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Simion Agavriloaei
Asked: 2013-12-07 01:13:10 +0800 CST

Indicator Synapse keyboard shortcut

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I'm trying to change Indicator Synapse keyboard shortcut using dconf-editor.

net -> launchpad -> synapse-project -> indicator

On shortcut i set 

<Control>space

but nothing changes.

Notice that event the default keybind is not working (Super Alt space)

I am using ubuntu 13.10

Any ideas?

synapse

5 Answers

  1. This is a known issue Shortcut to activate synapse resets to Control-space every reboot and still pending. If you feel up to it, there is a patch.

    Even if the shortcut is correctly saved in $HOME/.config/synapse/config.json, it won't works.

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  2. There is a work around for this, using xdotool. This tool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.

    Here, we are going to find the coordinates of the mouse, and emulate a mouse click on the synapse indicator using a command and set a shortcut key for the command.

    Step 1: Install xdotool.

    sudo apt-get install xdotool

    Step 2: Move your mouse over the synapse icon and get mouse location

    xdotool getmouselocation

    You should get output like this:

    x:1105 y:14 screen:0 window:39845936

    Step 3: Add keyboard shortcut for indicator

    Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts.

    Click the + and enter the below command:

    xdotool mousemove x y click 1 mousemove restore

    Replace x and y with the values you got. Set the shortcut as Ctrl + Space Logout and Login again.

    Voilà!

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  3. I installed in Ubuntu 16.04.3, by the time I install ubuntu already had the ppa, so I simply installed by

    sudo apt-get install synapse

    The default shortcut was ctrl + space, only flaw was, settings (synapse) did not work.

    Since I was using ctrl + space for some other purpose, I wanted to change it to alt + ctrl + space. I simply fixed it with a custom keyboard shortcut.

    Go to custom shortcuts Setting -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts. Click on +, give a name (Synapse) and command (synapse), then Add. That's it now you I can use my custom shortcut.

    enter image description here

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  4. This could be a conflict with what you're telling ubuntu to do globally and what Synapse is trying to do with its own shortcut assignment. I would recommend trying to set the shortcut from within Synapse: click the dot on the right side of the search pop-up, open the preferences, and you can set the shortcuts there.

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  5. It's Ctrl+Space. I just tried it and it works.

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