Enable “Recent Files”
Go to “System Settings” -> Privacy, enable “Remember recently accessed files”, disable “Never forget old files”.
Switch widows
Alt-Tab
- Use Alt-tab to cycle through windows
- Use Alt-Shift-tab to cycle backwards through windows
- Click the icon to go to the windows directly
Change Alt-Tab switcher style
- Go to Preferences -> Windows, choose “Alt-Tab” tab, set “Alt-Tab switcher style” to “Icons and thumbnails”.
Super+1/2/Number
Sadly, Cinnamon doesn’t support switch between applications. This trick would help to switch to frequently used applications. - Super+1/2/Number to open the corresponding program in the panel
Shortcuts
| Ctrl+Alt+Down | list the open applications on the current workspace |
| Alt+F4 | close the window |
| Super+D | Show the desktop, press again to return the previous window |
| Alt+F10 | Maximize the current window or Restore window to its previous size |
| Ctrl + Alt + Del | Log out of the system |
| Ctrl + Alt + End | Shut down the system |
| Ctrl + Alt + L | Lock the screen |
Disabled Shortcuts
Unbind Ctrl+Alt+t to open terminal
- It conflicts with IntelliJ IDEA
- Open dconf-editor, search “terminal”, find the key “org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.media-keys”, change its value from [‘
t’]
Tile a Window to the Left, Right, Top, or Bottom
- super+left/right/up/down to push the current window to the left/right/top/bottom side of the screen
- ctrl+super+left/right/up/down to snap the current window to the left/right/top/bottom side of the screen
- not very useful, disable them
