Kde
Items for KDE setup.
WHERNTO: operate
Various KDE matters are presented here.
Plasma Global Shortcuts Reference
From ~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc arranged nicely by Qwen AI.
🗂️ Activities
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Switch to activity “Action” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Switch to activity “Clj” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Switch to activity “Dac” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Switch to activity “Invest” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Switch to activity “Music” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Switch to activity “NamItAll” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+B |
| Switch to activity “R1” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+Num+End |
| Switch to activity “R2” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+Num+Down |
| Switch to activity “Tweak” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+Y |
| Switch to activity “Zsh” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Switch to activity “Pnars” | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+L |
🚀 Application Launchers
| Application | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Dolphin (File Manager) | Ctrl+Shift+Return |
| Emacs | Meta+Ctrl+. |
| Emacs Client | Meta+Return |
| Falkon (Browser) | Meta+Alt+U |
| Firefox ESR | Meta+Alt+Return |
| Foot (Terminal) | Meta+' |
| KCalc (Calculator) | Meta+Alt+T / Calculator |
| Screen Capture Script | Meta+Shift+Return |
🪟 Window Management (KWin)
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Activate Window Demanding Attention | Meta+Ctrl+A |
| Close Window | Alt+F4 |
| Disable Active Input Capture | Meta+Shift+Esc |
| Kill Window | Meta+Ctrl+Esc |
| Maximize Window | Meta+PgUp |
| Minimize Window | Meta+PgDown |
| Minimize All Windows | Meta+Shift+D |
| Move Mouse to Center | Meta+F6 |
| Move Window to Next Screen | Meta+Shift+Right |
| Move Window to Previous Screen | Meta+Shift+Left |
| Quick Tile Window (Bottom/Left/Right/Top) | Meta+Down / Left / Right / Up |
| Window Operations Menu | Alt+F3 |
| Zoom In / Out / Actual Size | Meta++ / Meta+- / Meta+0 |
🧱 Tiling & Zones (Krohnkite & KZones)
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| KZones | |
| Activate layout 1 through 9 | Meta+Num+1 to Meta+Num+9 |
| Cycle layouts (Forward/Reverse) | Ctrl+Alt+D / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D |
| Move window to next/prev zone | Ctrl+Alt+Right / Ctrl+Alt+Left |
| Move window to zone 1 through 9 | Ctrl+Alt+Num+1 to Ctrl+Alt+Num+9 |
| Snap active / all windows | Meta+Shift+Space / Meta+Space |
| Switch window in current zone | Ctrl+Alt+Up / Ctrl+Alt+Down |
| Toggle zone overlay | Ctrl+Alt+C |
| Krohnkite | |
| Focus Down/Left/Prev/Right/Up | Meta+J / H / \ / K |
| Grow/Shrink Height & Width | Meta+Ctrl+J/K/H/L |
| Increase/Decrease Size | Meta+I |
| Move Window Down/Left/Right/Up | Meta+Shift+J / H / L / K |
| Next / Previous Layout | Meta+\ / `Meta+ |
| Toggle Float / Float All | Meta+F / Meta+Shift+F |
| Monocle Layout | Meta+M |
🖥️ Desktop & Workspace Navigation
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Show Activity Switcher | Meta+Q |
| Walk through activities (Forward/Reverse) | Meta+; (or Meta+Tab) / Meta+Shift+A |
| Switch Desktop (Down/Up/Left/Right) | Meta+Ctrl+Down / Up / Left / Right |
| Switch Desktop Left/Right (Alt) | Meta+Ins / Meta+Del |
| Switch to Desktop 1 through 6 | Ctrl+F1 through Ctrl+F6 |
| Move Window to Desktop (Down/Up/Left/Right) | Meta+Ctrl+Shift+Down / Up / Left / Right |
| Toggle Desktop Grid | Meta+F8 |
| Toggle Overview | Meta+W |
| Peek at Desktop (Show Desktop) | Meta+D |
| Present Windows (Current/All/Class) | Ctrl+F9 / Ctrl+F10 / Ctrl+F7 |
⌨️ Window Switching & Navigation
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Switch to Window (Down/Left/Right/Up) | Meta+Alt+Down / Left / Right / Up |
| Walk Through Windows (Forward/Reverse) | Alt+Tab / Alt+Shift+Tab |
| Walk Through Windows of Current App | Alt+`` / Alt+~` |
🔊 Audio, Media & Power
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Audio & Media | |
| Decrease/Increase Volume (Small) | Shift+Volume Down / Shift+Volume Up |
| Decrease/Increase Volume | Volume Down / Volume Up |
| Mute Microphone | Microphone Mute / Meta+Volume Mute |
| Mute Volume | Volume Mute |
| Media Next/Previous/Play/Pause/Stop | Media Next / Previous / Play / Stop |
| Power & Hardware | |
| Decrease/Increase Screen Brightness | Monitor Brightness Down / Up |
| Decrease/Increase Brightness (Small) | Shift+Monitor Brightness Down / Up |
| Hibernate / Suspend / Power Off | Hibernate / Sleep / Power Off |
| Switch Power Profile | Battery / Meta+B |
| Toggle Keyboard Backlight | Keyboard Light On/Off |
🖱️ Touchpad, Tablet & System
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Touchpad | |
| Disable / Enable / Toggle Touchpad | Touchpad Off / Touchpad On / Touchpad Toggle |
| Wacom Tablet | |
| Map to fullscreen / screen 1 / screen 2 | Meta+Ctrl+F / 1 / 2 |
| Next / Previous Profile | Meta+Ctrl+N / Meta+Ctrl+P |
| Toggle screen map selection | Meta+Ctrl+M |
| Toggle stylus mode / touch tool | Meta+Ctrl+S / Meta+Ctrl+T |
| System & Plasma | |
| Activate Application Launcher | Meta / Alt+F1 |
| Activate Task Manager Entry 1 through 9 | Meta+1 through Meta+9 |
| Lock Session | Meta+L / Screensaver |
| Show Clipboard Items at Mouse Pos | Meta+V |
| Show Logout Screen | Ctrl+Alt+Del |
| Stop Current Activity | Meta+S |
| Suspend Compositing | Alt+Shift+F12 |
| Toggle Screen Reader | Meta+Alt+S |
| Open/Retract Yakuake | F12 |