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This file will list the shortcut keys available in the mate desktop, as well as give a brief overview of your new system.
Desktop overview:
The mate desktop contains two main elements, the panel and the desktop. You can cycle through these elements by holding down control and alt, and tapping tab to go forward and shift tab to go backward. As you move, if you are using the orca screen reader, the currently selected element will be spoken. To set focus to the selected element in order to access its controls, release control and alt. By default, the desktop, arranged in a grid, contains these four elements:
Computer, contains links to mounted volumes and other attached storage devices
User's home, where User is replaced with your login name, contains your personal files, as well as configuration files for the desktop and installed applications. You have permission to view and edit everything in this directory with no restrictions
Network Servers, contains a searchable view of file shares and other resources on your network. You will most likely need permission from the owner of the resource to access it
Trash, a virtual file system that is used to store deleted files. Note that if using the terminal rather than the GUI file manager to remove files or directories, the trash is bypassed, making it extremely difficult to recover deleted files. To pull up a context menu related to the current item, the equivalent of a right click on said item, focus on an item with your arrow keys and hold down shift and tap f10. To perform the equivalent of a right click on an empty area of the desktop, which, for example, allows you to add custom shortcuts, empty folders, etc, hold down control and tap f10.
Panel Overview:
The Mate desktop contains two panels, top and bottom. As previously mentioned, to switch between the panels and the desktop, hold down control and alt, and tap tab or shift tab to move forward and backward, respectively. The panels can be customized in various ways, such as changing the order of items, visual size of the panel,, or even adding and removing new items or entire panels by using the same context menu procedure as for the desktop, i.e. Control f10 for panel context menu, shift f10 for item specific context menu. To avoid getting stuck inside groups of items when navigating in panels, I would recommend using shift tab and cycling backward through items.
Top Panel:
The top panel contains, from left to right:
Main menu bar, accessible with alt+f1, allows you to start applications by category, go to different places, in your file system including local and remote disks, and adjust settings, add and remove software, access help, log out of your graphical session, or power off your system.
Notification Area, which contains the clock, Bluetooth manager, networking options, sound settings, software updater, etc
Bottom Panel:
By default, the bottom panel shows a list of open windows, as well as a workspace switcher, which allows you to group your open windows into multiple virtual desktops.
List of Keybindings by category:
Accessibility Functions:
Toggle magnifier Alt+windows+M
Toggle screen reader Alt+windows+S
Toggle on-screen keyboard Alt+windows+K
Desktop and Application Launchers:
Show the panel's "Run Application" dialog box Alt+F2
Show the panel's main menu Alt+F1
Take a screenshot Print
Take a screenshot of a window Alt+Print
Run a terminal Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T
Rename current workspace Shift+windows+W
Launch help browser Shift+Ctrl+Alt+?
Launch calculator Shift+Ctrl+Alt+C
Launch email client Shift+Ctrl+Alt+M
Launch instant messenger Shift+Ctrl+Alt+I
Launch web browser Shift+Ctrl+Alt+W
Log out Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace
Shut down Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Lock screen windows+L
Home folder Shift+Ctrl+Alt+H
Search Shift+Ctrl+Alt+F
Launch settings Shift+Ctrl+Alt+S
Window Management Functions:
Move between windows, using a popup window Alt+Tab
Move between windows of an application, using a popup window Alt+`
Move between panels and the desktop, using a popup window Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Move between windows immediately Alt+Escape
Move between windows of an application immediately Alt+F6
Move between panels and the desktop immediately Ctrl+Alt+Escape
Hide all normal windows and set focus to the desktop Ctrl+Alt+D
Switch to workspace 1 windows+1
Switch to workspace 2 windows+2
Switch to workspace 3 windows+3
Switch to workspace 4 windows+4
Switch to workspace on the left of the current workspace Ctrl+windows+Left
Switch to workspace on the right of the current workspace Ctrl+windows+Right
Switch to workspace above the current workspace Ctrl+windows+Up
Switch to workspace below the current workspace Ctrl+windows+Down
Switch to previously selected workspace windows+`
Activate the window menu Alt+Space
Toggle fullscreen mode Ctrl+windows+F
Toggle maximization state Alt+F10
Maximize window windows+M
Restore window windows+R
Toggle shaded state Ctrl+windows+S
Close window Alt+F4
Minimize window Alt+F9
Move window Alt+F7
Resize window Alt+F8
Toggle whether window is on all workspaces or just one Ctrl+windows+W
Raise window if it's covered by another window, otherwise lower it windows+F
Raise window above other windows Ctrl+windows+R
Lower window below other windows Shift+Ctrl+windows+L
Maximize window vertically Shift+Ctrl+windows+Page Down
Maximize window horizontally Shift+Ctrl+windows+Page Up
Tile window to east (right) side of screen Shift+Alt+windows+L
Tile window to west (left) side of screen Shift+Alt+windows+J
Tile window to north-west (top left) corner Shift+Alt+windows+U
Tile window to north-east (top right) corner Shift+Alt+windows+O
Tile window to south-west (bottom left) corner Shift+Alt+windows+N
Tile window to south-east (bottom right) corner Shift+Alt+windows+>
Move window to north-west (top left) corner Ctrl+Alt+windows+U
Move window to north-east (top right) corner Ctrl+Alt+windows+O
Move window to south-west (bottom left) corner Ctrl+Alt+windows+N
Move window to south-east (bottom right) corner Ctrl+Alt+windows+,
Move window to north (top) side of screen Ctrl+Alt+windows+I
Move window to south (bottom) side of screen Ctrl+Alt+windows+K
Move window to east (right) side of screen Ctrl+Alt+windows+L
Move window to west (left) side of screen Ctrl+Alt+windows+J
Move window to center of screen Ctrl+Alt+windows+K
Move window to north (top) monitor Ctrl+windows+I
Move window to south (bottom) monitor Ctrl+windows+K
Move window to east (right) monitor Ctrl+windows+L
Move window to west (left) monitor Ctrl+windows+J
Move window to workspace 1 Alt+windows+1
Move window to workspace 2 Alt+windows+2
Move window to workspace 3 Alt+windows+3
Move window to workspace 4 Alt+windows+4
Move window one workspace to the left Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Left
Move window one workspace to the right Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Right
Move window one workspace up Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Up
Move window one workspace down Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Down
Sound and Media Functions
Volume mute windows+Down
Volume down windows+Left
Volume up windows+Right
Volume mute quietly Alt+windows+Down
Volume down quietly Alt+windows+Left
Volume up quietly Alt+windows+Right
Microphone mute Shift+windows+Down
Launch media player Shift+windows+Up
Play (or play/pause) windows+Up
Pause playback Ctrl+windows+Up
Stop playback Shift+windows+Down
Previous track Ctrl+windows+Left
Next track Ctrl+windows+Right
Eject windows+Return
Speech, Visual Control, and Other Functions:
Reset Speech System and restart Orca Screen Reader Ctrl+Alt+O
turn screen on Ctrl+Alt+Page Up
turn screen off Ctrl+Alt+Page Down
Open Introduction and Keybinding List Shift+Ctrl+Alt+G
OCR Current Window windows+W
OCR Page on Selected Scanner Ctrl+windows+w
Say Battery Level windows+B