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===== Editable Menu Accelerators ===== | ===== Editable Menu Accelerators ===== |
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A number of Xfce applications (Xfce Terminal and Thunar for example) support the standard GTK+ way of changing shortcuts: simply hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to rebind it to. | A number of Xfce applications (Thunar, for example) support the standard GTK2 way of changing shortcuts: simply hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to rebind it to. |
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To delete a keyboard assignment, press the {key>Backspace} key while you are on the menu entry. | To delete a keyboard assignment, press the {key>Backspace} key while you are on the menu entry. |
If the shortcut doesn't change, then you need to enable the feature in GTK+. This can be achieved in 3 ways: | If the shortcut doesn't change, then you need to enable the feature in GTK+. This can be achieved in 3 ways: |
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* You can enable {gui>Editable menu accelerators} in the **[[:xfce:xfce4-settings:appearance|User Interface Preferences]]** dialog. | * If you are running the Xfce desktop environment, enable {gui>Editable menu accelerators} in the **[[:xfce:xfce4-settings:appearance#menu_and_buttons|User Interface Preferences]]** dialog. |
* If you are running GNOME then you can enable {gui>Editable menu accelerators} in the {gui>Menu and Toolbars} control center dialog. | * If you are running GNOME then you can enable {gui>Editable menu accelerators} in the {gui>Menu and Toolbars} control center dialog. |
* Otherwise put the following in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file (create the file if it doesn't exist):\\ ''gtk-can-change-accels=1'' | * Otherwise put the following in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file (create the file if it doesn't exist):\\ ''gtk-can-change-accels=1'' |
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| <note warning>When ''xfsettingsd'' is running you must change the setting with the Xfce GUI, not through the ''.gtkrc-2.0'' file.</note> |
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| <note important>This functionality has been disabled since GTK3 which means that Xfce apps that have migrated to GTK3 (such as xfce4-terminal) do not support it.\\ |
| Refer to specific app's documentation to learn how to configure its shortcuts.</note> |