shortcut-keyssystem-monitor
For some reason my custom shortcut for the System Monitor that I created according to this instruction does not work.
Is there a default shortcut for System Monitor?
When I press it, it just does nothing. Any ideas?
My shortcut is ctrl+shift+esc.
Here is a screenshot:
For custom shortcuts, you can't bind your keyboard shortcut if you only selected the row. This is different from how it works for System shortcuts, where merely selecting the row is enough to input a new keyboard shortcut.
You have to click on the Disabled and wait for it to change to New accelerator.... After that you can press your desired keyboard shortcut and it will be reflected appropriately.
WorkAround
use the command gnome-terminal -- htop instead of htop
Verified on Ubuntu 18.04
Best Answer
For some reason there is a problem using Esc key within Custom shortcuts. Here is the same (unanswered) question: Ubuntu 16.04 escape key doesn't work in custom keyboard shortcut. I found also this question: Keyboard shortcut Shift + Ctrl + Escape does not work, where in the comments @Cas says: I have opened a bug report: #1350527.
Мy suggestion is to use another key combination, for example Ctrl+Alt+Z, and command to be executed:
gnome-system-monitor.