Win

Open the Applications Menu

Win+D

Show desktop

Win+E

Open File Manager

Alt+F2

Open the run dialog

Ctrl+Alt+T

Open a terminal

Shift+F10 OR right click

Open the context menu of the selected item

Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y

Undo / redo

Ctrl+C

Copy selected item

Ctrl+V

Paste

Ctrl+X

Cut selected item

Ctrl+Shift+N

New folder

Ctrl+L

Focus the location bar

Alt+Home

Navigate to the home directory

Alt+Arrow Up

Navigate up one directory

Alt+Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Navigate one directory forward / back

Ctrl+ left click

Select multiple items

Shift+ left click

Select a range of items

Arrow Keys

Select an item in the indicated direction

Shift+Arrow Keys

Select a range of items in the indicated direction

Ctrl+S

Select items matching a pattern (opens a dialog where you type in a pattern. All items matching that pattern are selected)

Home/End

Select the first or last item in the window

Ctrl+A

Select all items

Ctrl+Shift+I

Invert selection

Ctrl+O OR Alt+Arrow Down OR Enter

Open selected item

Ctrl+Shift+O

Open selected item in new tab

Alt+Enter

Properties of selected item

Shift+Space

Preview selected item

F2

Rename selected item

Ctrl+M

Create shortcut to selected item

Delete

Delete selected item

Ctrl+1

Icon view

Ctrl+2

List view

Ctrl+3

Compact view

Ctrl+H

Show hidden files

Ctrl+=/- OR Ctrl + Mousewheel

Increase / decrease icon size

Ctrl+0 (zero)

Reset icon size

F3

Toggle Extra Pane (split view that shows two folder side by side)

F4

Toggle Terminal in top pane (require the Nemo Terminal plugin)

F9

Toggle left pane

Ctrl+B

Edit bookmarks (Opens a dialog where you can sort, rename, and delete the shortcuts that appear in the left pane)

Ctrl+D

Add bookmark (a shortcut in the left pane)

F6

Cycle focus between panes

F8, then Arrow Keys

Resize panes. Press F8 to cycle through the separators between panes (the selected one will be highlighted). Then use the arrow keys to resize the separator.

Ctrl+T

New tab

Alt+1 ... 9

Switch to tab 1 ... 9

Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down

Next / previous tab

Ctrl+Shift+Page Up/Page Down

Move tab left / right

Ctrl+W

Close tab

Ctrl+F

Find

Ctrl+N

New window

F10

Open file menu

Alt+P

Open the plugin manager

Ctrl+Q

Close all windows

Alt+Tab

Cycle through open windows on current Workspace

Alt+`

Cycle through open windows of the same application on ANY Workspace

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Down/Alt+Esc

Toggle Scale view (display all windows on current Workspace)

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up

Toggle Expo view (display all Workspaces)

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Move to left / right workspace

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Move current window to left /right workspace

Win+Shift+Arrow Keys

Move current window to different monitor (left/right/up/down)

Alt+F4

Close window

Alt+F5

Unmaximize window

Alt+F7

Resize window

Alt+F8

Move window

Alt+F10

Toggle maximize / unaximize window

Win+Arrow Keys

Snap window to left/right/top/bottom half of screen. Use in combination to snap to corners, e.g. right then up. Key back toward the middle of the screen to unsnap (e.g., for a right-snapped window, push super+arrow left)

Ctrl+Win+Arrow Keys

Tile window to the left/right/top/bottom half of the screen. Other maximized windows will fill in the remaining space.

Alt+Space

Open window menu

Ctrl+Alt+L

Lock screen

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Log out

Ctrl+Alt+End

Open the Shut Down menu (Suspend / Restart / Shut Down)

Print Screen

Take a screenshot

Ctrl+Print Screen

Copy a screenshot to the clipboard

Alt+Print Screen

Take a screenshot of the current window

Ctrl+Alt+Print Screen

Copy a screenshot of the current window to the clipboard

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R

Toggle desktop recording (video will be saved to your Home folder)

F1

Launch Linux Mint online help

Ctrl+Alt+Esc

Restart Cinnamon, preserving all applications and windows (version 2.6+)

Win+P

Re-detect display devices

Win+L

Toggle looking glass debugging tool

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Restart the X server (WARNING: this will close all running applications!)

Alt+Win+=/- or Alt+Mousewheel

Zoom desktop in or out (Note: Zoom must be enabled in Universal Access settings)