Shortcuts are like elevators. It gets hefty things done on simple press of a button. It is much better, faster and efficient then the other alternative: Stairs..!! or in our case pointing and clicking.
But it is sad to know people often don't use shortcuts. Maybe they are difficult to remember or simply impractical to be a shortcut or both. The most outstanding example would be "Alt+F4" for closing a window. I mean come-on, do you really have to stretch your fingers 4" wide not to mention searching for F4 key (hidden among smallest keys on keyboard) for doing an task so frequent ?
But it is sad to know people often don't use shortcuts. Maybe they are difficult to remember or simply impractical to be a shortcut or both. The most outstanding example would be "Alt+F4" for closing a window. I mean come-on, do you really have to stretch your fingers 4" wide not to mention searching for F4 key (hidden among smallest keys on keyboard) for doing an task so frequent ?
But Hey, with Linux you can choose your own shortcut for any shortcut you dislike. Who says Alt+C to close a window isn't smart?
For changing shortcuts to "Actions" like rename, cut, copy and similar that you find in menus, follow this procedure.
On your Desktop, press Alt+F2. A "Run Application" box will open. Type "gconf-editor" and hit enter.
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| Launching Configuration Editor |
Configuration Editor will open. Navigate to desktop > gnome > interface
There is a key: "can_change_accels" which is not enabled. Enable it by checking it. Accel is nothing but formal word for shortcut key in Linux
As its description suggests, you can now keep your cursor over any menu item and change its shortcut just by pressing new shortcut. E.G. in file browser, default shortcut for rename is F2. To change it, keep mouse over it.
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| Rename before |
Press Ctrl+R. It will be changed. You can now rename files by shortcut "Ctrl+R" instead of F2.
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| Rename after |
For changing other shortcuts related to Sound, Volume, Window Management, Launchers, Desktop, Accessibility, follow this procedure.
Go to Prefrences menu > Keyboard Shortcuts
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| Desktop Shortcuts |
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| Window Management Shortcuts |
You can change shortcuts for useful activities like
- Launching home folder
- Closing window
- Maximizing window
- Minimizing window
- Logout
- Search
- Take a screenshot
- Launching Calculator..!!
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