Hot-keys | Using Elive faster!

Window Controls
Combination Action Notes Other
Ctrl + Alt + X Close a Window Use it instead of closing a window with the corner button Win + X

Ctrl + Alt + I Minimize a Window Minimizing is not suggested, instead use the Virtual Win + M
Desktops, or Alt + F3 to send the window to it
Ctrl + Alt + M Maximize a Window With Shift pressed, the window is maximized in smart Alt + F10
mode
Ctrl + Alt + F Fullscreen Mode (Toggle) To set/unset a window in fullscreen mode
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up/Down Raise / Lower the window For when you need to fastly put a window behind or in
front to another one, you can set it fixed from the borders
Alt + Tab Switch to next window Use it with Shift for inverse mode. Use Win + arrows for Win + Tab *
better alternative.
Win + Arrow keys Switch to nearest window Changes to the nearest window in the direction of your
arrow keys
Win + Shift + PagUp / PagDown Send Window to desktop Moves your Window to Next/Prev Desktop Alt + F3
Win + Shift + Arrow keys Resize a window Resizes your window in different smart ways
Ctrl + Alt + Mouse Left click Move a window Click with your mouse and drag the Window to move it Win + L-Drag
Ctrl + Alt + Mouse Middle click Resize a window Click and drag to Resize a Window Win + M-Drag
Ctrl + Alt + Mouse Right click Options of the window Opens the menu of options for a Window Win + R-Drag
Win + A Scale mode * Displays all the running Windows to switch to it
Win + Mouse Wheel Transparency value * Changes the transparency of a window. Useful to read
what is behind it, like another window
Ctrl + Alt + N New window Creates a new instance of the same application
- Options marked with the * symbol requires to have enabled the Ecomorph module (special effects)
- Ctrl means the Control key, Win is the windows or “logo” key, Fn is the F' list of keys in the upper level, don't confuse it with the Fn special key in laptops that
is used to trigger special options (they are normally in a different color) like Multimedia keys or hardware functions. The different color means very useful.

Desktop Controls
Combination Action Notes Other
Ctrl + Alt + Arrow keys Change to Desktop Switches to the Virtual Desktop in the selected direction. Win + PagUp/Down
If you use Ecomorph and the Cube is annoying, disable it Ctrl + Alt + Wheel
and select Wall instead (in Ecomorph configurations) Ctrl + Win + Arrow *
Win + Fn Change to a Desktop number Switches to the virtual Desktop number as your F' num. Alt + Shift + Fn
Use Ctrl + Shift + Fn to switch extra monitors (xinerama).
Win + D Expo * Shows the entire Virtual Desktops where you can drag
your running applications and organize them nicely
Win + Z Zoom * Toggle a fast Zoom mode, useful for screencasts or
detailed views of your application
Ctrl + Alt + L Lock desktop Useful to leave your computer for a few minutes Win + L

Ctrl + Alt + D Show / Hide desktop Minimizes all the Windows and restores them in a shot

Right-Click in Desktop Runs the Launcher To run an Application, type and search for an active Alt + Esc
window, or browse the application menus Alt + F2
Menu key
Left-Click in Desktop Applications Menu Opens the menu of all the applications

Launchers
Combination Action Notes Other
Alt + Esc Opens the Launcher Alt + F2

Ctrl + Alt + T Open a Terminal With Shift, the font is bigger

Win + Key Run something... With “Win + C” runs the calculator, with E the “explorer”, F for Configure your own
Files, P Projector and Screen configuration, R Launcher (run), launchers in the Key
W for Internet, N your Notes, T terminal, V volume, L lock Binding Settings
Ctrl + Alt + Delete Tasks Manager See your resources or the running processes to close

Win + Numpad “+” or “-” Increase Volume Use “-” to decrease

Win + Numpad “Enter” Play / Pause Music

Win + Numpad “*” or “/” Next / Preview Song

- You can configure your own Hot-Keys, Mouse bindings, and Desktop-corner limits triggers from the configurations
- Some keyboards have special Multimedia keys, all of them are already pre-configurated in Elive for the optimal option
- In rare cases you could need a shortcut in applications that don't work because it's an already configured key, to make it work configure it to a different one.

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Desktop Corners
Combination Action Notes Other
Bottom Right corner Shows the desktop Minimizes all the windows, and restores them too Ctrl + Alt + D

Upper Left corner * Shows all applications Shows all the running applications and you can select them Win + A

Upper Right corner * Shows all the desktops Shows the all the desktops and you can organize your apps Win + D

Common Keys
This is a list of more common hot-keys, most of them compatible across different operating systems

Combination Action Notes Other

Ctrl + C Copy Select a piece of text and use this combination to copy it Mouse select (for text)

Ctrl + X Cut Same as copy but it removes the text (or file) to paste it elsewhere

Ctrl + P Paste Paste a text, file or element in the desired place Middle click (for text)

Click + Shift + Click Range selection Click in a place as the start of text, or a first file to select, then press Shift + arrow keys
Shift and then Click in the last part to do a range selection
Ctrl + Click Selection toggle Select or deselect a File to make a group or detailed selection

Ctrl + A Select All Select all the text or all the files, for copy with Ctrl + C or similar Home, Shift, End

Ctrl + Z Undo Undo your last change. Use Ctrl + Shift + Z to re-do it (sometimes Ctrl
+ Y)
Ctrl + F Find Search for a text or a file

F5 Reload Reload a web page or refresh your files Ctrl + R

Ctrl + W Close a Tab In a web browser it closes an opened tab, Ctrl + Shift + T to reopen.

Ctrl + PagUp/PagDown Switches Tabs In a web browser, switches between your tabs

Ctrl + S Save Some applications allows you to save your work with this combination

Tab Go next Select the next element. Shift + Tab for previous one

Ctrl + Arrow keys Word moving Move the cursor across words in text editors. Use with Shift to select. Alt + B, Alt + F in
terminals
Ctrl + Backspace Delete word Deletes the entire word. Ctrl + W in terminals

F2 Rename Press F2 to rename a file

Imp/Pr Scr. Screenshot Use to capture a screenshot. With Shift for select a region or window.
Ctrl for same in high quality. Alt for the alternative screenshot tool

There's more than this list of hot-keys configured in your Desktop, to see the full list or to reconfigure them go to Settings → Preferences → Input → Key /
Mouse / Border – Bindings

Tips
• Copy / Paste improvement: In Linux* you don't need to copy-paste the text, by just selecting it becomes copied in a special buffer, then go to the
place where you want to paste it and just press the middle button of your mouse.
◦ Elive is provided with Clipman on which you can have multiple copy-paste's which is extremely useful sometimes.

• New Windows/Applications: By default they always receive the focus when you open them, so you don't need to move the mouse to click on it in
order to start typing, just type after it opened!. You can change this in the desktop preferences.
• Desktop window limits: Elive has an exclusive feature that limits your windows to not be outside of the limits of the screen, very useful for novice
users that moves accidentally them outside and loses control of it, but since you know how to move your windows back from any part of it (win +
mouse-click + move) you can disable this feature, and with the Special Effects enabled we can switch fast to the other desktop to have control of the
remaining parts of the application, very useful for the smallest screens!

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