Keyboard Shortcuts for the KDE Desktop
1. Desktop Navigation
Start menu / Access applications | Alt + F1 |
Run new application | Alt + F2 |
Show desktop | Ctrl + Alt + D |
Lock desktop / Switch active user | Ctrl + Alt + L |
Task manager | Ctrl + Esc |
Rename file | F2 |
2. Desktop Shortcuts
File menu | Alt + F |
Edit menu | Alt + E |
View menu | Alt + V |
Undo the last operation | Ctrl + Z |
Redo the last operation | Shift + Ctrl + Z |
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard | Ctrl + X |
Copy the selected area into the clipboard | Ctrl + C |
Paste contents of clipboard at cursor | Ctrl + V |
Paste special | Ctrl + Shift + V |
Select everything in focused control or window | Ctrl + A |
3. Text Editing
Start of line | Home |
End of line | End |
Start of document | Ctrl + Home |
End of document | Ctrl + End |
Previous word | Ctrl + left arrow |
Next word | Ctrl + right arrow |
Previous line break | Ctrl + up arrow (in Kword) |
Next line break | Ctrl + down arrow (in Kword) |
4. Text Formatting
Make selected text bold/regular | Ctrl + B |
Toggle underlining of selected text | Ctrl + U |
Make selected text italic/regular | Ctrl + I |
5. Web Browsers
Bookmarks menu | Alt + B |
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .com) | Ctrl + Enter |
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .org) | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
URL Shortcuts (Adds www. + .net) | Shift + Enter |
Add a bookmark for the current location | Ctrl + B |
Manage bookmarks | Ctrl + Shift + R |
Refresh a Webpage | Ctrl + R |
6. Tab Management
Create new tab | Ctrl + Shift + N |
Close current tab | Ctrl + W |
Go to next tab | Ctrl + , |
Go to previous tab | Ctrl + . |
7. Go Menu
Go to the previous location in history | Alt + left arrow |
Go to the next location in history | Alt + right arrow |
Go up one level in the navigation hierarchy | Alt + up arrow |
Go to the starting page defined by the user or application | Ctrl + Home |
8. Window Management
Switch to next focused window | Alt + Tab |
Switch to previous focused window | Shift + Alt + Tab |
Pop up window menu | Alt+F3 |
Close the focused window | Alt+F4 |
Move the focused window with the mouse | Alt + Mouse |
Move the focused window | Alt + F3 then M then Arrow Keys |
Resize the focused window | Alt+F3then Sthen Arrow Keys |
Minimize the focused window | Win + minus (-) |
Maximize the focused window | Win + plus (+) |
Maximize horizontally | Win + equal sign (=) |
Maximize vertically | Win + Space |
Minimize all / Undo minimize all | Ctrl + Alt + D |
Switch fullscreen/normal size | F11 |
Show the window in full screen mode, with no border, menubar, toolbar or statusbar | Ctrl + Shift + F |
Rollup/down window | Win + _ (underscore) |
Move window to desktop x | Win + Alt + Fx (x=1 to 12) |
Switch to next desktop | Win + Tab |
Switch to previous desktop | Win + Shift + Tab |
Switch to next desktop list | Ctrl + Tab |
Switch to previous desktop list | Shift + Ctrl + Tab |
Go to desktop x | Ctrl + Fx (x=1 to 12) or Shift + Ctrl + Fx |
Show / hide desktop | Ctrl + Alt + D |
Activate window demanding attention | Ctrl + Alt + A |
Kill window | Ctrl + Alt + Esc |
9. Widget Navigation
Moves keyboard focus to next control | Tab |
Moves keyboard focus to previous control | Shift + Tab |
Show context-sensitive help for currently focused window or control | Shift + F1 |
Give focus to window's menu bar | Alt |
Pop up contextual menu for currently selected objects (a.k.a. context menu) | Windows Key |
Toggle selected state of focused checkbox, radio button, or toggle button | Space |
Activate focused button, menu item etc. | Enter |
Select/move to first item in selected widget | Home |
Select/move to last item in selected widget | End |
10. Making screenshots
Save screenshot of entire screen as file | Print Screen |
Save screenshot of window as file | Shift + Print Screen |
11. User interface shortcuts
Command Line Interface (CLI) | Ctrl + Alt + F1 |
Graphical User Interface (GUI) | Ctrl + Alt + F7 |
Reference: Wikipedia - Table of keyboard shortcuts