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Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition uses the Cinnamon desktop environment and the Nemo file manager.
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 |
2.1 Navigating Directories
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 |
2.2 Selecting Items
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 |
2.3 Interact with the Selected Item
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 |
2.4 Change the View
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 |
2.5 Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
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. |
2.6 Manage Tabs
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 |
2.7 General
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) |
By default, screenshots are saved to the Pictures folder in your Home directory
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) |
Created by rsking84 on 7/14/2015. Last updated by admin on 12/12/2015
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13 Comments for 'Linux Mint ' [post comment in main thread]
Comment #13 by AngryUser Aug 15, 2023 at 12:43 am Reply
What's the shortcut for changing two-finger-scroll to two-finger-zoom on the touchpad? I need to disable that dumb thing too. Thanks.
Comment #12 by AngryUser Aug 15, 2023 at 12:42 am Reply
What's the shortcut for "make the keyboard think that the up arrow is being held down so I can't do anything until I reboot"? I need to disable that thing.
Comment #11 by ThomasRoth Oct 7, 2021 at 05:38 am Reply
What keyboard shortcut is used to hangs primary display when signing in to and external display
Comment #10 by EspiFreelancer Jul 30, 2021 at 09:26 pm Reply
File Manager (Nemo) Selecting Items Ctrl+Arrow Up OR Ctrl+Arrow Down to move around the files. Then, Ctrl+Space to select or deselect the file on which the cursor is.
Comment #9 by Human Obstacle Dec 12, 2019 at 02:12 pm Reply
For the love of god I just can't figure out what is and how to disable the super(win)+space keyboard shortcut on 19.2. Tina. The shortcut switches between little previews of open windows in the panel. If anyone could help me I would be very great full.
Reply #1 Max Apr 15, 2021 at 10:56 pm
See here in cause you or anyone else is looking for the answer https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=291898
Comment #8 by shudan54 Feb 8, 2019 at 09:39 pm Reply
Newbie here. Context: My OS is Linux Mint 17.3. I'm also a Linux newbie. I want to become a freelance transcriptionist. The industry standard media player (Express Scribe), which purports to override MS Word's function keys with its own definitions so you can control the player while typing in Word, doesn't work with LibreOffice Writer. I've found no comparable player that works and I came across your site. .. I entered the desired function key definitions/assignments for the Linux LibreOffice Media Player, then saved and submitted the file for approval. But I don't understand how my definitions will translate to the desired functionality. Do you - or someone else - write code to accomplish this? E.g., I want F3 to rewind the media file 5 seconds. How will this happen? .. Or do I need to figure out how to write my own macros within LibreOffice?
Comment #7 by ajeet4u1989 Aug 6, 2018 at 08:39 am Reply
The shortcut keys make you more faster. By using these shortcut keys you will be able to do work faster without using mouse and touch pad. I am going to mention this post on my post https://windowsclassroom.com/shortcut-keys-microsoft-word/
Comment #6 by esdegan Jul 13, 2018 at 12:35 am Reply
Hi Buddy, how to disable ALT+` I'm on Mint 19 Cinnamon I can't found it at System Setting > Keyboard > Shortcut Thank you very much.
Reply #1 esdegan Jul 13, 2018 at 04:31 am
I got it, hehehe. https://superuser.com/questions/1338522/disable-alt-keyboard-shortcut-in-linux
Comment #5 by mrodent Jul 6, 2017 at 02:33 pm Reply
very useful... amazingly difficult to find such a comprehensive list ... could I just make a plea for you to make the "printer friendly" version a bit more printer friendly: perhaps just a simple table, able to be printed on one page, and using black font only (no greys)?
Reply #1 admin Jul 7, 2017 at 03:51 pm
thanks for letting m know, i am aware of that and your post lifts this higher in my very long to-do list. major point i need to fix.
Comment #4 by PJP Dec 23, 2016 at 09:52 am Reply
Shift-del (at least 18.1) permanent delete. thx, very useful!
Comment #3 by nick fox Dec 11, 2015 at 09:19 am Reply
Hi Im using mint 17.3 and the nemo preview is shift+space rather than just space thanks
Reply #1 admin Dec 12, 2015 at 05:06 pm
fixed; thanks.
Comment #2 by David M Oct 24, 2015 at 09:50 pm Reply
To clarify since previous message removed special character, that was Alt CTRL Shift + R. I am looking to take screen multiple screen shots ( one for each time the hotkey is hit ).
Comment #1 by David M Oct 24, 2015 at 09:46 pm Reply
Thanks for such a wonderful collection of Linux Mint Shortcuts, in particular the +R. which saves automatically to filename with date / time. Question: Is there an equivalent to take screen shot ? I would really like to hit a hotkey and have a timestamped filename same a screen shot without any window popping up. David M
Reply #1 Moem Apr 24, 2017 at 07:06 am
David, that is an interesting question because that is already how screenshots work for me, without any customizing, just by pressing the PtrSc button. A screenshot is taken and sent to my Pictures folder and the filename contains a time stamp.