Keyboard Shortcut Keys in Ubuntu
Shortcuts keys let you perform task in a much less time then performing that using a mouse. You can even add you own custom shortcuts in Ubuntu but lets see the default shortcuts.

So here is a list of keyboard shortcut keys in Ubuntu which you can use to perform different tasks.
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
Shortcuts for Terminal
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
For Firefox:
CTRL+L : Firefox Address Bar
CTRL+pgup : Next Tab (left to right)
CTRL+pgdn : Previous Tab (right to left)
CTRL+T : New Tab
CTRL+R / f5: Reload Page
CTRL+U : View Page Source
Shortcuts for Nautilus
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
For Gnome
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
These are the list of shortcuts i know for ubuntu and if you know more of them, share with us












oh nice a lot of shortcuts thats raelly a good post i really like using shortcuts and my laptop’s primary OS is ubuntu
The first 4 shortcuts for Gnome are actually X Server shortcuts. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restarts X, not Gnome. Those combos will work in KDE/Xfce/whatever as well.
plaese send the command of shut down system without seening monitor
plaese send the command when user can not see monitor and want to shut down or hibernate the system