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artu-hnrq
Asked: 2019-09-24 20:12:02 +0800 CST

Custom keyboard shortcut creation limited

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I'm learning about bash script by writing one to setup all (or most of) my Ubuntu 18.04 customization. One of these are my keyboard shortcuts.

I'm using this answer strategy to config the hotkeys. However I observed it is accepting just the first 8 custom shortcuts I setup. I mean, the hotkeys that I store between custom0 and custom7 slots had been saved, but all others ignored.

Do someone have a clue about what could been happening?

This is the scripting I'm using:

# Terminal
$(dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/keybindings/next-tab "'<Alt>w'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/keybindings/prev-tab "'<Alt>a'")

# Music
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/play "'<Super>KP_Separator'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/next "'<Super>KP_Decimal'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/previous "'<Super>KP_Divide'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/volume-up "'<Super>KP_Add'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/volume-down "'<Super>KP_Subtract'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/volume-mute "'<Super>KP_Multiply'")

# Launch
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/www "'<Primary><Alt>c'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/home "'<Primary><Alt>f'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/binding "'<Primary><Alt>k'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/command "'gnome-control-center keyboard'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/name "'Shortcuts settings'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/binding "'<Primary><Alt>equal'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/command "'env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/gnome-calculator_gnome-calculator.desktop /snap/bin/gnome-calculator %U'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/name "'Calculator'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/binding "'<Primary><Alt>a'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/command "'atom ~/.fragatron'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/name "'Atom'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom4/binding "'<Primary><Alt>y'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom4/command "'/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=eeaafbmfeofhhjpjklgoobllogkjdgap'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom4/name "'YouTube Music'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom5/binding "'<Primary><Alt>z'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom5/command "'/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=lilmhcaoekddncecbphbjdbjccdbneij'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom5/name "'Google Tradutor'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom6/binding "'<Primary><Alt>g'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom6/command "'/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=mmlonmkggdiafehdajlempfflcdfddna'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom6/name "'GitHub'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom7/binding "'<Primary><Alt>KP_Separator'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom7/command "'toggle-sound-output'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom7/name "'Toggle sound-output'")

$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom8/binding "'<Primary><Shift>KP_1'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom8/command "'profile-info name'")
$(dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom8/name "'Profile Name'")
customization shortcut-keys bash 18.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Well, the answer was simpler then expected. For some reason, in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver, I can not set more than nine custom shortcuts just writing them as shown.

    To solve this, just overwrite the custom-keybindings attribute with the whole list of custom shortcuts:

    gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings "[\
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom1/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom2/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom3/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom4/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom5/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom6/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom7/', \
  '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom8/' \
]"

    I tried this even using different names (non-numbered) for each custom keybinding and it worked without problems.

    I register it here hoping it would help someone!

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