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Ken Kinder
Asked: 2012-02-22 08:21:40 +0800 CST

In an application or for the system, how do I bind more than one key to a shortcut?

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I have two keyboards. One is built-in to my laptop, the other is an external keyboard I use when docked. They have slightly different key mappings for things like multimedia keys.

For that reason, I'd like to make multiple assignments to a handful of keyboard shortcuts. My external keyboard doesn't have a Windows button, so I'd like to launch Unity Dash (for example) using either a Windows/logo button, or to a specific keybinding.

Is there any way to make multiple assignments this way in Gnome?

gnome shortcut-keys

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use xdotool to bind a shortcut to another shortcut:

    1) Install xdotool.

    2) Press Alt+F2 and paste gnome-control-center keyboard.

    3) Go to the "Shortcuts" tab and then to "Custom shortcuts".

    4) Press at "+" to add a new shortcut:

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    5) Give it a name and at the command you paste something like this:

    gnome-terminal --geometry=0x0 -e "bash -c \"sleep .1 && xdotool keydown --clearmodifiers Super && xdotool keyup Super ; exit; exec bash\""

    6) Press at "Disabled" and then press the key combination you want.

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    Enjoy ;-)

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