Tips And Tricks

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Tips and Tricks

This is a list of useful tips and tricks to help you make the most out of SerenityOS.

When on the Desktop or in File Manager, start typing the name of an item to select it.
Bold text in context menus hints at the default behavior of a double-click.
Hold Ctrl to accelerate mouse wheel interaction with sliders and spin boxes.
Hold Ctrl while activating a menu item to prevent that menu from closing.
Many applications can open a compatible file if you drag-and-drop it into their window.
Change default file and protocol associations in ~/.config/LaunchServer.ini.

Double-click a window's title bar to maximize it.
Click on a window's icon to open the window's context menu.
Double-click on the edge of an application's window to maximize it in that direction.
Middle-click on a window's maximize button to extend the window vertically (this can be undone in the same way).
Drag resizable windows to any side or corner of the screen to automatically resize them to fill half or one-quarter of the screen.
Right-click on the Workspace Picker applet and select 'Workspace Settings' to easily customize the number and layout of Workspaces (virtual desktops).

It can help to get a second pair of $ Eyes on a problem… or fifty: $ Eyes -n 100.

Assistant can help you to quickly find files and launch applications. Open it with Super+Space.
Enter a URL to open it in the web browser, e.g. serenityos.org.
Perform quick calculations by typing the equal sign (=) followed by a mathematical expression, e.g. =22*101. Press Return to copy the result.
Run commands in the terminal by prefixing them with a dollar sign ($), e.g. $ uname -a.

Browser has built-in content filtering, which can be used for ad blocking. Update the filters in ~/.config/BrowserContentFiltering.txt.

Some of the bold or underlined text in Terminal can be double-clicked to open or right-clicked for additional actions.
- For example, right-click on a file or folder and select 'Copy URL' to copy the path.
Many Serenity applications already have convenient aliases. Use $ cat /etc/shellrc to view them.

Text files can be dragged directly from Terminal and dropped on Text Editor to open them.
Text Editor has multiple viewing modes. You can edit HTML or Markdown and live preview it at the same time.

Supplying # profile with a process identifier (PID) of -1 as root enables systemwide profiling.
Easily transfer files from QEMU to your host machine by using the built-in web server. In the terminal enter ws . to start a WebServer instance for the current working directory. Then open localhost:8000 on your host machine.