Keyboard shortcuts for Linux | Cheat Sheet and custom keyboard shortcuts

 Oh well, wannabe Linux peeps I see. In this article I have listed some default shortcut keys to make your work done faster

Linux Keyboard Shortcut Cheat-sheet

Desktop Shortcuts	Desktop Tasks
Alt + Tab	View Opened programs
Ctrl + Shift + N	Make new folder
Ctrl + R	Refresh screen
Super	Application menu
PrtSc	Take a screenshot
Alt + F11	Maximize current window
Alt + F4	Close current window
Ctrl + Alt + ←	Switch to left desktop instance
Ctrl + Alt + →	Switch to right desktop instance
Chrome Shortcuts	Chrome Tasks
Ctrl + Shift Tab	Switch between tabs
Ctrl + Shift + T	Revive recently close tab
Ctrl + T	New Tab
Ctrl + Shift + N	New incognito window
Ctrl + W	Close tab
Ctrl + Shift + W	Close Window
Ctrl + U	View Source Code
Ctrl + Shift + I	Inspect tools
Terminal Shortcuts	Terminal Tasks
Ctrl + Shift + T	Open a new terminal window
Ctrl + D	Close a terminal or its tab
Ctrl + Shift + H	Horizontal terminal split
Ctrl + Shift + V	Vertical terminal split
Ctrl + A	Move to beginning of line
Ctrl + E	Move to end of line
Ctrl + W	Delete a word to left
Ctrl + Y	Undo deletion by Ctrl + W
Ctrl + U	Delete whole line
Ctrl + P	Move up in history
Ctrl + O	Execute command and move to next command in history
Ctrl + L	Clear screen
Arrow Up / Arrow Down	Move up down in history
Ctrl + C	Halt currently running program
Ctrl + Z	Halt running program and send it to background
Ctrl + K	Delete right of cursor
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy selection
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste clipboard

Customize your keyboard shortcuts

If there is no shortcut for the task you are looking for or you want to change the shortcut keys then you can do that manually from the Application shortcut tab in Keyboard app. Here are the steps to make new shortcut combo or edit existing one:

• Open menu and type keyboard or find keyboard app from application menu

• Go to Application Shortcuts tab. Here you'll find all existing shortcut sequences used.

• To add a new sequence chick the + icon on the bottom left

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• Type command on what you want to do and hit OK.

• Now simulate the key press and release to set a new shortcut.