LXDE/Openbox keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Posted on If youve been paying attention, you may have noticed that lately Ive taken an interest in Unixy things. Thats right. Unixy is a word. Ive tried Ubuntu a few times but was never very happy with the performance. When I learned that Lubuntu can run the same packages as Ubuntu but is faster, I had to try it out. The difference in performance is noticeable. Ive been running Lubuntu alongside my Windows 7 install for a week or so now and come to prefer it. As it turns out, the difference in performance is mostly due to the LXDE desktop environment that comes bundled with the Lubuntu desktop installation. The slowness I experienced with Ubuntu was mostly due to the Unity desktop environment. (I had the same problem with GNOME on Ubuntu, although I liked its UI better than Unitys.) I think this means that any buntu distribution will be more responsive using LXDE instead of Unity. I cant function very well without keyboard shortcuts, and I cant find a cheat sheet anywhere, so heres one for you (but mostly for me). Some of these shortcuts are specific to LXDE while others are specific to Openbox the window manager that comes with LXDE. You can modify any of them by going to ~/.config/openbox/ and opening the file ending with rc.xml. (See this page of the Openbox wiki for details.) Note: The super key is usually bound to the Windows key on keyboards which have one. Default LXDE/Openbox bindings Action Go to desktop (direction) Go to desktop (number) Send to desktop Toggle show desktop Close window Hide window Window menu Next window Previous window Go to window (direction) Toggle fullscreen LXDE specific bindings Action Window list (sticky) PCMan File Manager LXPanel Run Binding ctrl + alt + arrow super + f1/f2/f3/f4 shift + alt + arrow super + d alt + f4 alt + esc alt + space alt + tab alt + shift + tab super + shift + arrow f11

Binding Alt. binding ctrl + alt + tab super + e ctrl + alt + d super + r alt + f2

LXPanel Menu alt + f1 ctrl + esc LXTask (task manager) ctrl + alt + del Open terminal ctrl + alt + t Lock screen ctrl + alt + l Lubuntu specific bindings Action Binding Take a screenshot alt + print screen Im not sure about all of these, so let me know if I missed any or put them in the wrong places.