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wlkngowl

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From: Between Heaven and Earth

Registered: 2005-11-11

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Windows Manager - Keyboard Command Shortcuts in 4.3.90.2

I've just installed Ubuntu 6.06 with Xfce 4.3.90.2. I'd like to set up some keyboard command shortcuts, but it appears that the option to do so is missing.  How do I do this?

Specifically, I'd like to set up a shortcut to open the desktop menu by running "xfdesktop -menu".

TomE

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Registered: 2005-02-05

Posts: 132

Re: Windows Manager - Keyboard Command Shortcuts in 4.3.90.2

shortcuts for non wm stuff have been moved to the keyboard mcs-plugin.
Open the keyboard plugin form xfce settings manager and you will find it in the shortcut tab

wlkngowl

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From: Between Heaven and Earth

Registered: 2005-11-11

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Re: Windows Manager - Keyboard Command Shortcuts in 4.3.90.2

Thanks. (The Documentation should be updated.)

One additional problem: it does not recognize the Windows Menu key.  If I enter "Alt + Menu" it just shows "Alt".  Worse, it won't let me edit the shortcut, so I have to remove it and re-enter it.

wlkngowl

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From: Between Heaven and Earth

Registered: 2005-11-11

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Re: Windows Manager - Keyboard Command Shortcuts in 4.3.90.2

I've managed to fix this by mapping keycode 227 to F35 instead of Menu. (Apparently the Menu key triggers right-click events in applications.)

TomE

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Registered: 2005-02-05

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Re: Windows Manager - Keyboard Command Shortcuts in 4.3.90.2

Sorry for the late reply, I did not see your post.
Try setting the setting XkbModel to pc105 in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf e.g.

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Keyboard1"

    Driver    "kbd"

    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"    "gb"

EndSection

make sure you do not change the Identifier.

wlkngowl

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From: Between Heaven and Earth

Registered: 2005-11-11

Posts: 77

Re: Windows Manager - Keyboard Command Shortcuts in 4.3.90.2

Thanks, but those options are already set in my xorg.conf file, so that clearly wasn't the problem.