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Mina Michael
Asked: 2014-07-19 08:06:59 +0800 CST

Can't set "Alt+Ctrl+T" to launch terminal in xfce4

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I followed normal steps to assign Alt+Ctrl+T to open a terminal window. (Menu → Settings Manager → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts → Add and follow steps) but it just doesn't seem to work. I was following this: How to open terminal on Xubuntu and some other sources.

Why isn't it working? How do I make it work?

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6 Answers

  1. I'd like to suggest the following steps:

    1. go to 'Start' at the top left corner, and open Settings Manager

      or

      open Terminal and type xfce4-settings-manager

    2. open Keyboard
    3. open Application Shortcuts Tab
    4. click Add button (with greed-icon) below
    5. type xfce4-terminal
    6. trigger the shortcut, which is in this (Ctrl + Alt + T)

    Good luck!

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  2. I solved this by adding the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T for the command gnome-terminal, using XFCE and TigerVNC. Go to the XFCE settings or run xfce4-settings-manager, then Keyboard, Application Shortcuts. Press Add and use gnome-terminal as the command you want to trigger and finally the shortcut.

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  3. Run xfce4-settings-manager Go to Window -> shortcuts -> add -> put the following as a command to run: exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator Then, select the key combination

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  4. I'd suggest double-checking your command in the shortcut list. I know I still have a tendency to leave the 4 out of xfce4-terminal sometimes.

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  5. The most common and overlooked reason: see if any other program has acquired the same shortcut.

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    • press alt+f2
    • search xfce4-keyboard-settings
    • in keyboard>Application shortcuts>add
    • in shortcut command>Command>type xfce4-terminal>ok
    • the next window waits for keystrokes> press ctrl+alt+T or your proffered combination close

    XFCE 4.14

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