Software & Apps Linux 75 75 people found this article helpful Fedora GNOME Keyboard Shortcuts Common shortcuts in GNOME streamline your workflow by Gary Newell Writer Gary Newell was a freelance contributor, application developer, and software tester with 20+ years in IT, working on Linux, UNIX, and Windows. our editorial process Gary Newell Updated on January 25, 2020 Tweet Share Email The Ultimate Guide to Keyboard Shortcuts The Ultimate Guide to Keyboard Shortcuts Introduction Windows Timesavers The Best Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Better Productivity How to Use the Shortcut Alt + Underline Shortcut to Create New Folders Essential Shortcuts for iTunes Mac, iOS & iPad Quick Tricks The Best Mac Shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts for Finder Mac Startup Keyboard Shortcuts 18 Shortcuts for Apple's iOS Shortcuts App iPad Keyboard Tips and Smart Keyboard Shortcuts Android & iPhone Shortcuts The Best Android Shortcuts You Should Be Using Create and Use iPhone X Shortcuts Email Shortcuts The 30 Best Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts for 2020 How to Use Yahoo Mail Keyboard Shortcuts The Complete Apple Mail Shortcut List Shortcuts in iOS Mail Delete Shortcut Keys for Popular Email Programs How to Use Outlook.com Keyboard Shortcuts Create Text Snippets With Shortcuts in Mac OS X Mail Online & Browser Shortcuts Top 36 Shortcuts for Edge and IE 11 Keyboard Shortcuts: Google Chrome for Windows Create Web Page Shortcuts in Chrome for Windows Control Safari Windows With Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcuts for Safari Toolbars Shortcuts for Safari on OS X & Sierra Excel Shortcuts The 23 Best Excel Shortcuts Shortcut Excel's Fill Down Command Shortcut the Current Date/Time Formatting Numbers Adding Worksheets Shortcut to Saving Your Work Creating a Chart MAX Function Shortcut More Office Shortcuts Top 10 Microsoft Word Shortcuts The 5 Best Hidden Word Shortcuts Add Shortcut Keys to AutoText Entries Uppercase Shortcut Key How to Reset Keyboard Shortcuts in Word Shortcut to Speed Up PowerPoint Presentations Other Useful Shortcuts The Best Google Docs Shortcuts 18 Shortcuts for Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon Changing Linux Mint Cinnamon Shortcuts Fedora GNOME Keyboard Shortcuts Maya Keyboard Shortcuts Create or Reassign Keyboard Shortcuts in MS Office Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop CC Time-Saving Fill Tool Shortcuts in Photoshop The 5 Most Useful GIMP Keyboard Shortcuts How to Use the GIMP Keyboard Shortcut Editor Shortcuts to Type a Tilde Mark To get the very best out of the GNOME desktop environment, within Fedora, you need to learn and remember the keyboard shortcuts required to navigate the system. These are the most useful keyboard shortcuts and how they are used. The Super Key The Super key is your best friend for accessing modern operating systems. On a standard laptop, the Super key sits on the bottom row next to the Alt key. On most laptops and keyboards, it looks like the Windows logo. When you press the Super key, the activities overview displays and you will see all of the open applications zoomed out. Pressing Alt+F1 shows the same display. Run a Command To run a command quickly, press Alt+F2 to display a Run Command dialog. Enter your command into that window and press Enter to execute it. Switch to Other Open Applications As with Microsoft Windows, switch applications using the Alt+Tab combo. The GNOME application switcher shows the icons and names of the applications as you tab through them. Use the Alt+Shift+Tab keys to rotate the icons in reverse order. Switch to Another Window in the Same Application There are two ways to cycle through all of the open instances of the same application. The first is to press Alt+Tab until the cursor sits over the icon of the application with many windows that you wish to cycle through. After a pause, a drop-down will appear and you can select the window with the mouse. The second option is to press Alt+Tab until the cursor sits over the icon of the application you want to cycle through and then press Super+` (the accent grave key, shared with the ~ tilde, top left, usually below the Esc key) to toggle through the open instances. The key for cycling through the open instances is always the key above the Tab key regardless of your keyboard layout, therefore it isn't always guaranteed to be the ` key. Switch Keyboard Focus To switch the keyboard focus to the search bar or to an application window, press Ctrl+Alt+Tab to show a list of possible areas to switch to. Use the arrow keys to cycle through the possible options. Show a List of All the Applications To open a full list of all the applications on your system, press Super+A. Switch Workspaces If you have been using Linux for a while, you will appreciate the fact that you can use multiple workspaces. For example, in one workspace you might have development environments open; in another, web browsers; and in a third, your email client. To toggle between workspaces press the Super+PgUp keys to toggle in one direction and the Super+PgDn keys to toggle in the other direction. Move Items to a New Workspace If the workspace you are using is getting cluttered and you wish to move the current application to a new workspace press the Super+Shift+PgUp combo or Super+Shift+PgDn combo. Alternatively, press the Super key to bring up the list of applications and drag the application you wish to move to one of the workspaces on the right of the screen. Show the Message Tray The message tray provides a list of notifications. To bring up the message tray press Super+M. Lock the Screen Need a comfort break or a cup of coffee? Don't want sticky paws all over your keyboard? Whenever you leave your computer alone, get in the habit of pressing Super+L to lock the screen. Power Off If you used to be a Windows user, then you will remember the three finger salute known as Ctrl+Alt+Del. If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del on your keyboard within Fedora, a message will appear, telling you that your computer will shut down in 60 seconds. Editing Shortcuts Adam Gault / Getty Images These editing keyboard shortcuts are pretty much universal across every operating system. Ctrl+A = Select AllCtrl+X = CutCtrl+C = CopyCtrl+V = PasteCtrl+Z = Undo Screen Capturing Manuel Breva Colmeiro / Getty Images As with the editing shortcuts, the screen-capturing keys are fairly standard: PrtSc = Take a screenshotAlt+PrtSc = Take a screenshot of the current windowShift+PrtSc = Take a screenshot of an area of the screen A less common command that's great for people making tutorial videos: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R = Record screencast (press the combo again to stop the screencast) The screencasts will be stored in the videos folder under your home directory in the WEBM format. Put Windows Side by Side Place windows side by side so that one uses the left side of the screen and the other uses the right side of the screen. Press the Super+Left Arrow key to shift the current application to the left. Press the Super+Right Arrow key to shift the current application to the right. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! 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