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Toggle Desktops Vertically in KDE Plasma 5.27
I just upgraded to KDE 5.27.11 and it appears one my most used custom shortcuts cannot be done anymore.
I used to have Ctrl+Alt+Left and Ctrl+Alt+Right toggle between virtual desktops vertically (so I ...
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Where Kile editor keyboard shortcuts are stored?
I use Kile editor Version 2.9.93, Ubuntu 23.10 and want to backup keyboard shortcuts configuration for Kile. Where it is stored? I found in ~/.config two files:
kile-livepreview-okularpartrc and ...
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KDE Plasma 5.27.8, Win/Meta button doesn't open the app launcher (Kubuntu 23.10)
Since yesterday (29 february 2024), I've started facing an issue where the Win/Meta button doesn't open the app launcher (or Andromeda Launcher)
I've read that it's supported by Default for KDE Plasma ...
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Ctrl+z key does not work when logged in as UserA, but works when logged in as UserB in Aseprite application
This is very strange occurrence I am trying to figure out. I installed Aseprite (A popular pixel editor) on my regular UserA account on Kubuntu/KDE. However the CTRL+somekey e.g. Ctrl+z, Ctrl+C or ...
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How to equate Meta and Super keys?
I installed CopyQ program, it's from KDE. I want to make a keyboard shortcut with Winkey. KDE thinks Winkey is called Meta. But my Ubuntu is with Unity, and Unity thinks Winkey is called Super. ...
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KDE: minimize a window without putting the window on the bottom of windows list
Using KDE System Settings I have set a hotkey for minimizing the currently active window.
The behavior I am used to is: I press Super+Z, window minimizes, when I press Alt+Tab, I switch back to last ...
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kde 5.24 - overview launch key
I just upgraded my KDE Plasma to 5.24 using an ubuntu ppa. I love the overview function. Right now it launches from Meta-W . How do I get it to launch from Meta alone?
When I try to change the key ...
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Where can I change the keyboard shortcuts that open control panels in Kubuntu?
I recently installed Regolith Desktop to use alongside Kubuntu Desktop. I really like it, but unfortunately some KDE/Plasma settings are spilling over into Regolith.
One thing that is bothering me is ...
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Application hotkeys don't work in KDE
Two Systems (dual boot): but both use the same /home partition and show the same problem:
Kubuntu 20.04.3 LTS - recent LTS release.
Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS with kde desktop.
In "Edit Applications&...
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Kubuntu 20.04 / KDE: How to disable Ctrl+D (delete desktop icon) hotkey?
I use my desktop primarily for working in terminal windows and I'm used to close them by typing Ctrl+D (=EOF in terminal), it sometime happens that I erroneously type Ctrl+D outside of my terminal ...
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How can I create a shortcut to open a selected file with a particular Application?
I am trying to find a way to create a shortcut for opening a pdf file with a particular application. This is what i do currently(manually):
Step 1. I have a pdf file say MyBook.pdf. I right click on ...
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How to change shortcut for switching languages to ctrl+shift in Ubuntu 20.04 KDE
I'm new to Linux, I want to use ctrl + switch to change languages, but it's not allowed from those settings. I use KDE.
This is where I tried changing the settings:
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Make KDE task switcher select a window on release of Alt+Tab
I've been using KDE for a long time.
Always when switching between windows with Alt+Tab it would select the window where I release both buttons.
The current behavior I have with KUbuntu 20.04 and ...
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Kubuntu and LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts
I am running Kubuntu 21.04 and LibreOffice v7.0.6 (latest stable release) and some keyboard shortcuts work while others don't. I am using normal US keyboard. For example,
Ctrl+Shift+[ -- doesn't
Ctrl+...
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What process could be grabbing alt-tab?
I'm running KDE on Focal and had to reboot a few days ago. The normal thing for alt-tab to do is show a list of the windows on this workspace on the left side of the screen and cycle through them. Now,...
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cannot use emacs in kde konsole - Output has been suspended by pressing Ctrl+S. Please press Ctrl+Q to resume
I am trying out the kde terminal app, konsole, on my ubuntu gnome machine, and I think it is great, in general. However, when I ssh to another machine, and open a file in emacs, searching the ...
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Remap CTRL+SHIFT+C to CTRL+C in Yakuake
I run Ubuntu Unity 20.04.
I have installed yakuake as my favorite dropdown terminal. While gnome-terminal has let me set my copy/paste shortcuts to CTRL+C/CTRL+V, yakuake offers no such customization ...
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How to prevent windows from being translucent when switching with alt-tab in KDE?
I'm using KDE dektop and a 'compact' task switcher.
When I'm cycling through the windows to choose which to switch to with Alt+Tab (while holding Alt), all windows apart from the selected one become ...
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How do I disable global keyboard shortcuts for a specific application?
I'm using Kubuntu 20.04 (KDE), but it would also be helpful to know how to do this on other official Ubuntu flavors.
On KDE, ALT+L Mouse and ALT+R Mouse are global keyboard shortcuts to move and ...
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Assigning a shortcut to send keyboard input, in Plasma 5.18 - never works,
I want to send a keyboard / character (to the active window).
This never did what I intended. No input was sent to any application (qt/gtk/console).
**steps (as per the documentation) **
open "...
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Toggle Keyboard Navigation (aka Mouse Navigation) using keyboard
In KDE, is there a way to toggle 'keyboard navigation', also known as 'mouse keys' using the keyboard? I would ideally like to bind this functionality to Scroll Lock. This question is about whether ...
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how to remove the shortcut or function of a key?
I don't know why a shortcut was added to a letter on My keyboard and now I can't use it.
Some solution I have already tried everything and I can not get it.
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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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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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Re-Enable Super Key to Launch KDE Menu
In Kubuntu 19.10, I deleted the default panel that comes with it, and created my own. After doing this, I noticed that hitting the super key no longer launches that KDE menu (the one that allows me to ...
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How to search ALL keyboard shortcuts within KDE Plasma? (Not by web)
I have just started using Kubuntu with KDE Plasma.
I wanted to look up the keyboard shortcut for switching users. Typing "switch user" in the application launcher turned up nothing. Clicking "Leave"...
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How to change keyboard layout( e.g. QWERTY , DVORAK) in KDE 5 from command-line?
How to change keyboard layout in command-line in KDE 5 , Kubuntu 18.04?
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How to set a Ctrl+Up+Left to move window to the top and left corner in KDE Plasma? [closed]
I'm working in KDE Neon with Plasma, but I can't set Ctrl+Left+Up as a shortcut to do this movement.
When I click in the Kwin shortcuts action to do that I press these three keys and the system says ...
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How to make windows button alone to open Main menu in KDE?
Is it possible to make windows button alone to open Main menu in KDE?
If I am trying to do this with standard settings dialog, it waits for some additional key to be pressed.
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After upgrading to 18.04, keyboard freezes periodically in Kubuntu
I upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 and now sometimes the desktop partially freezes. It seems to happen when I use several keyboard shortcuts one after another, like switching virtual desktops, sending ...
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KDE mediacontroller hotkeys
My problem: i use Kubuntu 18.04, I would like the music playback from a keyboard to direct, but volumeup and volumedown option is not presented in the global shortcut keys, only play/pause, rewind/...
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Keyboard Shortcuts enabled but not working KDE Plasma
I'm currently running Kubuntu 18.04 LTS.
While I'm not sure if this problem has always existed, I'm pretty sure it only showed up since I got this thing up and running again (last night; it just wasn'...
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On KDE, how to set up keyboard shortcut to show all open windows?
There is a (top-right) hot corner action set up by default, that shows previews of all open windows. I can find it under Settings > Desktop behaviour > Screen edges, and then the top-right edge is ...
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How to access recent file path from KDE file chooser dialog?
I use GTK-based applications very often. So if need to access last location I press Alt+R to get into Recent items.
But I do not see such option in KDE dialog (from K3b, but it does not really matter)...
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KDE application launcher shortcut is erased by reboot
I would like to use Ctrl+Esc to bring up the application launcher. I can define that shortcut and it works until I reboot, but then it is erased. I am running KDE 18.04. There is a related ...
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KWin "Walk through windows of current application" doesn't cycle
When using the "walk through windows of current application" shortcut it opens the right interface but doesn't cycle through all windows.
Just the one. If I press the same combination again (or ...
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KDE search shortcut action by shortcut keys
I'm trying KDE 5 and I'm spending significant amount of time looking at the System Setting shortcuts to find the name of the feature associated to a given key shortcut. Some shortcuts are interfering ...
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Kubuntu custom shortcuts doesn't work
I am using Kubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.6. When I add some custom shortcut keys from the settings, they work for a 1-2 minutes then suddenly stop. Just nothing happens. Then I have to go back to ...
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Shortcut to open kde konsole at current location
How can I create a shortcut to open kde konsole at current location? For example, if I am in Download directory, I want the konsole to start from that location. Is it possible using a shortcut? I am ...
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KUbuntu Shortcuts Close vs Quit
The documentation page for KDE says
Ctrl+Q Quit
Alt+F4 Close
Both seems to work the same way. What is the difference between them?
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Command showing different behaviour when running from terminal and when Using as Shortcut
I am using KUbuntu 18.04.1
I am trying to extract text from screenshot using spectacle (Screenshot app of KUbuntu) & gocr (OCR tool)
If I give the commands one after another in Konsole (Terminal ...
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How do I set the hotkey Print to Rectangular Region in Spectacle?
For the Kde Spectacle Tool, I want to set the hotkey Print to replace Meta+Shift+Print for a rectangular region screenshot.
For reference: https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdegraphics/spectacle/...
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Keyboard language layout switching interferes with global system hotkeys [duplicate]
I have installed Kubuntu 18.04 with KDE on my home machine.
I usually use Ctrl + Shift for switching keyboard language layout, but that setting breaks Ctrl + Shift + ← and Ctrl + Shift + → selecting ...
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How to make changes in keyboard shortcuts permanent?
I want to change ALT+F1 keyboard shortcut that invokes start menu on KDE Plasma, because it interferes with the Far Commander I am using. System Settings > Shortcuts can do that. There are some ...
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How to add keyboard shortcut with MOD3 modifier in KDE?
I like setting right control as different modifier, mod3, by patching the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc like that:
--- orig.txt 2018-06-10 15:36:53.479009368 +0200
+++ mod.txt 2018-06-10 15:42:08....
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KDE: move window to top left shortcut key (not tiling/no resize)
I've just come from cinnamon and I used to use ` key to move the current window to the top left of the screen, I can't find the option in settings apart from tiling which shrinks the window to a ...
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KDE: Meta+Ctrl+Alt = always on top (Modifier only shortcut) - I have read that you can add to ~/.config/kwinrc
In KDE I am not able to add keyboard shortcuts that just use modifiers in the settings GUI, however I have read that you can add to ~/.config/kwinrc something like..
[ModifierOnlyShorcuts]
Alt=
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How to enter accented vowels in KDE
I am going to use a PC with US keyboard and KDE (Kubuntu).
While the US keyboard is perfect for programming, it isn't to enter Italian words with accented vowels (both lower and upper case).
I'd like ...
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Assigning keyboard shortcuts to KDE Dolphin service menus
Is there any way I can assign a keyboard shortcut to a custom service menu I've added to Dolphin? The options menu for keyboard assignments does not seem to show any service menu actions, nor have I ...
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Keyboard shortcut to launch Konsole in Ubuntu
I recently installed Konsole in my Ubuntu 16.04. I want to be able to launch Konsole using keyboard shortcut similar to Terminal. I tried adding shortcut in System Settings, but it did not work.
Can ...
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