<FILENAME filename="index.html"><html><head><title>Shortcuts</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="Plasma, KControl, key bindings, bindings, shortcuts"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Shortcuts"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Shortcuts</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div lang="en" class="article"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="keys"></a>Shortcuts</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">McBride</span> <code class="email"><no mail></code></p><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Jost</span> <span class="surname">Schenck</span> <code class="email"><jost@schenck.de></code></p></div></div><div>Revision <span class="releaseinfo">Plasma 5.12 (<span class="date">2018-03-25</span>)</span></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="index.html#key-bindings">Shortcuts</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="index.html#key-bindings-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="index.html#key-bindings-use-globapp">Standard Shortcuts and Global Shortcuts</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="key-bindings"></a>Shortcuts</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="key-bindings-intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div><p>While most of the functionality offered by <span class="productname">Plasma</span> can be accessed using a simple <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">point and click</span>”</span> interface, many people prefer using the keyboard for some tasks. Pressing something like <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F</strong></span> is often just faster than moving your hands off the keyboard to the mouse, opening the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> menu and selecting <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Find</span></span>.</p><p> As different people have different preferences about keyboard shortcuts, <span class="productname">Plasma</span> offers full customization of <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">key bindings.</span>”</span> A key binding or shortcut is a combination of an action with a key or a combination of keys.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="key-bindings-use-globapp"></a>Standard Shortcuts and Global Shortcuts</h3></div></div></div><p>Standard shortcuts and Global shortcuts work just the same. Actually, in a certain way standard or application shortcuts are <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">global</span>”</span> as well. The only difference is:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Standard shortcuts</span>”</span> refer to actions that are often available in applications, such as Save, Print, Copy <abbr class="abbrev">etc.</abbr></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Global shortcuts</span>”</span> are shortcuts for actions that make sense even when no application is opened. These shortcuts usually refer to actions like switching desktops, manipulating windows <abbr class="abbrev">etc.</abbr></p></li></ul></div><p>Please note, that the application shortcuts configured here are <span class="emphasis"><em>only</em></span> the standard actions often found in applications. Most applications will define their own actions as well, for which you have to customize key bindings using the application's key bindings dialog.</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="key-bindings-standard"></a>Standard Shortcuts page</h4></div></div></div><p>At the top of this dialog you see an input box, where you can search interactively for shortcut names (<abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> Copy) or combination of keys (<abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><strong class="userinput"><code>Ctrl+C</code></strong></span>”</span>) by typing them literally here.</p><p>Below the search box you can see a list of key bindings, <abbr class="abbrev">i.e.</abbr> associations between actions (<abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> Copy) shown in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Action</span></span> column and keys or combination of keys (<abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>C</strong></span>) shown in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Shortcut</span></span> or <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Alternate</span></span> column. </p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="key-bindings-global"></a>Global Shortcuts page</h4></div></div></div><p>At the left of this page is a list box which allows you to select a <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Component</span></span> like KWin, Plasma Desktop <abbr class="abbrev">etc.</abbr> The defined shortcuts for the selected component are displayed in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Action</span></span> and <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Global</span></span> column in the list view.</p><p>This page has the same search box as the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Standard Shortcuts</span></span> tab.</p><p>Use <span class="guiicon"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="list-add.png"></span></span> or <span class="guiicon"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="remove.png"></span></span> to add or remove a component. </p><p>Adding a component opens a dialog to pick applications from the start menu structure to add launchers to be usable as shortcuts. If an application has jumplist options they will be available as actions. </p><p>Click the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">File</span></span> drop down box at the right to import/export a Scheme, set all shortcuts to none.</p><p>Global shortcuts can now be configured to jump to specific tasks within an application.</p><p>By default you can open the application menu by just pressing the <span class="keysym">Meta</span> key. </p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="key-bindings-use-confkeys"></a>Configuring Key Bindings</h4></div></div></div><p>Configuring key bindings is pretty easy. In the middle of these <span class="application">System Settings</span> modules you will find a list of available actions. If there's a key binding configured for that action you will find it in the columns right to it. Just select the action you want to configure.</p><p>After you have selected an action in the list you will notice that this item is highlighted and you see two additional check boxes below this item in the list view. There you can configure a combination of keys or maybe no key binding at all for the selected action. </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Default</span></span>: the selected action will be associated with <span class="orgname">KDE</span>'s default value. This is a good choice for most actions, as <span class="orgname">KDE</span> comes with reasonable key bindings we have thought about. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Custom</span></span>: if this option is enabled, you can create a key combination for the selected action. Click on the button labeled either <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">None</span></span> or labeled with the previously selected custom shortcut. Now the button label changes to <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Input</span></span>. Then press any modifier key (<abbr class="abbrev">i.e.</abbr> <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>, <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>, or <span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>) and then normal key or a function key (<abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> <span class="keycap"><strong>F11</strong></span>) you want to assign to this key combination.</p><p>Clicking on the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Alternate</span></span> column of a row in the list allows to edit the second shortcut for the action.</p></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell"> </td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"> </td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME>
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