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Niklas Rosencrantz
Asked: 2011-09-02 04:46:33 +0800 CST

Terminal shortcut key

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I liked the shortcut for opening a terminal and if I remember correctly it was Ctrl+Alt+T that opened a terminal window.

Now with a later version of Ubuntu this shortcut is no longer predefined, I must add it myself from the shortcut settings.

Do you know why this shortcut was removed?

Thanks for any answer enter image description here

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
11.04

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The shortcut is still there for what I know.

    There is perhaps some other application hiding that shortcut?

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  2. Ctrl+Alt+T is not assigned by default as a shortcut key in Natty Narwhal. You can assign it manually to open the Terminal though by using the "Keyboard Shortcuts" application.

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  3. For 14.04 release, (for Unity) unity-settings-daemon or exactly its media-keys plugin handles terminal launcher shortcut.

    $ dconf read /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/terminal
'<Primary><Alt>t'

    System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Launch Terminal

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    (for Gnome) gnome-settings-daemon same as its fork unity-settings-daemon. Otherway using Compiz, it has a setting in Gnome Compatibility plugin:

    ccsm → Gnome Compatibility → Commands → Open a terminal

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  4. Ctrl+Alt+T does not work by default in all desktop environments for example in Xubuntu it is Super+T

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