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How can I open Terminal with a keyboard shortcut?
To open terminal press super + T
Super key = Windows key
EDIT:
To customize your shortcut key:
Open System settings -- > Keyboard --> Applications
Now select terminal on right side of window, ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Just in case someone else stumbles upon this issue, I managed to address my media keys issue with elementaryos loki by using dconf-editor and xbindkeys.
First to identify your keys in terminal type ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Building on @Fratink's answer, I ran these commands to fix the issue. (For some reasons, the dconf-editor wasn't working for me.)
Volume down
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-...
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How do I enable NumLock at login?
Edit /etc/lightdm/pantheon-greeter.conf (in newer versions io.elementary.greeter.conf) with you favorite editor and remove the # on the line activate-numlock=true.
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How can I set my keyboard layout up similar to macOS?
You can swap Ctrl and ⌘ for most contexts with the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['ctrl:swap_lwin_lctl']"
Alternatively, if you want to use a GUI to ...
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Use macOS-style modifier keys
So I futzed around with this for a day (gsettings, built-in shortcuts, xkb, xmodmap) and no turnkey solution is forthcoming, though I filed a feature request that might lead somewhere.
In the ...
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Is Elementary OS designed for Mac keyboards?
elementary OS uses the command key found on Mac keyboards to represent the superkey (Which is usually represented as the "windows key" on most keyboards.)
So it's fine. You won't have any problems.
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How can I hide the keyboard indicator from the panel?
Ok, I solved it!
install DConf-Tools sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
browse: com > canonical > indicator > keyboard and uncheck "visible"
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apt-get and add-apt-repository not working
Install Software Properties
sudo apt install software-properties-common
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How do I switch Super and Ctrl?
I don't like the options involving Autokey and others. For me, I found the best solution in Tweak Tool. You can install Tweak Tool in eOS's AppCenter. Under the Typing section of TweakTool you can ...
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Problem with keyboard language indicator
The following steps helped me, if I'm not mistaken: removing all languages, adding English (US) and a second language.
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Sticky keyboard layout
Open system settings and click Keyboard:
Then click the Layout tab and change the slider:
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CTRL + SHIFT + key when using CTRL+SHIFT to switch keyboard layout
Opt+Shift is the default shortcut for changing keyboard layouts in Loki, so you'll need to change that if you want to use the same modifier keys for other shortcuts.
You can do this at Settings > ...
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Switch between keyboard layouts with a keyboard shortcut in Loki
It defaults to Opt+Shift in Loki.
To change it, go to: Settings > Keyboard pane > Layout subtab > "Switch layout"
Commands like gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.keybindings switch-...
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How to NOT disable touchpad while typing?
TLDR
You can enable touchpad (that is disable auto-disable) with xinput set-prop DEVICE PROP 0 where you can check for your device ID and prop ID with xinput and xinput get-props DEVICE respectively.
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Is there any way to enable a screen keyboard when input is required?
System Settings > Universal Access > Typing > On-screen keyboard
More advanced settings like hiding it when not in use and layout are available when you click on "On-screen keyboard settings..."
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Keyboard not working in login screen
After a day of suffering, I finally managed to find a solution. These are the steps that you want to do if you have a similar problem:
Boot into Elementary OS live USB.
Mount root partition and proc, ...
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Shortcut to change keyboard layout doesn't work
With Alt+Space may be problems, but you can change Win+Space in System Settings (Switchboard). This combination does not fail, and works without problems.
Also you can set some other combinations ...
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Some plugs are failing to open in Switchboard
The one on the left is Switchboard, not GNOME Control Center. It looks like you've made several modifications to your system. One of these modifications likely resulted in installing GNOME Control ...
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Keyboard Layout shortcut conflict
The problem with using modifiers (shift, ctrl, alt, super) is that they are modifiers, and not designed to actually change something themselves. I would suggest that a far easier fix would be to ...
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What is the keyboard shortcut to switch between terminal tabs?
Alt + <1-9> Jumps to first-ninth tab.
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How do I switch Super and Ctrl?
sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
Switch Control and Super, it'll look something like this
...key <NMLK> { [ Num_Lock ] };
key <LFSH> { [ Shift_L ...
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How to install and use Avro keyboard in Elementary OS 5.0 Juno?
Open terminal and type
$ sudo apt install ibus-avro
Type in terminal sudo im-config and select OK then Yes
Select Ibus as input method for the system
Click Ok and Ok for the next windows. Then ...
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How To Select Dvorak Layout
Under System-Settings -> Language & Region -> Keyboard Settings -> Input Method -> (Plus Sign)
Then you can use whichever shortcut you prefer to switch between layouts/engines. Default ...
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How to add icon Keyboard layout to System Tray
Keyboard indicator appears after add two or more layouts in keyboard settings.
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Black screen with Linux kernel 3.19.0.41
NVIDIA drivers were causing the problem. I removed drivers completely with --purge flag and then installed current drivers again and now everything works. Here's how to do this: https://askubuntu.com/...
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Keyboard Layout shortcut conflict
The problem is that shortcut works on key press than key release. You are using Ctrl + Shift to language change. The linked post also have option Shift + Alt.
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala....
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Laggy keyboard input on elementary OS compared to Windows 10
Is it possible that the Slow Keys option has somehow gotten turned on? You can find this option in the "Universal Access" section of settings.
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