Questions tagged [shortcuts]
Shortcuts are links that allow a user to access a file or folder more conveniently.
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Running a .desktop file in the terminal
From what I can gather, .desktop files are shortcuts that allow application's settings to be customized. For instance, I have lots of them in my /usr/share/applications/ folder.
If I open that ...
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Unable to use IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu
I am very new to Ubuntu, and I'm having a problem that I don't know how to get it fixed. I even tried looking it up on the web for answers, but maybe I don't know the right terms to search for it.
I ...
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How to add a shell script to launcher as shortcut [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand?
How can I create launchers on my desktop?
I want to add some shell scripts in my launcher as shortcuts..
They are ...
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How to force Unity reload ~/.local/share/applications/
Let's say I changed/added some myapp.desktop file at ~/.local/share/applications/.
For some time Ubuntu Unity will still show me old applications shortcuts at Unity lens under Ubuntu button. It will ...
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How to execute sh script from a desktop shortcut?
Im trying to make a shortcut to login my ssh server:
ssh x.x.x.x
I made the following file:
ssh_home.sh
Made it executable:
sudo chmod +x ./ssh_home
Checked by right clicking properties to check ...
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How to create folder shortcut in Ubuntu 14.04?
I have a folder in my Dropbox and I want to add a shortcut of that folder on my Desktop. I guess this should be extremely easy as in Windows OS :) However, I have no idea how to do it in Ubuntu 14.04.
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Create a shortcut for URL?
How can I create a shortcut for URL in my desktop? I want to use them in Firefox or Chrome.
If a copy and paste didn't work.
What script I have to use?
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How to create a desktop shortcut in Unity?
Is there an easy way to create a desktop shortcut for an application in Unity? The ability to right click or drag and drop icons to the desktop in Unity does not seem to be there.
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Desktop shortcut to create a new desktop shortcut doesn't do anything [duplicate]
It's weird that creating desktop shortcuts is currently so primitive.
I found the following: Create Shortcut / launcher on Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04
That helps. However, if there's something wrong ...
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Spotify keyboard controls not working
I am on Ubuntu 16.04, I cannot play, pause, go to the next or the previous song in spotify. There are many answers but most are complicated, is there a simple solution that doesn't require a command ...
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How to create shortcut for a command in terminal? [duplicate]
I want to create a shortcut for a command in terminal. Like for a command
"ssh [email protected]",
I just want a command "user" and the above command will run.
Is this possible, and if so how can it ...
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How to make a desktop shortcut on Ubuntu 20.04?
What is the most elegant way to create desktop shortcuts (e.g. to folders, applications, or documents) in Ubuntu 20.04?
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What are the new Nautilus (3.6) shortcuts in Ubuntu 13.04?
I post this question since new nautilus is very 'keyboard unfriendly', specially for one-key shortcuts. From 3.4 to 3.6 the very useful 'backspace' shortcut to go to parent directory has gone (along ...
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How do I reconfigure keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste?
I've been looking all over the configuration menus and googling all over the web for how to configure keyboard shortcuts for Copy and Paste in the Unity window manager.
Is there some hidden place ...
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Desktop shortcut for terminal command
I was wondering how to make a clickable terminal shortcut for my desktop using the command easytether connect.
I don't want to have to open/close the terminal every time I wish to connect to the ...
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Alt+Left and Right arrow keys change from GUI to console
I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 and recently I noticed that by pressing Alt+Left changes from the GUI to the tty.
I use that shortcut regularly and this behavior interferes with my workflow.
How can I ...
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Extract icon from appimage
When creating a .desktop shortcut to an appimage, the Icon is not automatically extracted from the appimage, even though the appimage does contain an icon.
Is this a limitation of the DE? Is there a ...
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Commandline shortcut for current directory similar to ~ for home directory?
When i use the cp or move command in a terminal window,
i'm currently with bash in a certain folder like this.
NES@server:~/Desktop/dir1$
And now i wanna copy a file from here ~/anotherdir/dir2 into ...
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Terminal appears with much delay when shortcut is used
When I press Ctrl+Alt+T the Terminal opens after around 30 seconds. That's pretty annoying.
If I open it with Alt+F2 and enter gnome-terminal the window appears instantly as usual.
I'm using Ubuntu ...
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How to add a shortcut to a command to the Cinnamon menu?
Is there a utility I can use to add an icon to the Cinnamon menu which runs a user-specified command, and as a bonus, displays a user-specified icon?
specifically I'm trying to add a command to open ...
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Can I put two chrome (different users) on my launcher?
On Windows, Google Chrome has the option to create a shortcut on the desktop for each Chrome user. For example, I have my personal Google Account and I also have my company Google Account. So, I setup ...
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Remove Chrome shortcuts from app menu
Anyone knows how to remove "web apps" I made in Chrome using menu => extra => create shortcuts (no real Chrome apps) from the app menu in Ubuntu? When right-clicking on a normal app (Thunderbird in ...
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Shortcut to change the gnome-terminal font size
I need fast shortcut to change the terminal font size. I use gnome-terminal.
I tried with Ctrl + + and Ctrl + - but the size is not changed.
Is there another shortcut? Can I add a shortcut like this?...
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Can I define keyboard shortcuts using the Super key?
In 10.04, I had a lot of keyboard shortcuts defined using Super/Mod4 and one single other key,
Super+O ran Opera
Super+W opened Nautilus pointing to my Work folder, etc.
In 11.04, these do not seem ...
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Putty-like copy/paste
For ages I've been using Putty when working with *nix servers, and I really got used to it's copy&paste method: select, left-click - for copy, just right-click - for paste.
How can I set Ubuntu ...
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How to backup/restore system custom keyboard shortcuts?
Is it possible to backup the custom keyboard shortcuts and restore them when doing a fresh install?
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How to find aliases?
Where can I find a list/file of all aliases created in Ubuntu 17.04?
I mean shortcuts for commands most frequently used and more.
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Shortcut to Move Tabs in Firefox
I'm wondering how to move the focused tab around, to right or left, using a keyboard shortcut in 12.04?
After a Google search I found the shortcut Ctrl + (L/R)Arrows, but it seems to work only in ...
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How to create Wine shortcut?
While attempting to create a desktop shortcut for an app that uses wine I came up with this error:
Failed to execute child process "/home/fiver/.wine/drive_c/Program" (No such file or directory)
I ...
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How to paste a path in "ubuntu explorer" to rapidly access a folder?
I was browsing a local web page, I copied the address (file:///media/383C4E753C4E2DE6/rar/lua/estacao/003/pessoas.htm), and now I want to paste this path (file:///media/383C4E753C4E2DE6/rar/lua/...
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How to escape spaces in .desktop files Exec line
I want to make a .desktop file like described here.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text 2
GenericName=Sublime Text 2
Comment=Edit text files
Exec=/home/user/opt/sublime/Sublime Text 2/sublime_text %U
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Shortcut to bring all open terminals to the front
After I navigate out to a webpage or editor, is there any way to bring all the open terminals back to the front in their original positions? It is a bit of a pain clicking the terminal icon and then ...
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Assign multiple keyboard shortcuts for one action
I've been wondering how can I assign to multiple keyboard shortcuts to do the same action?
More specifically, I want to be able to change my volume with both my headset buttons and my keyboard.
I'm ...
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How can I find which command is bound to a given keyboard shortcut?
How can I find which command is bound to a give keyboard shortcut? I remember playing with my keyboard shortcuts recently in different places: System/Preferences/Keyboard Shortcuts, "gnome-keyboard-...
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Restart Ubuntu via keyboard
In win7, when I want to restart computer via keyboard until my operating system hasn't been loaded yet, I press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
What is equivalent to this command in Ubuntu?
(Note that I'm not asking ...
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Launch app only if not already open
I would like to mimic the use of Alfred on Mac OS X, where if you try to open an app after searching for it, it will only open a new window if the program is not already running, otherwise it will set ...
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How do I add Matlab to the main menu?
I was trying to add the installed matlab to the menu of Applications under Ubuntu 10.10.
I clicked Gnome-Menu -> Preference -> Main Menu -> Programming -> New Item, where I input the Matlab file .../...
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How to create website shortcuts on the desktop / in a folder using Chrome?
Help with something really basic, which I am unable to figure out. In Windows creating a shortcut (link) for a website is as easy as dragging-and-dropping the favicon/address bar to the desktop or a ...
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How can I create an alias so that when I enter "kt" it executes "killall gnome-terminal"?
How can I create an alias so that when I enter "kt" it executes "killall gnome-terminal"?
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Quickly launch any app in KDE with a shortcut
How can you quickly launch an app with an assigned shortcut in KDE?
System Settings → Shortcuts and Gestures → Custom Shortcuts → Edit → New
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How to switch sound output with key shortcut
I like to switch the sound output from Speaker to USB headphone with a Shortcut.
Is there a way to accomplish this?
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Add Virtualbox Shortcut in Unity Launcher to boot to a VM
Can I create a shortcut to a virtualbox OS in the unity sidebar without it being on the desktop too.
I tried to right click in virtualbox and create shortcut on desktop then move it. but if i do it ...
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Is there a Command + ` equivalent (cycle through windows)?
On the Mac, I use Command+` (the tilde) to cycle through windows in the current application (eg terminal or chrome). It's like Alt+Tab except only for the current application's windows. Possibly for ...
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How to find *why* I can't bind some keyboard shortcut (or which app took it)?
In short: is there (under Unity) any way to find out which application grabbed some global shortcut? I do not ask for "standard shortcuts" but for some way to get information about actual shortcuts (...
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Disable global keyboard shortcuts for specific application
Is it possible to disable the GNOME (version 2) global keyboard shortcuts for a specific application?
I'm using the IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE under Ubuntu however some of the IDEA default keyboard ...
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How to create a link to a folder in Ubuntu 18.04 using GUI [duplicate]
If my memory is not playing me up this could be done with old versions of Ubuntu but I can't find a way of doing it with 18.04.
Is there a way of doing it?
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How can I change PrtScn to capture by area?
I just installed 11.10. One of the standard things I do on a new install of Ubuntu is change the action taken when I hit the prtscn key. By default the action is to take a screenshot. I change it so ...
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alt key for HUD conflict
I have just installed Ubuntu 14.04, and encountered a weird problem
When I am using google-chrome, I use Alt+D to go to the address bar and type a url. However, every times I press Alt, Ubuntu HUD ...
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How to perform a "Select all" via keyboard, in recent versions of Gnome Terminal?
In (X)Ubuntu 14.04, I was able to perform a Select All operation via keyboard, in Gnome Terminal, invoking the menu (Alt-E -> A).
With more recent versions of (X)Ubuntu, I've noticed that the ...
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How can I change the keyboard shortcuts for single line scrolling in the terminal?
To scroll a single line in gnome-terminal you have to press Ctrl-Shift-↑ or Ctrl-Shift-↓ in Ubuntu.
In other distributions (e.g. Xubuntu) you only have to press Shift-↑ or Shift-↓ for the same ...
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