Keyboard Shortcuts
Super+{thing} # search for application (Super = Windows key)
Alt+Tab # switch apps
Alt+F8 # resize
Alt+F7 # move
Alt+` # switch between windows of current app
Super+M # message tray
Super+Up # maximise
Super+Down # minimise
Super+Left # left half of screen
Super+Right # right half of screen
Ctrl+Click # launch new win (don't just go to existing)
Middle-Click # launch in new workspace
Ctrl+Alt+Up # workspace above
Ctrl+Alt+Down # workspace below
Super+F10 # open application menu
Alt+F2 # command prompt
To make wired network connect automatically:
- network icon
- network settings
- Indentity
- Connect Automatically
# (I think this just sets ONBOOT=yes in ifcfg-* file.)
Command Prompt
Alt+F2 # command prompt
lg # looking glass
r # restart gnome-shell
Settings
dconf-editor # gui to view/edit all sorts of settings
xmodmap -pm # show current xmodmap settings
gsettings list-schemas
gsettings list-recursively # show all setting schemas, keys and values
setxkbmap -print # show keyboard files currently in use,
# these can be found in /usr/share/X11/xkb
xev -event keyboard # look at keyboard events
Use xkb instead of xmodmap (quick hack)
xkbcomp $DISPLAY xkb.dump
vim xkb.dump # swap some scan codes
xkbcomp xkb.dump $DISPLAY