Useful Shortcut Keys to Navigate Faster on Ubuntu 20.04

As programmer, we tend to forget where the mouse is because our fingers are in standby mode at the home row keys on our keyboard.

In order to navigate faster from terminal to vscode to web browser and even to the next workspace, I think I could do faster using shortcut keys.

Here is my top list of shortcut keys to navigate around my Ubuntu 20.04:

• Super - To search & start application
• Super + PageUp/PageDown - To switch between workspace
• Super + ArrowUp - Maximize Window
• Super + ArrowLeft - Move current window to the left half of my screen.
• Super + ArrowRight - Move current window to the left half of my screen.
• Super + ArrowDown - Unmaximize window (not minimize)
• Alt + Tab - Switch between multi application windows within same workspace
• Alt + ` - Switch between same application type windows
• Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ArrowUp/ArrowDown - Move current window to top/bottom workspace
• Ctrl + Alt + < - Volume Down
• Ctrl + Alt + > - Volume Up
• Ctrl + t - New Tab in app like Nautilus, Chrome
• Ctrl + w - Close Tab in app like Nautilus, Chrome
• Shift + Ctrl + t - New Tab in Gnome Terminal
• Shift + Ctrl + w - Close Tab in Gnome Terminal
• Ctrl + PageUp/Down - Switch between tabs in app

Extra keystroke:

Sometimes when there is a lot of tabs opened on my web browser during research, I need to open the latest tab in new window. But there isn't shortcut for this on Chrome. So I have to:

1. Highlight the address - Ctrl + L or F6
2. Copy the address - Ctrl + C
3. Open new window - Ctrl + N
4. Paste the address and go - Ctrl + V and Enter
5. Switch to previous window - Alt + Tab
6. Close the moved tab - Ctrl - w

My actual list is longer. I couldn't type it all right now. But I will just publish this anyway and add more later when I have time.