Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Linux (KDE Plasma)
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1 apps, 49 shortcuts

Linux (KDE Plasma) keyboard shortcuts

Linux (KDE Plasma) · Linux

ActionLinux
Windows and applications
Open the application launcherMeta
Open the run-command interfaceAlt F2
Open the window operations menuAlt F3
Switch between windowsAlt Tab
Switch between windows in reverseAlt Shift Tab
Close the active windowAlt F4
Quit the active applicationCtrl Q
Force-quit an applicationCtrl Alt Esc
Open System ActivityCtrl Esc
Maximize or restore the active windowMeta Page Up
Minimize the active windowMeta Page Down
Switch to the window on the leftMeta Alt Left
Switch to the window on the rightMeta Alt Right
Switch to the window aboveMeta Alt Up
Switch to the window belowMeta Alt Down
Workspaces and activities
Switch to desktop 1Ctrl F1
Switch to desktop 2Ctrl F2
Switch to desktop 3Ctrl F3
Switch to desktop 4Ctrl F4
Switch to the next activityMeta Tab
Switch to the previous activityMeta Shift Tab
Open Activities managementMeta Q
Move the active window to the left monitorShift Meta Left
Move the active window to the right monitorShift Meta Right
Move the active window to the monitor aboveShift Meta Up
Move the active window to the monitor belowShift Meta Down
Plasma desktop
Add widgetsAlt D then A
Remove a widgetAlt D then R
Lock or unlock widgetsAlt D then L
Focus the next widgetAlt D then N
Focus the previous widgetAlt D then P
Open widget settingsAlt D then S
Open activity settingsAlt D then Alt S
Remove the current activityAlt D then Alt R
Open Activities managementAlt D then Alt A
Run the associated applicationAlt D then T
Peek at the desktopCtrl F12
Common document and file actions
Refresh the current viewF5
Select allCtrl A
UndoCtrl Z
CopyCtrl C
CutCtrl X
PasteCtrl V
Create a new document or itemCtrl N
PrintCtrl P
SaveCtrl S
Close the current document or viewCtrl W
Open HelpF1
Open What's This helpShift F1

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.