"...
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How to launch Screenshot by typing the PrintScreen key?
Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts
Choose Custom and click on the + sign.
You'll be requested to enter a command. Type this as a command: screenshot-tool.
Click on the Disabled string ...
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How can I view the desktop?
SuperKey + Right/Left might be the easiest if your more of the casual user and are not fully using all the workspaces all the time. This will let you view the desktop.
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How can I view the desktop?
You can put the 'Desktop' docket to Plank (the dock application).
Ctrl+Right click on the dock and select Preferences from the menu. In the Docklets tab you can find Desktop, just drag-and-drop it to ...
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Can I change the Applications Dropdown shortcut to Super not Alt+F2?
Open the Terminal by holding Super and pressing T
Run this command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "['Super_L', 'Super_R']"
Either revel in the glory of your newfound ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Just in case someone else stumbles upon this issue, I managed to address my media keys issue with elementaryos loki by using dconf-editor and xbindkeys.
First to identify your keys in terminal type ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Building on @Fratink's answer, I ran these commands to fix the issue. (For some reasons, the dconf-editor wasn't working for me.)
Volume down
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-...
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Unable to Screenshot using keyboard shortcut on elementary OS 0.4 Loki
Actually this issue touches two different bugs in Loki:
Printscreen "PrtScn" button doesn't actually take a screenshot
Custom keyboard shortcuts not working, loki fresh install
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How can I switch between keyboard layouts with a keyboard shortcut in Freya?
Default shortcut for switching layouts is Alt+Space.
If you’d like to use a different shortcut, you can set one in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Universal Access as “Next Keyboard ...
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How to add "Show Desktop" icon in elementary OS?
There are two easy options.
Ctrl + right click on plank and go to preferences. There is a show desktop docklet.
Hot corner solution. Install wmctrl
sudo apt install wmctrl
Then you can use wmctrl -...
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How do you have Ctrl + Alt + T duplicate a terminal tab in Freya?
just set org.pantheon.terminal.settings.follow-last-tab in dconf to true.
Or you can execute in terminal:
gsettings set org.pantheon.terminal.settings follow-last-tab true
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Can not deactivate Alt+F7 XWindows shortcut (conflict with Netbeans)
Let's do it from gsettings:
gsettings list-recursively | grep \<Alt\>F7
This finds all actions set to that keybinding. For instance, mine:
org.gnome.mutter.wayland.keybindings switch-to-...
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Pantheon-terminal key binds
In the Pantheon Terminal you can move between terminal tabs with Ctrl+Shift+← and Ctrl+Shift+→ respectively.
You might as well be interested in List of keyboard shortcuts for Terminal
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What is the keyboard shortcut to move across workspaces?
I just posted this question in case others had the same problem as me. Here is what I discovered.
The problem stems from SuperShiftLeft and SuperShiftRight already being assigned as shortcuts. ...
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How can I make Ctrl+D not close the tab in Pantheon Terminal?
You can disable save-exited-tabs and then Ctrl+D can be used for bash. Just run:
gsettings set org.pantheon.terminal.settings save-exited-tabs false
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Use macOS-style modifier keys
So I futzed around with this for a day (gsettings, built-in shortcuts, xkb, xmodmap) and no turnkey solution is forthcoming, though I filed a feature request that might lead somewhere.
In the ...
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list of keyboard shortcuts for Files
Ok, i searched deeper into the source code for pantheon-files and found these :)
("win.quit", {"<Ctrl>Q"});
("win.new_window", {"<Ctrl>N"});
("win.undo", {"<Ctrl>Z"});
("win....
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How to disable keyboard shortcuts pop up in Juno?
Go to Settings > Keyboard and change the default behavior for the ⌘-key to disabled.
⌘-key is the super-key or the 'windows'-key.
See wikipedia for the origin of the symbol.
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How do I enter the rupee sign?
When you have enabled that setting you can press
AltGr+4
to create a ₹
Just tested it myself, you do not need to restart your computer or even exit the settings window. It just works.
But I do ...
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How can I reset keyboard shortcuts?
In System Settings > About There is a button "Restore Default Settings". You can use this to reset all system settings back to their factory defaults.
This will not affect any application settings.
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Can I change the Applications Dropdown shortcut to Super not Alt+F2?
You can set slingshot to launch by only pressing the super key by typing the following command into your terminal:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "['Super_L']"
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Universal Access Zoom In/Out
By default, elementary OS has a magnifier that can be used by pressing ⌘++ to zoom in and ⌘+- to zoom out.
Note that ⌘ refers to the "Super" key, which on your hardware might have a Windows logo, an ...
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Shift+Super+Right doesn't move current window right
The keys to do this in Loki are Alt-Super Left/Right.
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