Questions tagged [navigation]
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What is the shortcut to move between two Terminator tabs?
When I open Terminator, I can move two Terminator in same tab using Ctrl + Tab.
How to move between two Terminator tabs?
Amila Sampath
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How do I navigate up one directory from the terminal?
I can navigate down in directory using cd in the terminal. How do I navigate back up if I go too far?
ruckus
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Document Viewer (Evince) history navigation
I am satisfied with basic functionality of Evince (3.4.0 on Ubuntu 12.04). Unfortunately in this viewer I am really missing history navigation i.e. possibility to go back to previous views and optionally go forward in the viewing history like most…
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How can I hover over icons in Ubuntu Dock to see all windows of one application?
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3. How can I show all open windows of a certain application using the sidebar (aka Ubuntu Dock)? Right now I have to right-click and select "all windows" to see my other open windows.
Is there a quicker way to do…
Cameron
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xubuntu 14.04 change "minimize all windows" (show desktop)
None of the suggested answers:
How to change de "Minimize all windows" shortcut in Xubuntu?
Simple launcher to minimize all windows?\
Is there a keybind to minimize all windows, without a toggle?
... answer the question, although moderators…
Harryg123
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Is there any application for vimium-like interaction with desktop using keyboard?
Vimium plugin for chrome allows to follow any link on the web-page with the following actions:
Type f. It causes unique string to appear near every available link.
Type string associated with the link you wish to follow.
Such interaction is much…
citxx
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Using popd without removing last value
How can I get the behavior of using popd without actually popping the last directory off of the stack? In other words, I want to navigate back to the last directory that I set with pushd, but I want it to stay at the top of the stack so the next…
Freedom_Ben
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In a "Save as ... " dialog, what's the quickest way to keyboard-navigate to "Recently Used" in the "Places" side-pane of Nautilus?
With this and this in mind, what's the quickest way to keyboard-navigate to "Recently Used" in the "Places" side-pane in a (Nautilus) "Save as ... " dialog?
Currently, the quickest ( ! ) way I know of is to Shift Tab a number of times, possibly…
nutty about natty
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How do I quickly navigate to a full path using the "Files" program?
I have this path I want to navigate to in the UI. /usr/local/sbin
How can I do that with a couple clicks in the UI?
Often Files shows the path as a dropdown. How can I select the path so I can copy it?
Philip Rego
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Adding description to files for easy remembering
I have a big amount of files on my laptop, and just the names are not enough for me to remember what each one does.
Basically, is there any way to add a description to each file without having to open them one by one?
I have one or two source…
cameleon
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How to configure Alt-Tab to switch between applications without bringing all windows to foreground?
In Pop!_OS, Alt-Tab is used to switch between windows of different applications. In Ubuntu 20.04, with "Switch applications" set to "Alt+Tab" in the Keyboard Shortcuts settings, Alt-Tab switches between the entire set of windows for each…
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What navigation application can I use on Ubuntu phone devices, is it good as Google Map navigation?
What navigation application can I use on Ubuntu phone devices (the BQ Aquaris E4.5 & E5), while driving?
Is it as good as the android default navigation system?
Thank you
www
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Scrolling through tabs in Firefox without opening them
When we have many tabs open in Firefox we get one arrow on each side to scroll through the tabs. What I usually do is to use the mouse (yuck!) to click on those arrows to do the scrolling. How can I achieve the same behavior using the keyboard?
Now…
Daniel C
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How to write scripts for w3m or lynx?
How can I navigate (using TAB or hjkl keys) and click on things(ENTER), enter text with bash script in text based browsers like w3m and lynx? I said text based because when I go graphical, those browsers are going to shred my ram after a long…
savolla
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How to set default save location
With windows if you save a new file from a certain application, it will usually remember the folder you saved it so the next time you save a new file from that app it will automatically open that folder.
With Ubuntu it's been sort of frustrating…
Charles Clayton
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