sxhkd_plasma
I have been playing with for a while and I decided to just change ALL my keyboard shortcuts to it.
My config can be found . Take a look.
Prerequisits
- Install the actual program itself. Example:
sudo apt install sxhkd - You will also need to understand how to edit the config file. Please see the manual.
- You will have to understand how to use qdbus.
Putting aside the usual shortcuts you can make, this tutorial will focus on the KDE side of things.
qdbusviewer
As the name implies this program allows to browse different commands. Alternatively using TAB for autocompletion also works. For example if yakuake is investigated then:
qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/window org.kde.yakuake.toggleWindowState
Krunner
Krunner can be binded to some shortcut. Alternatively it can be binded to super alone using the functionality in kde itself.
super + @space
qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/krunner org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut 'run command'
To bind it to super alone:
kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "org.kde.krunner,/App,,display"
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure
Kwin
Kwin has many shortcuts available but is difficult to find out what is the right command for them. In this case it does not matter as long as there is a shortcut for them. Alternatively it is possible for entire scripts to be written and used instead.
# Zoom
super + {equal, minus}
{qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut 'view_zoom_in',\
qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut 'view_zoom_out'}
# Virtual desktops
alt + {s, w, shift+s, shift+w}
{qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin org.kde.KWin.nextDesktop,\
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin org.kde.KWin.previousDesktop,\
qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut 'Window to Next Desktop',\
qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut 'Window to Previous Desktop'}