<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article id="keys" lang="&language;"> <title>Shortcuts</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> <author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2018-03-25</date> <releaseinfo>Plasma 5.12</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword>Plasma</keyword> <keyword>KControl</keyword> <keyword>key bindings</keyword> <keyword>bindings</keyword> <keyword>shortcuts</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="key-bindings"> <title>Shortcuts</title> <sect2 id="key-bindings-intro"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>While most of the functionality offered by &plasma; can be accessed using a simple <quote>point and click</quote> interface, many people prefer using the keyboard for some tasks. Pressing something like <keycombo action="simul"> &Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> is often just faster than moving your hands off the keyboard to the mouse, opening the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu and selecting <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem>.</para> <para> As different people have different preferences about keyboard shortcuts, &plasma; offers full customization of <quote>key bindings.</quote> A key binding or shortcut is a combination of an action with a key or a combination of keys.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="key-bindings-use-globapp"> <title>Standard Shortcuts and Global Shortcuts</title> <para>Standard shortcuts and Global shortcuts work just the same. Actually, in a certain way standard or application shortcuts are <quote>global</quote> as well. The only difference is:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><quote>Standard shortcuts</quote> refer to actions that are often available in applications, such as Save, Print, Copy &etc;</para></listitem> <listitem><para><quote>Global shortcuts</quote> are shortcuts for actions that make sense even when no application is opened. These shortcuts usually refer to actions like switching desktops, manipulating windows &etc;</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Please note, that the application shortcuts configured here are <emphasis>only</emphasis> 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.</para> <sect3 id="key-bindings-standard"> <title>Standard Shortcuts page</title> <para>At the top of this dialog you see an input box, where you can search interactively for shortcut names (⪚ Copy) or combination of keys (⪚ <quote><userinput>Ctrl+C</userinput></quote>) by typing them literally here.</para> <para>Below the search box you can see a list of key bindings, &ie; associations between actions (⪚ Copy) shown in the <guilabel>Action</guilabel> column and keys or combination of keys (⪚ <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap> </keycombo>) shown in the <guilabel>Shortcut</guilabel> or <guilabel>Alternate</guilabel> column. </para> </sect3> <sect3 id="key-bindings-global"> <title>Global Shortcuts page</title> <para>At the left of this page is a list box which allows you to select a <guilabel>Component</guilabel> like KWin, Plasma Desktop &etc; The defined shortcuts for the selected component are displayed in the <guilabel>Action</guilabel> and <guilabel>Global</guilabel> column in the list view.</para> <para>This page has the same search box as the <guilabel>Standard Shortcuts</guilabel> tab.</para> <para>Use <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="list-add.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> or <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="remove.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> to add or remove a component. </para> <para>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. </para> <para>Click the <guilabel>File</guilabel> drop down box at the right to import/export a Scheme, set all shortcuts to none.</para> <para>Global shortcuts can now be configured to jump to specific tasks within an application.</para> <para>By default you can open the application menu by just pressing the &Meta; key. </para> </sect3> <sect3 id="key-bindings-use-confkeys"> <title>Configuring Key Bindings</title> <para>Configuring key bindings is pretty easy. In the middle of these &systemsettings; 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.</para> <para>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. </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>Default</guilabel>: the selected action will be associated with &kde;'s default value. This is a good choice for most actions, as &kde; comes with reasonable key bindings we have thought about. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Custom</guilabel>: if this option is enabled, you can create a key combination for the selected action. Click on the button labeled either <guibutton>None</guibutton> or labeled with the previously selected custom shortcut. Now the button label changes to <guibutton>Input</guibutton>. Then press any modifier key (&ie; &Shift;, &Ctrl;, or &Alt;) and then normal key or a function key (⪚ <keycap>F11</keycap>) you want to assign to this key combination.</para> <para>Clicking on the <guilabel>Alternate</guilabel> column of a row in the list allows to edit the second shortcut for the action.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect3> </sect2> </sect1> </article>
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