Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition 17.

2 Shortcuts
Platform: Linux/English

Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal

General

F3

Toggle Extra Pane (split view that shows two folder

side by side)

F4

Toggle Terminal in top pane (require the Nemo

Terminal plugin)

Win

Open the Applications Menu

Win+D

Show desktop

Win+E

Open File Manager

F9

Toggle left pane

Alt+F2

Open the run dialog

Ctrl+B

Ctrl+Alt+T

Open a terminal

Edit bookmarks (Opens a dialog where you can sort,

rename, and delete the shortcuts that appear in the
left pane)

Shift+F10 OR right
click

Open the context menu of the selected item

Ctrl+D

Add bookmark (a shortcut in the left pane)

Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y

Undo / redo

F6

Cycle focus between panes

Ctrl+C

Copy selected item

F8, then Arrow

Keys

Ctrl+V

Paste

Ctrl+X

Cut selected item

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.

File Manager (Nemo)

Manage Tabs
Ctrl+T

New tab

Navigating Directories

Alt+1 ... 9

Switch to tab 1 ... 9

Ctrl+Shift+N

New folder

Next / previous tab

Ctrl+L

Focus the location bar

Ctrl+Page Up/Page
Down

Alt+Home

Navigate to the home directory

Ctrl+Shift+Page Up/ Move tab left / right

Page Down

Alt+Arrow Up

Navigate up one directory

Ctrl+W

Alt+Arrow Right/Ar Navigate one directory forward / back

row Left
Selecting Items

Close tab

General
Ctrl+F

Find

Ctrl+N

New window

F10

Open file menu

Alt+P

Open the plugin manager

Ctrl+Q

Close all windows

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)

Manage Windows and Workspaces

Alt+Tab

Cycle through open windows on current Workspace

Home/End

Select the first or last item in the window

Alt+`

Ctrl+A

Select all items

Cycle through open windows of the same application

on ANY Workspace

Ctrl+Shift+I

Invert selection

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)

Move to left / right workspace

Interact with the Selected Item

Ctrl+O OR Alt+Arro
w Down OR Enter

Open selected item

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow
Left/Arrow Right

Ctrl+Shift+O

Open selected item in new tab

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arro Move current window to left /right workspace

w Left/Arrow Right

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

Win+Shift+Arrow
Keys

Move current window to different monitor

(left/right/up/down)

Current Application Window

Alt+F4

Close window

Alt+F5

Unmaximize window

Change the View

Alt+F7

Resize window

Ctrl+1

Icon view

Alt+F8

Move window

Ctrl+2

List view

Alt+F10

Toggle maximize / unaximize window

Ctrl+3

Compact view

Win+Arrow Keys

Ctrl+H

Show hidden files

Ctrl+=/- OR Ctrl +
Mousewheel

Increase / decrease icon size

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+0 (zero)

Reset icon size

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

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Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition 17.2 Shortcuts

Platform: Linux/English

Session
Ctrl+Alt+L

Lock screen

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Log out

Ctrl+Alt+End

Open the Shut Down menu (Suspend / Restart / Shut

Down)

Screenshots and Screen Recording

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)

Troubleshooting
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!)
Accessibility
Alt+Win+=/Zoom desktop in or out (Note: Zoom must be enabled
or Alt+Mousewheel in Universal Access settings)

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