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xfceusersince2014

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Registered: 2023-08-12

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making a keyboard shortcut to the keyboard shortcuts tab

How do I make a keyboard shortcut to the keyboard shortcuts tab? Not the keyboard settings menu, I can do that; specifically the keyboard shortcuts tab in it. I thought I did it before, but I can't remember how. That file containing the keyboard shortcuts has been lost, and I have to remake them one-by-one.

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ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: making a keyboard shortcut to the keyboard shortcuts tab

Here is one way/command that would do the trick (it requires xdotool). Use the following as the shortcut command :

sh -c "xfce4-keyboard-settings & sleep 1 && xdotool key Right"

...adjust the sleep value depending on how quickly the dialog pops up on your screen.

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xfceusersince2014

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Registered: 2023-08-12

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Re: making a keyboard shortcut to the keyboard shortcuts tab

Thanks, that worked.

About adjusting the value: it was pretty fast already with 1, but I tried adjusting it to 0 to see what would happen. That proved counterproductive, by making the keyboard settings start on the Behavior tab for some reason. So I'll keep the value at 1.

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ToZ

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Re: making a keyboard shortcut to the keyboard shortcuts tab

You can also use fractional values like 0.5.

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Jamie_Casper

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Registered: 2026-01-13

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Re: making a keyboard shortcut to the keyboard shortcuts tab

I didn't even think about using a script to 'press' the Right arrow for me. It’s a bit of a 'hacky' fix, but in the best way possible. Definitely adding this to my setup to save those extra clicks every time I want to tweak a shortcut.