Questions tagged [shortcuts]
Shortcuts are links that allow a user to access a file or folder more conveniently.
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Play/stop media from locked screen
I set keyboard shortcut to play/pause music (Keyboard Shortcuts -> Sound and Media -> Play (or play/pause)). I was able to use this shortcut also when screen was locked on Ubuntu 18.04. I have ...
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Why my desktop shortcuts all change back to xx.desktop after open a .docx file or copy a .jpg file to desktop at ubuntu20.04
Like the Screenshots shows, my desktop shortcuts all change back to xx.desktop after open a .docx file on desktop folder or copy a .jpg file to desktop folder in Ubuntu 20.04.
Desktop shortcuts change ...
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Is it possible to disable/enable all shortcuts in Ubuntu 20.04?
I'm trying to fix my keyboard shortcuts and I'd like to rule out any conflicts that may be happening with my OS shortcuts (the one from settings > keyboard shortcuts), so the idea is to turn them ...
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Tor won't start by itself
I've been using Tor Browser for a while and it's always worked fine, but now when I click on the Tor icon nothing happens.
The solution I've found for now is running this from the Tor Browser ...
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.desktop files not visible on Desktop screen
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and whenever i try to copy .desktop files to the desktop they are not visible on the desktop screen although they are when i do "show Desktop in files". What seems to ...
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how to make a .desktop file pointing to "the newest file in a specific folder"?
I create .desktop files to launch the files I am working on (eg. the stories I am writing and editing, etc.)
Whenever I finish a story and I start working on a new one, I need to replace the shortcut ...
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.desktop application shortcuts stop working after restart or log in and don't appear as correct icons on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to create launcher icons on my desktop. I got them to work properly by creating a file with .desktop extension with suitable content, for example:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Google
Exec=/usr/bin/...
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How do I create a shortcut to an executable with variables? Ubuntu Server 20.04
How can I create a shortcut to a file with a variable in Ubuntu Server 20.04? The user account that will execute the shortcut does not have Sudo permissions.
Here is the path with a variable I want to ...
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How to change focus from left window to right window or to refresh the browser using a shortcut
I am a software developer and I have on my left pane VS code and on the right pane I have firefox.
Is it possible to e.g. reload the currently active browser tab using a shortcut without changing the ...
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How to minimize all windows and go to the desktop using mouse on Ubuntu 18.04?
Is there a way to see the desktop on Ubuntu 18.04 without using the keyboard when many windows are open? Like in Windows you just have to hover over the bottom right of the screen to view it and by ...
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Screen rotation shortcuts in login without editing files
I have a netbook that allows screen rotation. The problem is that it only will rotate sideways, and once it does, won't get horizontal again, no matter how I move the machine.
To add to the problem, ...
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creating new desktops in ubuntu 20.04 lts
I am relatively new to ubuntu.
I am running ubuntu 20.04 lts on an hp laptop pavilion core i3.
I have ONE monitor.
I have been indoctrinated with windows and am used to windows 10.
I want to learn ...
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How to make shortcut to go to specific workspace
Ubuntu already has option to switch to specific workspace but only upto 4 workspaces.
Is there a way I can add shortcuts to go to specific workspace for more than 4 workspaces?
Note: I'm on Ubuntu 20....
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Ctrl + Shift for language change without killing terminal [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu and even didn't have enough time to solve usual grub problems. Suddenly I noticed, that Ctrl+Shift doesn't change languages. I tried to fix it from settings - they didn't ...
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What's the source file for the Google Chat app/shortcut
I'm familiar with the .desktop files and have modified them accordingly. I've got a shortcut in my Favorites/more taskbar for a Google Chrome app, Chat. Chrome/Google prompted me to create it and gave ...
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How to "forced" maximize a window?
For some windows such as modal dialogs which is too small for long texts to display properly, "Maximize window"/"Super+Up" doesn't work but "Maximize window horizontally" ...
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How to create a desktop shortcut to a website
I looked up how to create a website shortcut on the desktop, and I keep getting a lot of different methods, none of which work.
I cannot drag and drop a url to the Desktop folder to create a shortcut....
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Keyboard Language fast change
You know in windows to change the language of keyboard is shift + alt. is there any shortcut for this in ubuntu ? Because i cant find one and its super annoying to switch it manually! Thanks for ...
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How to create file shortcuts? [duplicate]
I want to add a shortcut to a file in another directory (where it isn't located). How do I do that? I see no option to do so after right clicking the respective file.
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Screen share shortcut
Hi I have a dell g3 15 3579 running Ubuntu 18.04 I dropped something in the screen and it is unusable now.
I want to be able to screen share with a monitor I have however I can’t login or find a ...
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How to add global shortcut so that it fires command ONLY if unhandled by focused app?
As in topic. My problem is when I press shortcut in app that has the same shortcut - global shortcut fires instead of application shortcut. My method of assigning shortcut is by using xfce4-keyboard-...
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Since I installed Ubuntu 18.04, I can't find the shortcut directories [duplicate]
For most people, they have the shortcut directories on the left and it is easy to access. After my installation, I could not find these shortcuts(Home,Desktop,Documents,Downloads,Music,etc...). This ...
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Why was gnome-desktop-item-edit removed?
I have read here that this utility for creating desktop launchers was removed starting in Ubuntu 19.10. I have Ubuntu 20.04, and I took the single-file program from a 18.10 install, and put it in /usr/...
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What command does Ctrl+C execute?
I want to create a shortcut in Ubuntu which would open new tab and search for selected text in Firefox. For example, if I get some error I would select it press the shortcut and the new search would ...
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How to create a shortcut for all users?
Ingles
Dear,
Good morning, we want to implement in the user profiles already generated a shortcut on the desktop where an OpenVPN terminal is being run with the following command:
openvpn --config ...
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Why can I launch a desktop shortcut with the mouse, but not my touchscreen?
I have made a .desktop file that works to launch a script I have written:
[Desktop Entry]
Version = 1.0
Exec=/home/me/myscript.sh
Name=My Script
Commment="Run my script"
Terminal=true
Type=...
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Ubuntu LTS 20.04 - Desktop Shortcut for iPython Using Terminal
On a new setup of Ubuntu lts 20.04, I installed ipython thru anaconda3.
I decided to setup a desktop shortcut so that all I had to do was double-click an ipython icon and then the interpretor would ...
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restoring .desktop shortcut functionality broken by 18 > 20 upgrade
All references to this problem (that I have found thus far) say in effect "just copy the .desktop file to the desktop, enable 'Allow Launching', and everything will be great!"
Indeed, that ...
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Custom shortcuts from bluetooth headset media controls
I have a bluetooth headset hooked up to my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop and the media control buttons (play/pause/etc) work for VLC, but I NEED it to work with YouTube. And while that's the ultimate goal, the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 desktop shortcut creation using terminal commands
Using only terminal commands, preferably without su privileges, is there a way to create a shortcut on Ubuntu desktop and specify the icon.png to be shown on the desktop for the new shortcut?
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Shortcut link of any directory is not visible when pasted in shared directory, to client computers
I installed samba, and made a password protected shared directory. When I paste any file in shared directory, it is visible to other client computers. Now I want to share big file of 40 gb which is ...
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When I have the "File" menu open in Gimp or LibreOffice, why can't I use my Xfce4 shortcut keys like the start menu, etc?
When I open the "File" menu or any of the other menus in LibreOffice or GNU Image Manipulation Program, why do my xfce4-keyboard-settings shortcuts stop working until I click off the menu in ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 adding to applications list from source - how to install clipgrab
I recently installed Clipgrab application from source. According to the documentation I can run it with ./clipgrab inside the build folder in terminal. That works fine, but I would rather have it ...
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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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.desktop file execution problem
Having upgraded from 18 LTS to 20 LTS, all of my .desktop shortcut files located in folders stopping working.
Any of the files may be copied onto the desktop, and once I select "Allow Launching&...
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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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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 to activate the option of "make link" with right click? [duplicate]
I want to create a shortcut of a folder on my desktop and I want to do it with the option of "make link" which is not there when I right-click on the folder. I don't want to use billion of commands on ...
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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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Dialog box program, the blue font found after tenth option, "Is there a shortcut key or keybindings to those options?"
I used dialog to create a menu that logs time with time warrior commands. My question is about the dialog script, first time I used it, here is what my script looks like.
My question is there ...
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Is it possible to put application shortcuts in a folder on desktop and launch them from that folder?
I'm sorry if this question has been asked countless times. i've been googling this question for about two hours to no avail. I have only limited experience with ubuntu from back in the 16.04 days, ...
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"Downloads" folder shortcut on the left pane of nautilus disappeared; how do I get it back? [duplicate]
"Downloads" folder shortcut disappeared
The Downloads folder shortcut on the left pane of nautilus has disappeared. How do I get it back?
Today, I opened the terminator and removed the "Downloads" ...
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dconf-editor shortcuts don't work
I'm used to work with 6 workspaces. I can assign shortcuts to change to anyone of them trough the settings menu > shortcuts, and it works. But it only offers the "option" to stablish shortcuts for ...
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Different mappings for internal and external keyboard (Windows vs Apple style)
I am currently struggling with the following issue:
At work I use an Apple MacBook Pro, whereas personally I use a Dell XPS 13 running Kubuntu. I never had an issue switching between the Apple and ...
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Multiple users behavior inconsistent in Chromium snap on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Just did a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. After updating packages and installing chromium snap
I signed in to my main account (I'll call it profile 1 see attached pic, top right window)
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How to create desktop shortcuts for folders in Ubuntu 20.04
How can you create desktop shortcuts for folders in Ubuntu 20.04? I can't see the "Make link" button when I right-click on it.
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kubuntu 20.04 keyboard shortcut issues
I just did a clean install of Kubuntu 20.04 after moving from 19.10 and have found some of the shortcuts not to be working.
In the system settings under Shortcuts -> Global Shortcuts, I set the Audio ...
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META key mapped to fn+win key
So I have Kubuntu and I am trying to edit the Quick tile Window shortcuts in the KWin global shortcuts tab and everything is set to default (Meta + arrow key). Thats exactly what i want but I am ...
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Create desktop shortcut with locale change at runtime
I have a wine application I need to run in Chinese locale.
It works properly from terminal with:
LC_ALL=zh_CN wine '.wine/path_to_program/program.exe'
and my desktop shortcut works with Command set ...