| Key Stoke | Operation |
| Alt + F1 | Open the Applications menu |
| Alt + F2 | Run an application by typing its name in the box which appears |
| Prt Sc | (Print Screen) Take a screenshot of the whole screen |
| Alt + Prt Sc | Take a screenshot of the current window |
| Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right Cursor | Spins the ‘cube’ that your workspaces reside on, allowing you to select the workspace you wish to use. |
| Ctrl + Alt + Up Cursor | Enables an ‘expose’ like feature that presents you with all the windows you currently have open, allowing you to select the one you wish to give focus to. |
| Ctrl + Alt + Down Cursor | Unfolds your workspace cube allowing you to see more than one of your workspaces at once, using the left and right cursor keys with this active will allow you to select the workspace you wish to use. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy the selected text/object |
| Ctrl + X | Cut the selected text/object |
| Ctrl + V | Paste/insert the selected text/object |
| Ctrl + A | Select all text |
| Ctrl + B | Make the selected text bold |
| Ctrl + I | Make the selected text italic |
| Ctrl + U | Underline the selected text |
| Ctrl + N | Open a new document or window |
| Ctrl + S | Save the current document |
| Ctrl + O | Open another document |
| Ctrl + P | Print the current document |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo the last change you made |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo a change that you just undid |
| Ctrl + Alt + Delete | Restart the computer immediately, without saving open files |
| Ctrl + Alt + Plus (numeric keypad) | Rotate through supported screen resolutions |
| Ctrl + Alt + Minus (numeric keypad) | Rotate backwards through supported screen resolutions |
| Ctrl + T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl + Tab | Rotate through each tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Rotate backwards through each tab |
| Ctrl + W | Close the current tab (or browser if on last tab) |
| Ctrl + L | Enter a new web address |
| Ctrl + B | Show a list of your bookmarks |
| Ctrl + H | Show your browsing history |
| Ctrl + K | Enter a new web search in the search bar |
| Ctrl + Y | Show a list of downloaded files |
| F11 | Display the current page full-screen |
| Esc | Stop loading the current page |
| Ctrl + R | Reload the current page |
| F7 | Check the spelling of the current document |
| Ctrl + F | Find and replace words |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo the last change |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo a change which you just undid |
| Ctrl + L | Align the current paragraph/selection to the left |
| Ctrl + E | Align the current paragraph/selection to the center of the document |
| Ctrl + R | Align the current paragraph/selection to the right |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | Show the current document full-screen |
| Ctrl + A | Select all |
| Ctrl + C | Copy the highlighted content to clipboard |
| Ctrl + V | Paste the clipboard content |
| Ctrl + N | New (Create a new document, not in terminal) |
| Ctrl + O | Open a document |
| Ctrl + S | Save the current document |
| Ctrl + P | Print the current document |
| Ctrl + W | Close the close document |
| Ctrl + Q | Quit the current application |
| Ctrl + Alt + F1 | Switch to the first virtual terminal |
| Ctrl + Alt + F2(F3)(F4)(F5)(F6) | Select the different virtual terminals |
| Ctrl + Alt + F7 | Restore back to the current terminal session with X |
| Ctrl + Alt + Backspace | Restart GNOME |
| Alt + Tab | Switch between open programs |
| Ctrl + Alt + L | Lock the screen. |
| Alt + F1 | opens the Applications menu |
| Alt + F2 | opens the Run Application dialog box. |
| Alt + F3 | opens the Deskbar Applet |
| Alt + F4 | closes the current window. |
| Alt + F5 | unmaximizes the current window. |
| Alt + F7 | move the current window |
| Alt + F8 | resizes the current window. |
| Alt + F9 | minimizes the current window. |
| Alt + F10 | maximizes the current window. |
| Alt + Space | opens the window menu. |
| Ctrl + Alt + + | Switch to next X resolution |
| Ctrl + Alt + - | Switch to previous X resolution |
| Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right | move to the next/previous workspace |
| Ctrl + A | Move cursor to beginning of line |
| Ctrl + E | Move cursor to end of line |
| Ctrl + C | kills the current process. |
| Ctrl + Z | sends the current process to the background. |
| Ctrl + D | logs you out. |
| Ctrl + R | finds the last command matching the entered letters. |
| Enter a letter, followed by Tab + Tab | lists the available commands beginning with those letters. |
| Ctrl + U | deletes the current line. |
| Ctrl + K | deletes the command from the cursor right. |
| Ctrl + W | deletes the word before the cursor. |
| Ctrl + L | clears the terminal output |
| Shift + Ctrl + C | copy the highlighted command to the clipboard. |
| Shift + Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) | pastes the contents of the clipboard. |
| Alt + F | moves forward one word. |
| Alt + B | moves backward one word. |
| Arrow Up/Down | browse command history |
| Shift + PageUp / PageDown | Scroll terminal output |
| Alt + Tab | switch between open windows |
| Win + Tab | switch between open windows with Shift Switcher or Ring Switcher effect |
| Win + E | Expo, show all workspace |
| Ctrl + Alt + Down | Film Effect |
| Ctrl + Alt + Left mouse button | Rotate Desktop Cube |
| Alt + Shift + Up | Scale Windows |
| Ctrl + Alt + D | Show Desktop |
| Win + Left mouse button | take screenshot on selected area |
| Win + Mousewheel | Zoom In/Out |
| Alt + Mousewheel | Transparent Window |
| Alt + F8 | Resize Window |
| Alt + F7 | Move Window |
| Win + P | Add Helper |
| F9 | show widget layer |
| Shift + F9 | show water effects |
| Win + Shift + Left mouse button | Fire Effects |
| Win + Shift + C | Clear Fire Effects |
| Win + Left mouse button | Annotate: Draw |
| Win + 1 | Start annotation |
| Win + 3 | End annotation |
| Win + S | selects windows for grouping |
| Win + T | Group Windows together |
| Win + U | Ungroup Windows |
| Win + Left/Right | Flip Windows |
| Shift + Ctrl + N | Create New Folder |
| Ctrl + T | Delete selected file(s) to trash |
| Alt + ENTER | Show File/Folder Properties |
| Ctrl + 1 | Toggle View As Icons |
| Ctrl + 2 | Toggle View As List |
| Shift + Right | Open Directory (Only in List View) |
| Shift + Left | Close Directory (Only in List View) |
| Ctrl + S | Select Pattern |
| F2 | Rename File |
| Ctrl + A | Select all files and folders |
| Ctrl + W | Close Window |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Close All Nautilus Windows |
| Ctrl + R | Reload Nautilus Window |
| Alt + Up | Open parent directory |
| Alt + Left | Back |
| Alt + Right | Forward |
| Alt + Home | go to Home folder |
| Ctrl + L | go to location bar |
| F9 | Show sidepane |
| Ctrl + H | Show Hidden Files |
| Ctrl + + | Zoom In |
| Ctrl + - | Zoom Out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Normal Size |
