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Keyboard shortcuts in KDE 4.x

Keyboard shortcuts in KDE 4.x

I've tried KDE 4.0.x/4.1.x/4.3.x ( RC2 ) but I can't seem to accomplish a simple task:

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Guest [Entry]

"This one's easy.

Go to System Settings > Input Actions. In the selection area, do right click > New Global Shortcut > Command/URL. Make sure you give it a name, a shortcut, a command, and tick the Enabled box. Click Apply and you're done.

Coincidentally, though, the the ""Examples"" group should already contain an action named ""Run Console,"" activated by Ctrl+Alt+T. Note that you'll need to enable shortcuts for the parent ""Examples"" group before you can enable ""Run Console."""
Guest [Entry]

"In general I do this with kmenuedit, which I believe should be the prefered way of assigning applications to a keyboard shortcut.

Launch kmenuedit
Choose the application you wish to start from the tree on the left
Click on Advanced.
Select the Current shortcut key and click on Save.

Note that until KDE 4.2 there was a bug that causes KDE to ignore this shortcut. So in case you do not have KDE 4.2 or 4.3 yet, consider upgrading."