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Linux: How to setup custom shortcuts in KDE

Posted By Scott Klarr on Dec 12, 2007 at 7:47 pm

Despite this being a very simple customization, a lot of newer users probably have no idea about the number of custom shortcuts that you can configure in the KDE environment under linux to control things such as desktop switching, window maximizing, even controlling the mouse cursor with the keyboard!

KDE offers a nice GUI-based control panel, in which a ton of easy to access and modify settings are readily available to tweak to your liking. Simply click on your KDE Start Menu, and goto Tools -> System Tools -> Control Center. Then goto Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Shortcuts in the left menu pane. From here you are given a long list of specialized actions with the ability to tweak any of them to your liking. A few that I frequently use are Maximize window, Always on top, Fullscreen, Desktop switching, and Lock session.

Schemes

There are also preset schemes you can choose from that will imitate the native behaviors of other operating systems such as Mac and Windows. This is useful if you are new to linux and wish to make the transfer a little easier and more familiar.

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