

Click System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, select one of the shortcuts in the list, and enter your preferred keystroke combination. Shift-Insert pastes the contents of the clipboard.Īdjust your keyboard shortcuts: Ubuntu makes it easy to customize your shortcuts. Tab followed by entered letters lists the available commands beginning with those letters.Ĭtrl-W deletes the word before the cursor.

Here are some keyboard shortcuts for working in the Terminal window:Ĭtrl-Z sends the current process to the background.Ĭtrl-R finds the last command matching the entered letters. Here are a few others for working faster in Ubuntu and its apps:Īlt-F1 opens the Applications menu, then use the arrow keys to navigate the submenus.Īlt-F2 opens the Run Application dialog box.Īlt-F3 opens the Deskbar Applet (F3 opens the search bar at the bottom of the window).Īlt-F5 unmaximizes the current window (if it's maximized, of course).Īlt-F7, followed by arrow keys or mouse movement, adjusts the current window's position.Ĭtrl-Alt-Tab moves between open panels on the desktop. Navigate faster in Ubuntu via keyboard shortcuts: Several of the most popular keyboard shortcuts in Windows work in Ubuntu as well, such as Ctrl-C to copy, Ctrl-V to paste, and Ctrl-S to save a file. Keep Ubuntu running at top speed by disabling unneeded services.
