desktop short cut key

thangam · 06-20-2007, 06:36 AM

Hi All,

I would like to enable a event in any desktop(KDE & GNOME) by fressing short-cut-key ex.(ALT+CTL+C).

Please help me to do this.How can i approch to eanble a even by my own short cut key.

Thankx
Arun

jimmy512 · 06-20-2007, 07:33 AM

There is a quick guide to explain ow to do this with metacity on the 3ddesktop page.

Quote:

9. How do I make a keybinding to 3ddesktop in GNOME with Metacity?

Run "gconf-editor". Drill down to apps --> metacity --> global_keybindings. Find "run_command_1" and change it to your key such as "F12" or "<Control><Alt>S". Then in apps --> metacity --> keybinding_commands find "command_1" and set it to "/usr/bin/3ddesk".

The whole page can be found here.

Just change <Control><Alt>S to <ALT><Control>C and /usr/bin/3ddesk to the command you want to run. This should work for gnome.

Gethyn · 06-20-2007, 07:54 AM

What do you mean by an "event"? If you want to launch a program, in KDE you can do it by going to the program menu (the big K usually at the bottom left of the screen), finding the program you want to set up a shortcut for, and right-clicking and selecting "Edit item". In the dialogue that comes up there's a section called "Current Shortcut key" that allows you to choose a shortcut.

thangam · 06-21-2007, 07:24 AM

No, What i am asking is that i want to call "shutdown windowt window" in KDE desktop by fressing the short cut key "ALT+F4" at any moment.Can you please sugest where i have to do this in KDE.I would like to add one more keyboard sequence in KDE as well as in GNOME desktop.

Thankx
Arun

thangam · 06-21-2007, 07:30 AM

[QUOTE=thangam]No, What i am asking is that i want to call "shutdown windowt window" in KDE desktop by fressing the short cut key "ALT+F4" at any moment.Can you please sugest where i have to do this in KDE.I would like to add one more keyboard sequence in KDE as well as in GNOME desktop.

Thankx
Arun
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Gethyn · 06-21-2007, 08:01 AM

By default, KDE will close the current window when you press Alt-F4. To get the shutdown dialogue, you can use Ctrl-Alt-Del. It's probably possible to change these settings, but I've never tried doing it, so I can't help you there.