Chapter 7. Did You Know?, Common Issues and More

Pressing Ctrl while selecting text will cause lines breaks to be converted to spaces when pasted.

Pressing the Ctrl+Alt keys while selecting text will select columns.

The Ctrl+Wheel combination will zoom text size, like in konqueror and firefox.

When a program evaluates either mouse button, pressing the Shift key will allow the popup menu to appear.

The Ctrl+Shift+F10 shortcut will activate the menu.

The Shift+Insert keys will insert the clipboard.

Double-clicking will select a whole word. Continuing to hold the mouse button and moving the mouse will extend the selection.

Triple-clicking will select a whole line. Continuing to hold the mouse button and moving the mouse will extend the selection.

There is a hidden feature for the "%d" formatter in tab title. You can tell Konsole to abbreviate a directory name into its first character. For example, "/path/to/konsole/src" can be abbreviated into "konsole/s". If you want to enable and control this hidden feature, open konsolerc in qtpaths --paths GenericConfigLocation and add following lines:

[ProcessInfo]
CommonDirNames=name1,name2,name3...