Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can be used to access frequently used applications, such as a web browser, terminal, file manager, or package manager.

How-to

In your panel, Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard.

Open the Application Shortcuts Tab. This is what it looks like(customised).

To Add a new Shortcut, click on Add

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Now we need to type in the name of the command.

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For terminal,

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Click on Ok.

Then we need to press the keyboard key(s) to create the shortcut.

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We choose the Super(Windows) + t key combination for Terminal

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and the shortcut would be created.

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More such shortcuts can be created in a similar manner.

These shortcuts can be edited also by double clicking on them to change the command.

Examples

Application	Command	Shortcut
Web browser	exo-open --launch WebBrowser	<Super>W
File manager (Thunar)	thunar	<Super>F
Package manager (Pamac)	pamac-manager	<Super>P
Package manager (Octopi)	octopi	<Super>O
GParted	gksudo gparted	<Super>G
Clipboard manager	xfce4-popup-clipman	<Super><Alt>C

External links

• For support, see this Manjaro forum topic
• The XFCE Keyboard Settings