KDE Plasma keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 110 KDE Plasma 6 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Meta+MetaLeft — Open Application Launcher
  • Meta+L — Lock Screen
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+L — Log Out
  • Meta+Pause — Lock Screen (Screensaver)
  • Ctrl+Escape — Open System Monitor
  • Alt+Space — Open KRunner
  • Alt+F2 — Open KRunner (Alt)
  • PrintScreen — Take Full Screenshot (Spectacle)
  • Alt+PrintScreen — Screenshot Active Window
  • Shift+PrintScreen — Screenshot Rectangular Region
  • Meta+PrintScreen — Interactive Screenshot (Spectacle)
  • Shift+Meta+PrintScreen — Start Screen Recording
  • Meta+V — Open Clipboard History (Klipper)
  • Meta+I — Open System Settings
  • Meta+E — Open File Manager (Dolphin)
  • Meta+T — Open Terminal (Konsole)
  • Shift+Meta+F5 — Decrease Screen Brightness
  • Shift+Meta+F6 — Increase Screen Brightness
  • Alt+F4 — Close Window
  • Ctrl+Alt+Escape — Force Kill Window (xkill)
  • Meta+PageUp — Maximize Window
  • Meta+PageDown — Minimize Window
  • F11 — Toggle Fullscreen
  • Alt+F7 — Move Window (Keyboard)
  • Alt+F8 — Resize Window (Keyboard)
  • Shift+Meta+S — Shade/Unshade Window (Roll Up)
  • Shift+Meta+A — Keep Window Above Others
  • Shift+Meta+B — Keep Window Below Others
  • Shift+Meta+D — Show Window on All Desktops
  • Meta+ArrowLeft — Tile Window to Left Half
  • Meta+ArrowRight — Tile Window to Right Half
  • Meta+ArrowUp — Maximize Window
  • Meta+ArrowDown — Minimize / Restore Window
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowLeft — Tile Window to Top-Left Quarter
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowRight — Tile Window to Top-Right Quarter
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowLeft — Tile Window to Bottom-Left Quarter
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowRight — Tile Window to Bottom-Right Quarter
  • Shift+Meta+C — Center Window on Screen
  • Alt+F3 — Window Operations Menu
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowRight — Move Window to Next Screen
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowLeft — Move Window to Previous Screen
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowUp — Move Window One Desktop Up
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowDown — Move Window One Desktop Down
  • Alt+Tab — Switch to Next Window
  • Shift+Alt+Tab — Switch to Previous Window
  • Meta+Tab — Switch Windows (Overview Effect)
  • Alt+Backquote — Switch Windows of Current Application
  • Shift+Alt+Backquote — Switch Windows of Current App (Reverse)
  • Ctrl+F1 — Switch to Desktop 1
  • Ctrl+F2 — Switch to Desktop 2
  • Ctrl+F3 — Switch to Desktop 3
  • Ctrl+F4 — Switch to Desktop 4
  • Ctrl+F5 — Switch to Desktop 5
  • Ctrl+F6 — Switch to Desktop 6
  • Ctrl+F7 — Switch to Desktop 7
  • Ctrl+F8 — Switch to Desktop 8
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowRight — Switch to Next Desktop
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowLeft — Switch to Previous Desktop
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowUp — Switch One Desktop Up (Grid)
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowDown — Switch One Desktop Down (Grid)
  • Ctrl+Shift+F1 — Move Window to Desktop 1
  • Ctrl+Shift+F2 — Move Window to Desktop 2
  • Ctrl+Shift+F3 — Move Window to Desktop 3
  • Ctrl+Shift+F4 — Move Window to Desktop 4
  • Ctrl+Shift+Meta+ArrowRight — Move Window to Next Desktop
  • Ctrl+Shift+Meta+ArrowLeft — Move Window to Previous Desktop
  • Meta+D — Show Desktop (Peek)
  • Meta+W — Overview (All Windows on Current Desktop)
  • Ctrl+Meta+W — Overview (All Windows All Desktops)
  • Meta+G — Show Desktop Grid
  • Ctrl+Meta+N — Add Virtual Desktop
  • Ctrl+Meta+R — Remove Last Virtual Desktop
  • Meta+Q — Toggle Activities Switcher
  • Shift+Meta+Tab — Switch to Next Activity
  • Ctrl+Meta+Tab — Switch to Previous Activity
  • Ctrl+F10 — Show All Windows (Present Windows)
  • Ctrl+F9 — Show Windows on Current Desktop
  • Ctrl+F7 — Show Windows of Same Application
  • Shift+Meta+P — Toggle Panel Visibility
  • Shift+Alt+F12 — Toggle Desktop Compositing
  • Ctrl+Alt+F1 — Switch to TTY 1
  • Ctrl+Alt+F2 — Switch to TTY 2
  • Ctrl+Alt+F3 — Switch to TTY 3
  • Ctrl+Alt+F4 — Switch to TTY 4
  • Ctrl+Alt+F5 — Switch to TTY 5
  • Ctrl+Alt+F6 — Switch to TTY 6
  • Meta+1 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 1
  • Meta+2 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 2
  • Meta+3 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 3
  • Meta+4 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 4
  • Meta+5 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 5
  • Meta+6 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 6
  • Meta+7 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 7
  • Meta+8 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 8
  • Meta+9 — Launch / Switch to Taskbar App 9
  • Shift+Meta+N — Toggle Window Titlebar and Frame
  • Meta+Equal — Increase Window Opacity
  • Meta+Minus — Decrease Window Opacity
  • Ctrl+Meta+Equal — Desktop Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Meta+Minus — Desktop Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+Meta+0 — Desktop Zoom Reset
  • Meta+Home — Raise Window
  • Meta+End — Lower Window
  • Meta+F2 — Rename Current Desktop
  • Ctrl+Meta+I — Invert Screen Colors
  • Ctrl+Shift+Meta+N — Toggle Night Color
  • Meta+H — Toggle Do Not Disturb
  • Meta+B — Open Web Browser
  • Meta+X — Open Text Editor (Kate)
  • Shift+Alt+Q — Close Active Window (Alt)

Other Operating Systems apps

  • Awesome WM shortcuts
  • GNOME shortcuts
  • Hyprland shortcuts
  • i3 Window Manager shortcuts
  • macOS shortcuts
  • Sway shortcuts
  • Windows shortcuts
  • Yabai shortcuts
  • Zoom for Windows shortcuts

Related pages

  • KDE Plasma shortcuts
  • KDE Plasma cheat sheet
  • Learn KDE Plasma shortcuts
  • All Operating Systems apps