GNOME

Windows

Close window

Alt + F4

All hotkeys for GNOME

Navigation
Move window one workspace to the left

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt +

Navigation
Move window one workspace to the right

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt +

Navigation
Move window one workspace up

Shift + Super + Page Up

Navigation
Move window one workspace down

Shift + Super + Page Down

Getting around desktop
Quickly switch between windows. Hold down Shift for reverse order.

Super + ⭾ Tab

Windows
Toggle fullscreen mode

Disabled

Getting around desktop
Give keyboard focus to the top bar. In the Activities overview, switch keyboard focus between the top bar, dash, windows overview, applications list, search field, and message tray. Use the arrow keys to navigate.

Ctrl + Alt + ⭾ Tab

Getting around desktop
Switch between windows in the current workspace. Hold down Shift for reverse order.

Alt + Esc

Navigation
Switch windows of an app directly

Alt + F6

Navigation
Switch system controls directly

Ctrl + Alt + Esc

Navigation
Move to workspace left

Ctrl + Alt +

Navigation
Move to workspace right

Ctrl + Alt +

Getting around desktop
Switch between workspaces

Super + Page Up

Getting around desktop
Switch between workspaces

Super + Page Down

Screenshot
Save a screenshot to file

PRINT

Screenshot
Save a screenshot of a window to file

Alt + Print

Screenshot
Save a screenshot of an area to file

↑   Shift + Print

Screenshot
Copy a screenshot to clipboard

Ctrl + Print

Screenshot
Copy a screenshot of a window to clipboard

Ctrl + Alt + Print

Screenshot
Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Print

Screenshot
Record a screencast

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt + R

Getting around desktop
Pop up command window (for quickly running commands)

Alt + F2

Getting around desktop
Switch between the Activities overview and desktop. In the overview, start typing to instantly search your applications, contacts, and documents

Alt + F1

Getting around desktop
Power off

Ctrl + Alt + Del

Getting around desktop
Lock the screen

Super + L

Getting around desktop
Open the message tray. Press <keybs>Super</keybs> + <keybs>M</keybs> again or <keybs>Esc</keybs> to close

Super + M

System
Focus the active notification

Super + N

Getting around desktop
Show the list of applications

Super + A

System
Open the application menu

Super + F10

Typing
Switch to next input source

Super + Space

Universal access
Turn zoom on or off

Alt + Super + 8

Universal access
Zoom in

Alt + Super + =

Universal access
Zoom out

Alt + Super + -

Windows
Activate the window menu

Alt + Space

Windows
Toggle maximization state

Alt + F10

Windows
Maximize window

Super +

Windows
Restore window

Super +

Windows
Close window

Alt + F4

Windows
Hide window

Super + H

Windows
Move window

Alt + F7

Windows
Resize window

Alt + F8

Windows
View split on left

Super +

Windows
View split on right

Super +

Getting around desktop
Switch between the Activities overview and desktop. In the overview, start typing to instantly search your applications, contacts, and documents.

Super

Getting around desktop
Switch between windows from the same application, or from the selected application after Super + Tab. This shortcut uses ` on US keyboards, where the ` key is above Tab. On all other keyboards, the shortcut is Super plus the key above Tab.

Super + `

Getting around desktop
Switch between workspaces

Ctrl + Alt + ↑  ↓

Getting around desktop
Move the current window to a different workspace

Super + Shift + Page Up

Getting around desktop
Move the current window to a different workspace

Super + Shift + Page Down

Getting around desktop
Move the current window one monitor to the left

Super + ↑   Shift +

Getting around desktop
Move the current window one monitor to the right

Super + ↑   Shift +

Common editing shortcuts
Select all text or items in a list.

Ctrl + A

Common editing shortcuts
Cut (remove) selected text or items and place it on the clipboard.

Ctrl + X

Common editing shortcuts
Copy selected text or items to the clipboard.

Ctrl + C

Common editing shortcuts
Paste the contents of the clipboard.

Ctrl + V

Common editing shortcuts
Undo the last action.

Ctrl + Z

Capturing from the screen
Take a screenshot

Print Screen

Capturing from the screen
Take a screenshot of a window

Alt + Print Screen

Capturing from the screen
Take a screenshot of an area of the screen. The pointer changes to a crosshair. Click and drag to select an area

↑   Shift + Print Screen

Capturing from the screen
Start and end screencast recording

Ctrl + Alt + ↑   Shift + R

Similar combinations for other applications


Microsoft Projects 2010 (Windows)
Close the Help window
Navigate Projects Help

Alt + F4


SharpDevelop 4.0 (Windows)
Exit SharpDevelop
Manage SharpDevelop Projects

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
Manage Access Features - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Unity3D 3 (Windows)
Quit
Window

Alt + F4


Unity3D 3 (MacOS)
Quit
Game Objects

Alt + F4


Firefox (Linux)
Close browser window
Firefox Windows

Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4


Firefox (Windows)
Close browser window
Firefox Windows

Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4


Google Chrome (Linux)
Close current window
Manage Tabs

Alt + F4


Tally 9.0 (Windows)
Purchase Order Voucher
Inventory Vouchers

Alt + F4


Total Commander 8 (Windows)
Exit | Minimize (with option MinimizeOnClose in wincmd.ini)
Main Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Inpage (Windows)
To quit application after closing document
For File Releated

Alt + F4


Notepad++ 5 (Windows)
Exit Notepad++
Basic File Management

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
Manage Access Features - Pivot Table

Alt + F4


Evernote (Windows)
Close child windows and hide main window (minimize to tray). Or use Escape
Main Application Shortcuts - Managing Evernote

Alt + F4


Opera (Linux)
Close Opera
System

Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4


Microsoft Windows 8 (Windows)
Shutdown Windows
Getting around Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
Working with Text and Data - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2007 (Windows)
Exit Office Word 2007.
Function key reference: ALT+Function key

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
Working with Text and Data - Pivot Table

Alt + F4


Notepad2 (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
Working with Access Views - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
Working with Access Views - Pivot Table

Alt + F4


Adobe Acrobat Pro (Windows)
Close Help window
Navigation - Navigating the Help window

Ctrl + W / Alt + F4


Notepad++ 6 (Windows)
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2013 (Windows)
Close Excel
Manage Multiple Workbooks

Alt + F4


Linux Mint (Linux)
Close window
Current Application Window

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2013 (Windows)
Exit Word
The Rest

Alt + F4


Microsoft Windows 10 (Windows)
Close the current window
Windows Virtual Desktop/ Window Control

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
The Rest - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Skype for Business (Lync) 2016 (Windows)
Close the Conversation window
Conversation window

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2010 (Windows)
Close Excel.
Manage Multiple Workbooks

Alt + F4


Console2 (Windows)
Exit Console
30 Shortcuts for Console2 (Windows)

Alt + F4


Safari Browser (MacOS)
Close the browser
General Shortcuts (Browser)

Alt + F4


Corel VideoStudio X9.5 (Windows)
Close
File Tab Operations

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
The Rest - Pivot Table

Alt + F4


Microsoft Edge Browser (Windows)
Quit application (note: closing last remaining tab also quits application)
General

Alt + F4


Access 2016 (Windows)
Exit access 16
Design/Content Operation(on selected control)

Alt + F4


Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (Windows)
Exit
Edit and General Text Operations

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visio 2016 (Windows)
Close the current window
Window/Navigation Shortcut

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visio 2016 (Windows)
Close help window
Window/Navigation Shortcut

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Quit/ exit Access
Manage Databases

Alt + F4


FileMaker Pro (Windows)
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro
General keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

Alt + F4 / Ctrl + Q


Finale (Windows)
Quit
File Menu

Ctrl + Q / Alt + F4


Dynamics AX 2015 (Windows)
Close the current form without saving changes.
Working with Forms

Esc / Alt + F4


Wondershare Editor (Windows)
Quit
Application control

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2016 (Windows)
Exit
General Operation

Alt + F4


Dynamics CRM 2015 (Windows)
Closes the snap-in console.
MMC Shortcuts(Microsoft Management Console)

Alt + F4


Dynamics NAV 2015 (Windows)
Close window or close program
Edit

Alt + F4


Dynamics AX 2015 (Windows)
Close the Help window.
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2016 (Windows)
Exit Office Word 2007.
All Function Key Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Adobe Acrobat Pro (MacOS)
Close Help window
Navigation - Navigating the Help window

Command + W / Alt + F4


Act! CRM (Windows)
Exit Act
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Microsoft Projects 2016 (Windows)
Close the program window.
Navigate Views and Windows

Alt + F4


Adobe XD (Experience Design) (Windows)
Quit
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2016 (Windows)
Close Excel
The Rest

Alt + F4


Corel PhotoPaint X6 (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


HTML-Kit (Windows)
Exit HTML-Kit Tools
87 Shortcuts for HTML-Kit (Windows)

Alt + F4


Corel Quattro Pro X8 (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


Corel Ventura 10 (Windows)
Exit
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Corel Quattro Pro X8 (Windows)
Exit Quattro Pro
Function Keys

Alt + F4


Forte (Windows)
Exit agent
All Window

Alt + F4


TradeStation (Windows)
Close Application
Development Environment

Alt + F4


Soundforge (Windows)
Exit Sound Forge
Project File Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Tencent QQ Player (Windows)
Exit and Quit
30 Shortcuts for Tencent QQ Player (Windows)

Alt + F4


MetaTrader MT4 (Windows)
Close Client Terminal
Miscellaneous Shortcuts

Alt + F4


CA Client Automation (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


Vegas Pro 14 (Windows)
Exit Vegas Pro
Project File

Alt + F4


XYplorer (Windows)
Exit
Navigation

Alt + F4


Teamcenter (Windows)
Exit Teamcenter
Miscellaneous Shortcuts

Alt + F4


KMPlayer (Windows)
Exit
General

Alt + F4


GOM Player (Windows)
Close
Others

Alt + F4 / Alt + X


Quickbooks Desktop (Windows)
Close Quickbooks
The Rest

Alt + F4


Tableau (Windows)
Closes the current workbook
General

Alt + F4


Solidworks 2019
Close Solidworks
Windows

Alt + F4


Spotify (Windows)
Quit
General

Alt + F4


Surfcam (Windows)
Exit SURFCAM
60 Shortcuts for Surfcam (Windows)

Alt + F4


Exact Audio Copy
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


Xyplorer
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


progeCAD (Windows)
Closes all drawings and exits progeCAD
51 Shortcuts for progeCAD (Windows)

Alt + F4


Surfcam (Windows)
Exit the program
60 Shortcuts for Surfcam (Windows)

Alt + F4


Mastercam (Windows)
Exit Mastercam
53 Shortcuts for Mastercam (Windows)

Alt + F4


Vectorworks (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4 / Ctrl + Q


SpaceClaim (Windows)
Exit
71 Shortcuts for SpaceClaim (Windows)

Alt + F4


Altium Designer (Windows)
Close Altium Designer
Environment Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Sage Simply Accounting (Windows)
Close window or exit program
General

Alt + F4


Openbox
Close the active window
General

Alt + F4


LXDE
Close window
LDXE / Openbox

Alt + F4


DraftSight (Windows)
Exit Program
37 Shortcuts for DraftSight (Windows)

Alt + F4


GeoGebra
Quit GeoGebra
Windows shortcuts

Alt + F4


FlexiSign Pro 8.1 (Windows)
Exit
Other Shortcuts

Alt + F4


FlexiSign Pro 8.1 (MacOS)
Exit
Other Shortcuts

Alt + F4


SuperMemo (Windows)
Close Program
129 Shortcuts for SuperMemo (Windows)

Alt + F4


Tableau
Close the current workbook
Managing workbooks, sheets, and files (Tableau Desktop)

Alt + F4


Cisco Webex
Close any dialog box
Windows

Alt + F4


Google Chrome
Close the current window
Tab and window shortcuts

Alt + F4


Ubuntu
Close the window
Windows

Alt + F4


HitFilm
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Tibia
Try exiting game (this shortcut isn't listed in official manual)
Control Buttons

Alt + F4


QuickBooks Desktop
Exit
Opening / Closing QuickBooks

Alt + F4


Evernote for Windows
Close separate windows / Minimize main window to tray
Application-wide

Alt + F4


Xfce
Close window
Window manipulation

Alt + F4


Old School RuneScape (OSRS)
Close browser window. (This is browser/OS command, not a RuneScape hotkey)
General

Alt + F4


Alteryx
Close Alteryx Designer
Other shortcuts

Alt + F4


ProgeCAD
Exit
General

Alt + F4


PureSync
Exit
Actions menu

Alt + F4


CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Logo Accounting
Close the program
General

Alt + F4


Bluebeam Revu
Close application
Advanced text

Alt + F4


Metapad
Exit Metapad
File menu

Alt + F4


Nuance Power PDF
Quit application
Application exit

Alt + F4


KMPlayer
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Windows PowerShell ISE
Exit
Starting and exiting

Alt + F4


Microsoft FrontPage
Quit Microsoft FrontPage.
Work with and manage Web pages

Alt + F4


Microsoft Paint
Close the window
Alt key menu

Alt + F4


Camtasia
Exit Theater
Camtasia Theater

Alt + F4


KDE Plasma Desktop
Close
Working with windows

Alt + F4


Linux Mint
Close the window
Frequently used shortcuts

Alt + F4


LightWave 3D
Show / hide motion paths
Layout: General

Alt + F4


PhraseExpress
Minimize / exit PhraseExpress
General

Alt + F4


Warcraft III
Exit Warcraft III
Menu commands

Alt + F4


Adobe XD (Windows)
Close
Keys for File menu

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2016
Exit Word
Alt + Function keys

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts)
File.Exit
File

Alt + F4


Sweet Home 3D
Close
General

Alt + F4


Comodo IceDragon
Close window
Windows and Tabs

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts)
File.Exit
File

Alt + F4


GIMP
Close the window
Dialogs

Alt + F4


WinHex
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


WordPerfect X8
Quit WordPerfect
General

Alt + F4


LibreOffice
Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed)
Controlling documents and windows

Alt + F4


Maple
Exit Maple
Menu accelerators

Alt + F4


FileMaker
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro
General

Alt + F4


WinNc
Quit
General

Alt + F4


NewsBin Pro
Close application
Standard Windows keyboard navigation

Alt + F4


Microsoft Access 2016
Exit Access
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts

Alt + F4


Python IDLE for Windows
Close current window
File menu

Alt + F4


SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Exit
Code editor

Alt + F4


ACDSee Free
Closes ACDSee Free
General

Alt + F4


7-Zip
Close the program
File menu

Alt + F4


Notepad++
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


Paint.NET
Exit Paint.net
Toolbar

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2016
Closes Excel
Function keys

Alt + F4


Windows 3.1
Close the application or dialog box
Common features

Alt + F4


WinSCP
Quit
Service commands

Alt + F4


Mozilla Thunderbird
Close window
Controlling Thunderbird windows and tabs

Alt + F4


GOM Player
Close
Others

Alt + F4


WhatsApp Web and Desktop
Exit app
General

Alt + F4


Spotify
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Opera
Close application window
Application windows

Alt + F4


Wordpad
Close WordPad
General

Alt + F4


Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix)
(Windows only) Close Help window
Help window

Alt + F4


Microsoft Projects 2007 (Windows)
Close the program window.
Navigate views and windows

Alt + F4


Gnome 3.0 (Linux)
Close current window.
Window Commands

alt + f4


Gnome 2.32 (Linux)
Close current window
Window Management

Alt + F4


Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows)
Close the active item or folder. Also will open "Shuts Down Windows" menu when on an empty desktop.
Work with Vista (Application) Windows

Alt + F4


Windows Media Player 11 (Windows)
Close WMP (default Windows feature).
Manage the Media Player Windows

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2010 (Windows)
Exit Word
The Rest

Alt + F4


Pinnacle Studio 22
Close application
General

Alt + F4