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Asked: 2015-11-30 19:52:59 +0800 CST

Unity launcher: combine click and modifier key (Shift, Alt, Ctrl, ...)

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In Unity launcher (icons on left side), is it possible to configure a .desktop file to, for instance, run something else if Control is pressed.

For instance, Gimp below

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The file gimp.desktop in /usr/share/applications shows (excerpt)

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=GIMP Image Editor
GenericName=Image Editor
Comment=Create images and edit photographs
Exec=gimp-2.8 %U
TryExec=gimp-2.8
Icon=gimp
Terminal=false

A click on the icon runs gimp-2.8 %U.

Is there a way to add some configuration to that file in order for a Control-click (for instance) to run another command, gimp-2.8 --no-cpu-accel %U for instance?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    No, there isn't. You could do something close, though, adding an option to the quicklist menu shown in your screenshot. Just add something like this to the very end of your gimp.desktop file, and save the result in ~/.local/share/applications:

    Actions=Noaccel;

[Desktop Action Noaccel]
Exec=gimp-2.8 --no-cpu-accel %U
Name=Launch Without Acceleration

    (Caveat: I haven't tested this myself yet.)

    Source: http://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#extra-actions

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