

For example, you might want to assign Ctrl+H to the Home Folder action such that pressing Ctrl+H causes the file manager to open at the current user's home folder. At this point press the key sequence you wish to associate with the corresponding action. The current setting will change to New accelerator….

Changing a ShortcutĪ new shortcut may be assigned to an action simply by clicking on the current shortcut value in the list. Scrolling through the list will give you a good overview of which shortcuts are currently configured and which key sequences are assigned. The above figure shows the Desktop shortcut category. The shortcuts are broken down into categories Desktop, Sound and Window Management. The following dialog will subsequently appear listing the current keyboard shortcut settings: To view the current configuration select the System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts menu option. As a user you have the power to view the current shortcut settings, change or disable currently configured shortcuts and to assign shortcuts to disabled actions. By default some of these actions already have a key sequence assigned to them. The GNOME desktop has a set of predefined actions to which a keyboard shortcut may be assigned.
