How to add custom keybindings with gsettings (cli)
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11 years ago 0 |
I had some problems with custom keyboard shortcuts after copying my settings from a different machine where I had installed cinnamon over linux mint cinnamon edition. It took me a good while to figure out how to get my shortcuts to work, so I figured I would share here.
## To add a custom keybinding
1 - Obtain the current custom shortcut list:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings
2 -
2a) If the list obtained in the previous step was empty -> Put a custom path in the list:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings "['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/']"
2b) Else -> extend the list. Suppose the obtained value was ['.../custom1/', '.../custom2/']. Do:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings "['.../custom1/', '.../custom2/', '.../custom3/']"
3 - Add the keybinding entry:
3.1 - Add the name:
$ gsettings set ...media-keys.custom-keybinding:.../media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/ name "<name>"
3.2 - Add the command:
$ gsettings set ...media-keys.custom-keybinding:.../media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/ command "<command>"
3.3 - Add the binding:
$ gsettings set ...media-keys.custom-keybinding:.../media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/ binding "<binding>"
Comments
For Mint 18 the keybindings schema is a little different. This is what I used to bind my script toggle-nemo.sh tothe Super N key:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings custom-list "['custom0']" # custom keybindings path
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding "['
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command '/home/your-username/.toggle-nemo.sh'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name 'Toggle Nemo Columns in List View'
I should have said that my code below worked ok on Mint 16
In the third last line of my comment, i.e.:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding 'n'
the word Primary in angle-brackets should precede the final two characters (n') but the blog software deletes it (presumably thinks it is a html tag)
tonywhelan
I had a hard time doing something similar. I wanted to change the Ctrl N key from launching Nemo, to instead running a little script that toggled the columns Nemo displays. I found a useful hint from @Donarsson here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/425730/how-to-add-a-key-to-an-empty-schema/428869#428869
This is what I ended up with:
# To retrieve Cinnamon custom keybindings in Linux Mint Cinnamon:
gsettings get org.cinnamon.keybindings custom-list
# (note first instance below of 'custom-keybinding' does not have an 's' on end;
# if you include the 's', you'll get an error. )
gsettings get org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding
gsettings get org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command
gsettings get org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name
To set custom keybindings:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.keybindings custom-list "['custom0']"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding '
gsettings set org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command '/home/your-user-name/.toggle-nemo.sh'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name 'Toggle Nemo Columns in List View'
It doesn't work on Mint 16 Cinnamon...