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<credit type="author">
 <name>Michael Hill</name>
 <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
 </credit>
 <credit type="editor">
 <name>Julita Inca</name>
 <email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
 </credit>
 <credit type="author copyright">
 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
 <years>2012</years>
 </credit>
 <credit type="editor">
 <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
 <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
 </credit>

<desc>Use applications and the desktop without a mouse.</desc>
 </info>

<title>Keyboard navigation</title>

<comment>
 <cite date="2012-03-14" href="mailto:shaunm@gnome.org">Shaun McCance</cite>
 Do NOT use <code>ui:expanded</code> on this page. I know it's
 tempting, but the target audience for this page is people who cannot use
 a mouse, and having to expand sections when you're just figuring out how
 to drive things with the keyboard is a burden.
 </comment>

This page details keyboard navigation for people who cannot use a mouse or
 other pointing device, or who want to use a keyboard as much as possible. For
 keyboard shortcuts that are useful to all users, see
 <link xref="shell-keyboard-shortcuts"/> instead.

<note style="tip">
 If you cannot use a pointing device like a mouse, you can control the
 mouse pointer using the numeric keypad on your keyboard. See
 <link xref="mouse-mousekeys"/> for details.
 </note>

<table frame="top bottom" rules="rows">
 <title>Navigate user interfaces</title>
 <tr>
 <td><key>Tab</key> and
 <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>
 </td>
 <td>
 Move keyboard focus between different controls. <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key>
 <key>Tab</key></keyseq> moves between groups of controls, such as from a
 sidebar to the main content.
 <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> can also break out of a
 control that uses <key>Tab</key> itself, such as a text area.
 Hold down <key>Shift</key> to move focus in reverse order.
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Arrow keys</td>
 <td>
 Move selection between items in a single control, or among a set of
 related controls. Use the arrow keys to focus buttons in a toolbar, select
 items in a list or icon view, or select a radio button from a group.
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key>Arrow keys</keyseq></td>
 <td>In a list or icon view, move the keyboard focus to another item
 without changing which item is selected.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Shift</key>Arrow keys</keyseq></td>
 <td>In a list or icon view, select all items from the currently selected
 item to the newly focused item.
 In a tree view, items that have children can be expanded or collapsed,
 to show or hide their children: expand by pressing
 <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>→</key></keyseq>, and collapse by
 pressing <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>←</key></keyseq>.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><key>Space</key></td>
 <td>Activate a focused item such as a button, check box, or list
 item.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Space</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>In a list or icon view, select or deselect the focused item without
 deselecting other items.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><key>Alt</key></td>
 <td>Hold down the <key>Alt</key> key to reveal accelerators:
 underlined letters on menu items, buttons, and other controls. Press
 <key>Alt</key> plus the underlined letter to activate a control, just
 as if you had clicked on it.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><key>Esc</key></td>
 <td>Exit a menu, popup, switcher, or dialog window.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><key>F10</key></td>
 <td>Open the first menu on the menubar of a window. Use the arrow keys
 to navigate the menus.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key>
 <key>F10</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Open the application menu on the top bar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>F10</key></keyseq> or
 <key xref="keyboard-key-menu">Menu</key></td>
 <td>
 Pop up the context menu for the current selection, as if you had
 right-clicked.
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F10</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>In the file manager, pop up the context menu for the current folder,
 as if you had right-clicked on the background and not on any item.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>PageUp</key></keyseq>
 and
 <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>PageDown</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>In a tabbed interface, switch to the tab to the left or
 right.</td>
 </tr>
</table>

<table frame="top bottom" rules="rows">
 <title>Navigate the desktop</title>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="alt-f1"/>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="super-tab"/>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="super-tick"/>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="ctrl-alt-tab"/>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="super-updown"/>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F6</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Cycle through windows in the same application. Hold down the
 <key>Alt</key> key and press <key>F6</key> until the window you want is
 highlighted, then release <key>Alt</key>. This is similar to the
 <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>`</key></keyseq> feature.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Esc</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Cycle through all open windows on a workspace.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Super</key><key>V</key></keyseq></td>
 <td><link xref="shell-notifications#notificationlist">Open the
 notification list.</link> Press <key>Esc</key> to close.</td>
 </tr>
</table>

<table frame="top bottom" rules="rows">
 <title>Navigate windows</title>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F4</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Close the current window.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F5</key></keyseq> or
 <keyseq><key>Super</key><key>↓</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Restore a maximized window to its original size. Use
 <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F10</key></keyseq> to maximize.
 <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F10</key></keyseq> both maximizes and
 restores.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F7</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Move the current window. Press
 <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F7</key></keyseq>, then use the arrow keys to
 move the window. Press <key>Enter</key> to finish moving the window, or
 <key>Esc</key> to return it to its original place.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F8</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Resize the current window. Press
 <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F8</key></keyseq>, then use the arrow keys to
 resize the window. Press <key>Enter</key> to finish resizing the window, or
 <key>Esc</key> to return it to its original size.</td>
 </tr>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="shift-super-updown"/>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="shift-super-left"/>
 <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
 xpointer="shift-super-right"/>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F10</key></keyseq> or
 <keyseq><key>Super</key><key>↑</key></keyseq>
 </td>
 <td><link xref="shell-windows-maximize">Maximize</link> a window. Press
 <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F10</key></keyseq> or
 <keyseq><key>Super</key><key>↓</key></keyseq> to
 restore a maximized window to its original size.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Super</key><key>H</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Minimize a window.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Super</key><key>←</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Maximize a window vertically along the left side of the screen.
 Press again to restore the window to its previous size. Press
 <keyseq><key>Super</key><key>→</key></keyseq> to switch
 sides.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Super</key><key>→</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Maximize a window vertically along the right side of the screen.
 Press again to restore the window to its previous size. Press
 <keyseq><key>Super</key><key>←</key></keyseq> to
 switch sides.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Space</key></keyseq></td>
 <td>Pop up the window menu, as if you had right-clicked on the
 titlebar.</td>
 </tr>
</table>

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