Take the 2-minute tour ×  In windows machine I am used to tap
the Alt key and I have normally focus on the menu toolbars, like
"File", "Edit", "View" and so on. Is there any equivalent for
Ubuntu? Because, right now, if I hit the Alt key I get the "type
your command" option.  share|improve this question "Because,
right now, if I hit the "ALT" key I get the "type your command"
option." - Which is the HUD and is basically a glorified version
of what you want, as it says type what you're looking for. – 
Uri Herrera Jan 13 '13 at 19:31 you are so right, completely
forgot about that feature of the Ubuntu. Thanks! –  nunos Jan 13
'13 at 20:00 add comment  3 Answers  I don't use the HUD that
much, so I changed its shortcut to Alt+z and now Alt focuses the
menu bar.  1: Open "System Settings"  2: Navigate to "Keyboard"
and switch to the "Shortcuts" tab.  3: Under "Launchers" in the
left column will be "Key to Show the HUD"  4: Click on "Alt" in
the other end of the row and press the key you want to use
instead. (In m