Questions tagged [shortcut-keys]
Questions about keyboard shortcuts: both which ones to use and how to create custom shortcuts.
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Use Keyboard shortcuts while computer Locked
I have a monitor & keyboard (MX Keys) connected to 2x PC's - and the monitor input buttons are hard to reach.
I have bash scripts to change monitor inputs using ddccontrol, and a keyboard shortcut ...
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Shortcut key to show and hide embedded terminal on gedit
I have been using gedit for writing codes and compiling and running using the embedded terminal provided along with it. I often need to show and hide the terminal. The only option I have is to close ...
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Vim Mode copy-paste not working on Tmux
I am new at using Tmux. I have seen that it is quite difficult to copy-paste inside Tmux. So I searched for an easier method. Some sites suggested that I should use vim mode as I am quite familiar ...
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How can I create a keyboard shortcut for screen brightness as the default <F4> and <F5> don't work?
I'm using an ASUS laptop and running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS from an SSD. With Windows, I can press F4 and F5 to adjust the brightness, but it's not possible while running Ubuntu. Keyboard shortcuts from ...
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Remap Keyboard Shortcut for Brightness Changing
First of all, I should clarify that I am attempting to run version 20.04 on a Chromebook. The hotkeys of a Chromebook become function keys when replacing ChromeOS with Ubuntu.
If I am using Kubuntu, ...
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How do I prevent Application Launcher pop-up when Win-key is pressed in KDE?
I have KDE. I want to use the left Win key for switching keyboard layout.
However after the setup it works but it also causes the Application Launcher pop-up.
How can I disable this?
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Brightness keyboard shortcut not working on Ubuntu 20.04 with GeForce MX230
I have a i7 10th with a MX230 GeForce. I have installed only Ubuntu 20.04. During Ubuntu's installation, I did this to install NVIDIA drivers. The current configuration is:
I can play video games and ...
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Is there a GUI for remapping the keyboard in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
Is there a GUI for remapping the keyboard in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? For example, I want to swap ctrl, win and alt keys to win, alt and ctrl respectively. I've managed that with xmodmap but it's error-prone ...
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Can I switch between tabs with custom keyboard shortcuts?
I am trying to find a way to navigate between tabs with custom keyboard shortcuts. For example, if I have 4 tabs opened, I want KEY+1 for the first tab, KEY+2 for the 2nd, and so on.
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Shortcut to open the Gnome Shell user menu
Is there a fast way to open the Gnome Shell user menu (top right) using the keyboard? I would like to easily access sound, wifi, bt, ... options with my keyboard.
I know I can open it with Ctrl+Alt+...
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Correct way to copy-paste file location from nautilus into a file chooser?
To paste a file or directory into the file-chooser dialogue of any application, I used to be able to select and copy the file from any Nautilus window with Ctrl-c, then paste the whole pathname into ...
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Neo/AdNW/KOY Keyboard Layout - Mod4 broken
I wanted to test some of those new "layered" Keyboards, like Neo, AdNW or KOY. I read that when using Linux it is quite easy, compared to windows or mac, so i wanted to give it a try. I ...
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Change keyboard shortcuts for Nautilus on Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 20.04, and I would like to change the tab switching shortcuts from Ctrl + PageUp/PageDown to the more natural Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab.
How can I do this?
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How to add shortcut-key to create a New Text File in Dolphin
I am using KDE+Dolphin and when I need to add a new folder I either go the long way with "Right click > Create New > Folder...", or use the F10 shortcut key.
Another option I use a lot ...
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How can I move application windows with shortcut keys to the four quadrants of the screen in Ubuntu Mate 20?
I just installed Ubuntu 20 with the Mate desktop environment. As I have a 4K monitor, I'd like to move application windows quickly using shortcut keys so that four application windows occupy the four ...
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Nautilus shortcut for "Open in Terminal" and gvfs
I am trying to assign a shortcut to "Open in Terminal" in Nautilus. I have implemented the solution here with nautilus-scripts and the Perl file.
While this solution works well for local ...
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Can I avoid arrow keys and use any other shortcut that might be easy to access from home keys
I'm using Dvorak layout, during programming or writing, it's difficult for me to move my hands from home keys to arrows key again and again, so can I create a shortcut such as Ctrl+shift+alt+h that'll ...
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Are there any shortcuts to adjust the volume on ubuntu 20.04? My keyboard or headphones do not have dedicated media buttons on them?
My old keyboard had dedicated buttons for adjusting the volume, but my new keyboard does not. Is there a way to change the volume that is faster than clicking the speaker icon and then dragging it to ...
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Brightness control in SwayWM (i3wm wayland)
So, I have the laptop without buttons on the keyboard for brightness control and when I try to change my config then these shortcuts are not working. Any ideas? # Sreen brightness controls
bindsym $...
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Ubuntu 20.04 as a VM how to insert pipe symbol?
Hi I’m new to the Mac but have set up Ubuntu 20.04 as a VMware, using a uk apple magic 2 keyboard. I am trying to type the pipe symbol into the Ubuntu vm terminal but can’t find the correct key ...
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How to use a keyboard shortcut to select a minimized or maximized client in awesome wm?
I can use Awesome WM to switch between non-minimized / non-maximized clients using Super+j and Super+k; but I can't seem to do the same with minimized / maximize clients.
How would one do this using a ...
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How can I find out which command/action is executed on a shortcut combination?
I have created a custom shortcut and bound the shutter -s to it:
Then I tried to find out where this command is stored and checked settings by dconf-editor. But there are no information about the ...
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How do I get an MCE IR remote to work with mpv?
I have an old Dell MCE remote which I would like to repurpose for remote controlling mpv.
I am running Kubuntu 20.04, with mpv version 0.32 and ir-keytable 1.18.0-2build1. I have set up ir-keytable ...
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Can't assign script that takes control of mouse to shortcut
Background
I have a small script that uses xcolor to pick a color from the screen and paste it to the clipboard (xclip).
#!/bin/sh
color=$(xcolor)
echo "$color" | xclip -sel clip
notify-...
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xdotool simulate ctrl key holding
i need to simulate ctrl key holding for multi selecting action by ctrl and mouse click, so i tried this short key :
bash -c "notify-send 'ctrl pressed' 'message';xdotool keydown Control_L ; ...
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Vim: How to enter a normal editor command in shell before literally oppening
There is a command option when you run vim to open a file with command-line that i found when i was searching. here it is:
vim "+ normal G" textfile
When you use the command + normal G vim ...
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Unable to change language with shortcuts
I have ubuntu 18.04 with multiple languages, I tried to set the "switch to next source" in text entry settings but whatever I set there doesn't work when used.
I also tried to follow the ...
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Issue with keyboard keys on Ubuntu
I am facing issues from the past several days on ubuntu only. My keyboard keys got disabled automatically and after a few secs, it got enabled then disabled then enabled automatically. Only ctrl, alt, ...
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Keyboard Shortcut: How to switch to previously active windows in another workspace
I have google-chrome (and other software) in Workspace 2 and thunderbird (and other software) in Workspace 3.
How can I switch to previously active windows in another workspace, using keybpard ...
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Ctrl + Shift + m works in the folders, but not on the Desktop to create shortcuts [duplicate]
I'd like to create a desktop shortcut of a folder by using Ctrl+Shift+M; the problem is that this key-combination works in the folders, but not on the desktop. How can I fix it?
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Shortcut to access file properties (Alt+Enter) on desktop files works as just pressing the Enter key
I'm looking for a shortcut to access the file properties for files on my desktop. The official website says that the shortcut is for this is Alt+Enter, but it doesn't work because this key combination ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Keyboard navigation of Desktop Environment and Folders [duplicate]
I am unable to directly navigate the folders on my desktop environment using only the keyboard. Searching over internet, I couldn't find a shortcut to select a folder on the desktop (Example Recycle ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 Keyboard Alt+1
In KDE plasma .
I use Alt+1 for switch to tab[1] in firefox or konsole .
when i add persian keyboard layout (without switch to that) . this shortcut (alt+1) not working .
i test this problem ...
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Remap a key permanently
I know this question has been ask and answer often but none of the solution found seems to work properly.
I'd like to have both my super keys to work at the same time. I need to map R-Win (key code ...
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How to create a shortcut to go at the end and sart of a line when I'm typing
I'm coming from Mac OS. In this OS you can go at the end of line with de shortcut option + right and you can go at the start of a line when you're typing with the shortcut option + left. In ubuntu you ...
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How do I customize the context menu in Nemo?
I recently installed nemo 4.6.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and quite happy with it. However I find the context menu bothered me a little. There's no shortcut label on the right of menu like Nautilus. The ...
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a question for AMD 4600U:Ubuntu 20.04 LST, screen display brightness cannot be adjusted
cpu:amd 4600u
This is an old question for a newly released CPU. If there is no answer, I will still be happy to post it here, and maybe provide some useful information.
Yes, there are not many ...
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How do we disable ctrl-alt-del on Ubuntu 20.04?
How do I disable Ctrl-Alt-Del logout in Ubuntu 20.04?
I followed this guide using these commands:
systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target
systemctl daemon-reload
However, the key combination is still ...
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xdotool how to multiple mouse clicks
i've tried to do a multime mouse moves with shift and click but only the first click happens and i think shift wont
xdotool search --class appname \
keydown shift
mousemove --window %1 875 ...
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Screenshots not Appearing in Images Folder
Screenshots were coming normally in the folder, but then after a while I saw there were no screenshots for almost five days (I take screenshots with keyboard shortcut almost every day).
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GNOME propagate key event after handling them [duplicate]
I run Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME 3.36.2.
I have set switching keyboard layout to Shift+Left Alt:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source "['<Shift>Alt_L']"
However, ...
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Shortcuts not working after upgrading Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04
I recently upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 an now I am seeing that over desktop none of the shortcut keys is working such as CTRL+C CTRL+V SHIFT+DEL. Though I am able to able to perform above using the ...
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Lubuntu 20.04 - Super+Left shortcut is not functional where other direction work
I've went through this interesting thread: Lubuntu 19.10 & 20.04: How to tile windows? The window tiling section is missing in lxqt-rc.xml Lubuntu 19.10 & 20.04: How to tile windows? The ...
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Is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut to run a script in Terminator?
I am fairly new to Ubuntu. I am currently trying to create a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+P) to execute the script below in terminator. I got this shortcut to work with the gnome terminal via Settings → ...
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Cut, Copy, Paste keyboard shortcut problem on Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop and when I tried to use ctrl+x,ctrl+c, ctrl+v shortcuts to cut/copy/paste a file/text/folder etc. nothing happened. I have searched all of the related answered ...
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What is the "nationality toggle" and how do I reset it?
While upgrading to ubuntu 20 I was asked to pick a key to enable "Nationality Toggles",
I chose the Right ALT key.
This Key now switches from English to another language.
However, pressing the key ...
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Always show keyboard shortcuts in Ubuntu 18.04
I can't get the keyboard shortcuts (or "mnemonics") to be permanently underlined in my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS machine.
I've tried modifying the theme (even checking that yes, it was Ambiance), didn't work.
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Alternative to xbindkeys that allows key-combos sans modifier keys
When I press XF86TouchpadOn + Left I want it to mimic Home button pressed.
I tried xbindkeys, with xvkbd and with xdotool but none worked.
Here's my .xbindkeysrc
"xvkbd -xsendevent -text '\[Next]'"
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Is there a way to make the Delete-key bypass Trash in MATE/Caja?
On Windows systems, the Trash-folder for deleted files can be turned off in the system settings, making a simple Delete keypress remove the selected file(s) permanently.
I know that it's possible to ...
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How to open the little wifi dialog from command line?
My goal
I want to set a shortcut to open the Select Network dialog that opens from the top left system menu. The graphic way to open it is to click on the top left corner, then on your network, then ...