Adding new Keybinding in gnome-keybinding-properties

Izhar Firdaus Follow Support Dec 27, 2008 · 1 min read

Adding new Keybinding in gnome-keybinding-properties

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So I was playing with compiz after quite some time not using it due to frequent i855gm driver failures (yep I'm using an old box with old card). While enhancing simple-ccsm a bit here and there to add some more config widget to my liking, I discovered that new gconf keybinding can be added into the configuration tool pretty easily.

Just create an XML file in /usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/ with the keys. Done.

Here's an example of a little mapping I did for Compiz's Scale and Expo plugin.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<KeyListEntries wm_name="compiz" package="compiz" name="Extra">

  <KeyListEntry 
    name="/apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_key"/>

  <KeyListEntry 
    name="/apps/compiz/plugins/expo/allscreens/options/expo_key"/>

</KeyListEntries>

The result?

Written by Izhar Firdaus Follow Support

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