Ubuntu 12.04 Applications Shortcuts

Here are Ubuntu 12.04 Applications shortcuts. Key combos for LibreOffice, Gwibber, Shotwell, Firefox, Rhythmbox and more are covered in the comprehensive document.
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 Here are Unity Shortcuts which is useful for Ubuntu 12.04 Unity.

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Complete List of Ubuntu Unity Shortcut keys & Mouse Tricks

Super Key(Windows Key) - Opens dash.
Hold Super Key - Invokes Launcher.
Hold Super Key and hit 1, 2, 3 etc - Open an Application from Launcher. When you hold the Super Key, specific numbers will be displayed in order above each application.
Alt + F1 - Put keyboard focus on the Launcher, use arrow keys to navigate, Enter launches the application, Right arrow exposes the quicklists if an application has them.
Alt + F2 - Opens dash in special mode to run any commands.
Super + A - Opens up application window from launcher.
Super + F - Opens up files and folders window from launcher. Both these shortcuts can be viewed by simply holding the Super Key as well.
Super + W - Spread mode, zoom out on all windows in all workspaces.
Super + D - Minimize all windows(acts as Show Desktop). Hitting it again restores them.
Super + T - Opens trash can.
Super + S - Expo mode (for everything), zooms out on all the workspaces and let's you manage windows.
Ctrl + Alt + T - Launch Terminal.
Ctrl + Alt + L - Lock Screen.
Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right/Up/Down - Move to new workspace.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/Right/Up/Down - Place window to a new workspace.
F10 - Open the first menu on top panel, use arrows keys to browse across the menus.

Mouse Shortcuts/Tricks for Ubuntu Unity

• Clicking and holding an icon and then dragging it around will allow you to reorder it on the launcher. You can also drag it off to the right of the launcher to move it around. Note that you need to make an explicit movement to the right to move the icon off the launcher before you can move it around.
• Dragging and Dropping an icon into the trash can will remove it from the Launcher.
• Moving and holding the cursor on the left side for a few seconds will launch Unity dock.
• Moving the cursor to top-left corner(near Ubuntu icon) will launch Unity dock as well.
• Scrolling the mouse wheel while over the Launcher scrolls the icons if you have too many and need to move around quickly.
• By Scrolling the mouse wheel while over the Sound icon on top panel helps you increase or decrease system volume.
• Middle click on an application's launcher icon - Open a new instance of the application in a new window. Very useful at times. In laptops with touchpads, hitting left/right click buttons together is akin to middle click.
• Maximizing - Dragging a window to the top panel will maximize it.
• Restore/Unmaximize - Dragging the top panel down OR double clicking on the top panel will do.
• Tiling - Dragging a Window to the left/right border will auto tile it to that side of the screen. One of the highlights of new Unity experience.

And Some Useful Window Management Shortcuts

Alt + F10 - Toggle between Maximize/Unmaximize current window.
Alt + F9 - Minimize current window.
Alt + Tab - Toggle between currently open windows.
Alt + F4 - Closes current window.
Alt + F7 - Moves the current window(both keyboard and mouse can be used)

Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts For Linux Power Users

Get lightning fast and clever at the command line

You can use keyboard shortcuts and other command line tricks to make entering commands easier and faster. You might already know about the ‘tab’ key which completes partial commands and even file and directory names.

Here are some other keyboard shortcuts you can use within terminal:


Ctrl-a Move to the start of the line.
Ctrl-e Move to the end of the line.

Alt-] x Moves the cursor forward to the next occurrence of x.

Alt-Ctrl-] x Moves the cursor backwards to the previous occurrence of x.

Ctrl-u Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line.

Ctrl-k Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.

Ctrl-w Delete from the cursor to the start of the word.

Ctrl-y Pastes text from the clipboard.

Ctrl-l Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen.

Ctrl-x Ctrl-u Undo the last changes. Ctrl-_

Alt-r Undo all changes to the line.

Alt-Ctrl-e Expand command line.

Ctrl-r Incremental reverse search of history.

Alt-p Non-incremental reverse search of history.
!! Execute last command in history

!abc Execute last command in history beginning with abc

!n Execute nth command in history

^abc^xyz Replace first occurrence of abc with xyz in last command and execute it

Also don’t forget to check out 4 websites where you can learn cool command line tricks