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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?
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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?
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How do I quickly navigate to a full path using the "Files" program? [duplicate]

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?...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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How to navigate files in Ubuntu?

I'm having trouble understanding how the files work in Ubuntu, especially since it lists differently from Windows' command prompt and PowerShell. For example, when I go to the top most directory and ...
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How to get breadcrumbs in nautilus?

The navigation toolbar on nautilus always shows an editable text version of the current folder. How do I get it to show clickable breadcrumbs? I am running nautilus 3.4.2 on ubuntu 12.04.
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How to auto close old/idle Files windows in Ubuntu 22.04?

I constantly find myself having numerous Files windows open at the same time. Then I have to look at each window to find what I need. The Files window is the window that allows you to navigate through ...
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Grub2 Screen Navigation

Once I select a submenu from the main menu in grub (I.E.) "Previous Linux Versions" it seems I'm forced to only choose an item in the submenu without no option to navigate up to the main menu again. ...
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Is there an equivalent of the file-browser applet for unity?

I really, really miss the file-browser-applet that was available in the gnome panel -- is there an equivalent for unity?
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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 ...
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keyboard short cut for switching between two or more instances of the same application? [duplicate]

I'm wondering if there is a keyboard short cut for examining and switching between multiple windows of the same application? I know of Alt + Tab but that only shows different applications.
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How to use GPS on Nexus 4?

I'm running Ubuntu Touch 15.04 on Nexus 4 and GPS does not work. Of course I enabled 'Location Detection' and 'GPS' in the top menu. Furthermore I have enabled 'Celluar Data' in the Settings menu and ...
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Hide all normal windows shortcut is not working in Ubuntu 13.10

Hide all normal windows shortcut is not working. It is currently set to Alt+Ctrl+D. And changing the shortcut doesn't help (tried Super+D, Alt+Esc). However other shortcuts work fine (even from the ...
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There is no keynavrc file for keynav in the home folder

I recently installed keynav from the software center. As per this question, I wanted to change the configuration of keynav so that I could use the arrow keys instead of using a mouse to navigate the ...
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How do I get keyboard menu navigation to work under Gnome 3?

Keyboard interaction seems so broken to me the I must be doing something silly. Simple scenario: <Ctrl>-<Alt>-T and I get a new terminal. I click "Terminal" and "Reset" ...
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Main Menu keyboard navigation does not restart at the first typed letter. Is this a bug or a tweakable feature?

Skip this section, unless you want to read some really boring background. I often prefer to navigate via the keyboard, and I typically launch my most frequently used apps via a system-wide hot-key. ...
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Can I switch off breadcrumb navigation such that the file dialogue of GUI programs automatically lets me enter the full path?

I am using Xubuntu 18.04. This question specifically pertains to Xubuntu (in my case: 18.04): I frequently see myself first pressing Ctl+L in order to let the open file or the save as dialogue let ...
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Why can't I use mouse navigation buttons (back and forward) on pcmanfm file explorer on lubuntu?

I'd like to browse my files with one hand without clicking backspace or alt + arrows or clicking on the arrows on the window... just like in firefox or windows applications...
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Sometimes I Can't read certain buttons

I am using Ubuntu Gnome 14.04. The theme being used for appearance is Adwaita, except for icons (Gnome). The overall theme is OS X Capitan. My problem is that on certain buttons, the text is too ...
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Mouse Keys (universal access) automatically enables itself

With a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.04 two weeks ago, I am having an extremely annoying bug where the Universal Access Mouse Keys feature keeps enabling itself. I notice it after I have logged in to my ...
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Impossible to select folders and files with mouse on 12.04

My problem is very simple apparently but a tricky one. I just installed the Ubuntu 12.04(1) along with the Gnome3-shell environment on my new PC desktop Acer Aspire X3995 (see config below). ...
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Is it possible to somehow use the arrow-keys in Gnome 3 to navigate through the opened windows? [closed]

When pressing the super(windows)-key. I probably would need an extension for it, i suppose. Its qute annoying atm as I always have to switch between using the keyboard with 2 hands and the touchpad + ...
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How to edit the highest parent directory of a path while navigating

Noob question: Let's say I'm in: user@mj:~/var/www/html/mag/something/else/forever$ And I want to be at: user@mj:/var/www/html/mag/something/else/forever$ Mind the ~ I can achieve that with: ...
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An offline-maps application

I'd like to have a software that allows me to download and view (OpenStreetMap-) maps of the whole world or a certain area I chose to download. Ideally, it should behave just like the map-website but ...
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Can't navigate through the files [closed]

I have trouble in navigating through my files. Whenever I try to navigate or change the file directory I get this error: No such file or directory My current directory is home/Atikin and I don't ...
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XFCE keyboard shortcuts to navigate inside a window

I am wondering if it is possible in (Xubuntu XFCE) to enable keyboard shortcuts to navigate inside a window ? I know about shortcuts to navigate through workspaces and windows, and to move around ...
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How to navigate without without typing "cd foldername" all the time? [duplicate]

I am new to this whole thing and I was wondering if there is an easier way to travel between folders, like I just type one thing and I get to see what folders and I can go into and then I press one ...
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Customize keyboard layout including navigation keys

I know how to customize the keyboard layout as explained here. it works with symbols and numbers, but how can I assign navigation keys? What I want to do is to assign the arrows and other navigation ...
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Ubuntu with Gnome desktop - navigation using keyboard only

The context of the question is that I'm learning to navigate Ubuntu with Gnome desktop, using mainly the keyboard. I'm no fanatic about it, but I'm trying to move away from mouse navigation towards ...
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Not able to switch between applications?

As shown in the picture, If I am on Google chrome application and wants to switch to any other application for ex: EClipse, Just clicking on the Eclipse icon does not launch Eclipse. The same is ...
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What DVD players allow easy selection of chapters/titles during playback?

I need a DVD player that shows this: That is Windows Media Player 12, it shows chapter and title that its playing. Thanks in advance and please don't tell me VLC, because it doesn't have that ...
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How do I use Apple Magic Trackpad for Firefox navigation?

I use my trackpad with touchegg and touchegg-gce for easier configuration. In the initial configuration there's an 'application' section for Chromium navigation which uses 2-finger drag that doesn't ...
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how can i solve this error: no rule to make target 'Button icon.qml' needed by 'all-am'.stop

this is the error when i am trying to make navit in ubuntu10.10 error: no rule to make target 'Button icon.qml' needed by 'all-am'.stop. i dont know how to solve it.somebody help me
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Ubuntu 18 Virtual Box Mac shutting down on navigation

I set up Ubuntu as a disk image on virtual box on my mac (latest OS), and it loads fine, and I can do stuff (open firefox, cmd, etc) but if I navigate away from the VM it shuts down with state "...
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How to navigate the terminal with the cursor keys

I've done an internet search for ubuntu terminal navigation keys but it didn't return anything helpful to me. In Windows (command prompt or GUI), you can go to the next or previous word by pressing ...
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Open File dialogs mouse navigation (5 buttons) back and forward wanted

I use a 5 button mouse to navigate in Ubuntu. For navigating back and forward in the web i use the 2 buttons on the left side of the mouse. They also work inside Gnome but not in the Open File dialogs....
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Can I run Navigatrix in ubuntu

Can I run NAVIGATRIX 4 or 5 in Ubuntu or with it. And how would I get there, I'm just trying to learn ,what you can and can't do with Ubuntu Thanks Brian
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Any better sotware for Mouse Keys then the default Universal Access? [duplicate]

At times I want to use my external keyboard, but don't have my external mouse around or it's death with batteries, which is the time I wish to navigate my cursor with the keys of my keyboard. So I go ...
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How do I set a different default place when I click on 'files' in the sidebar?

This is another question all about the usability of unity, which is proving to be not as easy to customise as I'd like. Using Ubuntu 14.04, When I click on the files icon, it immediately takes me to $...
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Navigating to a Shared drive from within applications

Why is it that when I use Nautilus I can access my shared NAS drive (via ip and volume name) but when I try to access it from within applications I can't find it? This behaviour seems to differ from ...
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