Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com Julita Inca yrazes@gmail.com Shaun McCance shaunm@gnome.org 2012 Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com Use applications and the desktop without a mouse. Keyboard navigation

This page details keyboard navigation for people who cannot use a mouse or other pointing device, or who want to use a keyboard as much as possible. For keyboard shortcuts that are useful to all users, see instead.

If you cannot use a pointing device like a mouse, you can control the mouse pointer using the numeric keypad on your keyboard. See for details.

Navigate user interfaces

Tab og CtrlTab

Move keyboard focus between different controls. Ctrl Tab moves between groups of controls, such as from a sidebar to the main content. CtrlTab can also break out of a control that uses Tab itself, such as a text area.

Hold down Shift to move focus in reverse order.

Piletaster

Move selection between items in a single control, or among a set of related controls. Use the arrow keys to focus buttons in a toolbar, select items in a list or icon view, or select a radio button from a group.

CtrlPiletaster

In a list or icon view, move the keyboard focus to another item without changing which item is selected.

SkiftPiletaster

In a list or icon view, select all items from the currently selected item to the newly focused item.

In a tree view, items that have children can be expanded or collapsed, to show or hide their children: expand by pressing Shift, and collapse by pressing Shift.

Mellemrum

Activate a focused item such as a button, check box, or list item.

CtrlMellemrum

In a list or icon view, select or deselect the focused item without deselecting other items.

Alt

Hold down the Alt key to reveal accelerators: underlined letters on menu items, buttons, and other controls. Press Alt plus the underlined letter to activate a control, just as if you had clicked on it.

Esc

Exit a menu, popup, switcher, or dialog window.

F10

Open the first menu on the menubar of a window. Use the arrow keys to navigate the menus.

Super F10

Open the application menu on the top bar.

SkiftF10 eller Menu

Pop up the context menu for the current selection, as if you had right-clicked.

CtrlF10

In the file manager, pop up the context menu for the current folder, as if you had right-clicked on the background and not on any item.

CtrlPageUp og CtrlPageDown

In a tabbed interface, switch to the tab to the left or right.

Navigate the desktop

AltF6

Cycle through windows in the same application. Hold down the Alt key and press F6 until the window you want is highlighted, then release Alt. This is similar to the Alt` feature.

AltEsc

Cycle through all open windows on a workspace.

SuperM

Open the message tray. Press Esc to close.

Navigate windows

AltF4

Close the current window.

AltF5 eller Super

Restore a maximized window to its original size. Use AltF10 to maximize. AltF10 both maximizes and restores.

AltF7

Move the current window. Press AltF7, then use the arrow keys to move the window. Press Enter to finish moving the window, or Esc to return it to its original place.

AltF8

Resize the current window. Press AltF8, then use the arrow keys to resize the window. Press Enter to finish resizing the window, or Esc to return it to its original size.

AltF10 eller Super

Maximize a window. Press AltF10 or Super to restore a maximized window to its original size.

SuperH

Minimize a window.

Super

Maximize a window vertically along the left side of the screen. Press again to restore the window to its previous size. Press Super to switch sides.

Super

Maximize a window vertically along the right side of the screen. Press again to restore the window to its previous size. Press Super to switch sides.

AltMellemrum

Pop up the window menu, as if you had right-clicked on the titlebar.