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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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xmlns:ui="http://projectmallard.org/ui/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="tip" id="keyboard-nav">
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="a11y"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="keyboard"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="shell-keyboard-shortcuts"/>
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<revision version="14.04" date="2014-03-07" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
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<email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
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<desc>Use applications and the desktop without a mouse.</desc>
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<title>Keyboard navigation</title>
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<cite date="2012-03-14" href="mailto:shaunm@gnome.org">Shaun McCance</cite>
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<p>Do <em>NOT</em> use <code>ui:expanded</code> on this page. I know it's
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tempting, but the target audience for this page is people who cannot use
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a mouse, and having to expand sections when you're just figuring out how
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to drive things with the keyboard is a burden.</p>
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<p>This page details keyboard navigation for people who cannot use a mouse or
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other pointing device, or who want to use a keyboard as much as possible. For
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keyboard shortcuts that are useful to all users, see
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<link xref="shell-keyboard-shortcuts"/> instead.</p>
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<p>If you cannot use a pointing device like a mouse, you can control the
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mouse pointer using the numeric keypad on your keyboard. See
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<link xref="mouse-mousekeys"/> for details.</p>
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<table frame="top bottom" rules="rows">
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<title>Navigate user interfaces</title>
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<td><p><key>Tab</key> and <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<p>Move keyboard focus between different controls. <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key>
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<key>Tab</key></keyseq> moves between groups of controls, such as from a sidebar
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to the main content. <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> can also
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break out of a control that uses <key>Tab</key> itself, such as a text area.</p>
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<p>Hold down <key>Shift</key> to move focus in reverse order.</p>
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<td><p>Arrow keys</p></td>
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<p>Move selection between items in a single control, or among a set of
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related controls. Use the arrow keys to focus buttons in a toolbar, select
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items in a list or icon view, or select a radio button from a group.</p>
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<p>In a tree view, use the left and right arrow keys to collapse and
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expand items with children.</p>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key>Arrow keys</keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>In a list or icon view, move the keyboard focus to another item
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without changing which item is selected.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key>Arrow keys</keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>In a list or icon view, select all items from the currently selected
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item to the newly focused item.</p></td>
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<td><p><key>Space</key></p></td>
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<td><p>Activate a focused item such as a button, check box, or list item.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Space</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>In a list or icon view, select or deselect the focused item without
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deselecting other items.</p></td>
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<td><p><key>Alt</key></p></td>
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<td><p>Hold down the <key>Alt</key> key to reveal <em>accelerators</em>:
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underlined letters on menu items, buttons, and other controls. Press
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<key>Alt</key> plus the underlined letter to activate a control, just
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as if you had clicked on it.</p></td>
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<td><p><key>Esc</key></p></td>
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<td><p>Exit a menu, popup, switcher, or dialog window.</p></td>
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<td><p><key>F10</key></p></td>
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<td><p>Open the first menu on the menu bar of a window. Use the arrow keys
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to navigate the menus.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>F10</key></keyseq> or the Menu key</p></td>
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<p>Pop up the context menu for the current selection, as if you had
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F10</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>In the file manager, pop up the context menu for the current folder,
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as if you had right-clicked on the background and not on any item.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>PageUp</key></keyseq> and
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>PageDown</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>In a tabbed interface, switch to the tab to the left or right.</p></td>
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<table frame="top bottom" rules="rows">
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<title>Navigate the desktop</title>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
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xpointer="alt-tick"/>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
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xpointer="ctrl-alt-updown"/>
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<table frame="top bottom" rules="rows">
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<title>Navigate windows</title>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F4</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Close the current window.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key xref="windows-key">Super</key><key>↓</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Restore a maximized window to its original size.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F7</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Move the current window. Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F7</key></keyseq>,
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then use the arrow keys to move the window. Press <key>Enter</key> to finish
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moving the window, or <key>Esc</key> to return it to its original place.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F8</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Resize the current window. Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F8</key></keyseq>,
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then use the arrow keys to resize the window. Press <key>Enter</key> to finish
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resizing the window, or <key>Esc</key> to return it to its original size.</p></td>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page"
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xpointer="ctrl-alt-shift-updown"/>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key xref="windows-key">Super</key><key>↑</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p><link xref="shell-windows-maximize">Maximize</link> a window.</p></td>
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key xref="windows-key">Super</key><key>←</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Maximize a window vertically along the left side of the screen.
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key xref="windows-key">Super</key><key>→</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Maximize a window vertically along the right side of the screen.
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<td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Space</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<td><p>Pop up the window menu, as if you had right-clicked on the titlebar.</p></td>
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