Menu path: Setup > User Interface > Hotkeys > Commands

You can activate, deactivate and change the hotkeys that are available to the user.

Settings in the Dialog

Hotkey

☑  The session can be started with a hotkey. A hotkey consists of one or more modifiers and a key.

Modifiers: A modifier or a combination of several modifiers for the hotkey. You can select a set key symbol/combination or your own key symbol/combination. A key symbol is a defined chain of characters, e.g. Ctrl.

Do not use [AltGr] as a modifier (represented as Mod5). Otherwise, the key that is configured as a hotkey with AltGr cannot be used as a regular key anymore. Example: If you configure [AltGr] + [E] as a hotkey, it is impossible to enter an "e".


These are the pre-defined modifiers and the associated key symbols:

  • (No modifier) = None
  •  = Shift
  • [Ctrl] = Ctrl
  •  = Mod4

    When this keyboard key is used as a modifier, it is represented as Mod4; when it is used as a key, it is represented as Super_L.

  • [Alt] = Alt

Key combinations are formed as follows with |:

  • Ctrl +   = Ctrl|Super_L

Key: Key for the hotkey

To enter a key that does not have a visible character, e. g. the [Tab] key, open a terminal, log on as user and enter xev -event keyboard. Press the key to be used for the hotkey. The text in brackets that begins with keysym contains the key symbol for the Key field. Example: Tab in (keysym 0xff09, Tab)

Available Hotkeys and their Default Settings

Hide all windows and show desktop
Default: 

  • activated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Mod4
  • Keyd
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Mapping Ctrl+Alt+End to Ctrl+Alt+Del for Citrix sessions
Default: 

  • deactivated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Alt + End
  • KeyEnd
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Open start menu
Default:

  • deactivated
  • ModifiersShift + Super
  • KeySuper_L
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Open start menu (alternative): 
Default:

  • deactivated
  • ModifiersShift + Super
  • KeySuper_L
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Screenshot of active window
Default:

  • deactivated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Alt
  • KeyPrint
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Screenshot of entire screen
Default:

  • deactivated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Shift
  • KeyPrint

Switch between active windows using Task Switcher
Default:

  • activated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Alt
  • Key: Tab
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Switch between active windows using Task Switcher (backwards)
Default:

  • activated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Alt|Shift
  • Key: Tab
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Switch focus to next window
Default:

  • activated
  • ModifiersCtrl
  • KeyEscape
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Switch focus to next window (alternative)
Default:

  • activated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Alt
  • KeyUp
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Switch focus to next window (reverse order)
Default:

  • activated
  • ModifiersCtrl|Alt
  • KeyDown
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Volume down (multimedia key)
Default:

  • activated
  • Modifiers: (none)
  • KeyXF86AudioLowerVolume

Volume mute (multimedia key)
Default:

  • activated
  • Modifiers: (none)
  • Key:  XF86AudioMute
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated

Volume up (multimedia key)
Default:

  • activated
  • Modifiers: (none)
  • KeyXF86AudioRaiseVolume
  • Appliance Mode Access: deactivated