I've been using unity for a while, and just switched to gnome. (Gnome 3.2 on Ubuntu 11.10)
I've liked it a lot, but it's missing one key feature (in my mind). In Unity you can use the super button with a number key to open an app on the launcher. For example: Chromium is my second app on the unity launcher, so I can press super-2 to launch it.
Is there any way to do this in Gnome? Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
I want the same thing, and... there's an alternative to that and works pretty well, explained by Mark in his answer here, using xbindkeys & wmctrl.
Just install them both packages:
Then create
.xbindkeysrc
in your home directory and put your desired programs like this:Then log off your account and login back again.
Using ALT+# open an instance of the defined program on
.xbindkeysrc
, or if that app it's already running then the shortcut will focus on that app. Sadly you have to manually put what programs you need on your.xbindkeysrc
file, but it works superb ;)