An often overlooked feature of the Gnome desktop environment is the ability to easily configure your keyboard shortcuts. Many keyboard shortcuts are already configured by default but several more can be added at any time.
Keyboard Shortcut Details
Efficient keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, but it is remembering them all that seems to be the problem. Nonetheless, you can always open the Gnome keyboard shortcuts window to see the available shortcuts any time, or just be sure to bookmark this page for future reference.
Launch Gnome Control Center
Find the keyboard shortcuts settings inside the preferences menu, or look in the gnome control center with the following commands.
$ gnome-control-center
Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts that will help you interact with the default media player.
Volume Mute
Set a keyboard shortcut to mute the audio output volume at any time.
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Volume Down
You can set a keyboard shortcut that can be used to turn down the audio output volume.
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Volume Up
Add a keyboard shortcut that can be used to turn the volume up.
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Launch Media Player
You can also select a shortcut that can be used to launch the default media player.
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Play Or Pause
Add a keyboard to play or pause the current audio track.
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Pause Playback
If you want to add a shortcut to only pause audio playback you can.
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Stop Playback
Set a keyboard shortcut to stop audio playback.
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Previous Track
You can set this shortcut to switch to a previous track.
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Next Track
Set this shortcut to switch to the next available audio track.
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Eject
Even set a keyboard shortcut to eject the CD-ROM drive.
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Activate The Window Menu
Alt + Space
Toggle Fullscreen Mode
Disabled
Toggle Maximization State
Alt + F10
Maximize Window
Disabled
Restore Window
Alt + F5
Toggle Shaded State
Disabled
Close Window
Alt + F4
Minimize Window
Alt + F9
Move Window
Alt + F7
Resize Window
Alt + F8
Toggle Whether Window In On All Workspaces Or Just One
Disabled
Raise Window If It Is Covered By Another Window, Otherwise Lower It
Disabled
Raise Window Above Other Windows
Disabled
Lower Window Below Other Windows
Disabled
Maximize Window Vertically
Disabled
Maximize Window Horizontally
Disabled
Move Window One Workspace Up
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Up
Move Window One Workspace Down
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Down
Move Between Windows, Using A Popup Window
Alt + Tab
Hide All Normal Windows And Set Focus To Desktop
Ctrl + Alt + D
Switch To Workspace 1-12
Disabled
Switch To Workspace On The Left Of The Current Workspace
Ctrl + Alt + Left
Switch To Workspace On The Right Of The Current Workspace
Ctrl + Alt + Right
Switch To Workspace Above The Current One
Ctrl + Alt + Up
Switch To Workspace Below The Current One
Ctrl + Alt + Down
Move Window To Workspace 1-12
Disabled
Move Window One Workspace To The Left
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Left
Move Window One Workspace To The Right
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Right
Launch Help Browser
Disabled
Launch Calculator
Disabled
Launch Email Client
Disabled
Launch Web Browser
Disabled
Logout
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Lock Screen
Ctrl + Alt + L
Home Folder
Disabled
Search
Disabled
Show Run Application Dialog Box
Alt + F2
Show The Main Menu
Alt + F1
Take A Screenshot
Take A Screenshot Of A Window
Alt + Print
Open A Terminal Window
Ctrl + Alt + T
Initiate Window Picker
Disabled
Zoom In
Disabled
Zoom Out
Disabled
Expo Key
Disabled
Toggle Magnifier
Disabled
Toggle Screen Reader
Disabled
Toggle On Screen Keyboard
Disabled
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