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Common keyboard shortcuts in Gnome

Below are the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts in Gnome

Top 10 shortcuts

  1. ' Alt' + ' F1 ' - Opens the ' Applications Menu'.
  2. ' Alt' + ' F2 ' - Displays the ' Run Application' dialog.
  3. ' Print Screen ' - Takes a screenshot of the entire screen.
  4. ' Alt' + ' Print Screen ' - Takes a screenshot of the current window.
  5. ' Ctrl' + ' Alt' + ' right arrow ' - Switches to the workspace to the right of the current workspace.
  6. ' Ctrl ' + ' Alt ' + ' left arrow' - Switches to the workspace to the left of the current workspace.
  7. ' Ctrl ' + ' Alt ' + ' up arrow' - Switches to the workspace above the current workspace.
  8. ' Ctrl ' + ' Alt ' + 'down arrow' - Switches to the workspace below the current workspace.
  9. ' Ctrl' + ' Alt ' + ' D' - Minimizes all windows.
  10. ' F1' - Starts the online help browser, and displays appropriate online Help.

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