I'd like to change the keybindings in Nautilus. Specifically, I'd like to make it so Ctrl + Tab and Ctrl + Shift + Tab cycles between tabs instead of Ctrl+ PgUp / PgDn. I can't seem to find anything in dconf, and Nautilus only lists the shortcuts and doesn't let me change them. I tried using the solution here, but (1) the file ~/.config/nautilus/accels does not exist, so I can't figure out the syntax/lines I'm supposed to edit, and (2) making the file and copying their code into it didn't do anything. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
Ubuntu – How to change the keybindings in Nautilus
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You should be able to do this using xmodmap- see here for documentation and here for more information. The command will be something like xmodmap -e "keycode <key code>=<key sym>".
You can determine key code and key sym names for the keys in question by opening Terminal and running xev. Once this is running press the key in question and something similar to this will show:
KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x5800001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 117923881, (73,50), root:(736,103),
state 0x0, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
XFilterEvent returns: False
The third line gives both the key code (here, 38) and the key sym (0x61).
To make this new mapping permanent, you'll need to have these commands run at startup by adding them to System > Preferences > Startup Applications.
In the Terminal application (
gnome-terminalI'm assuming) hit menu Edit → Keyboard Shortcuts...A window will open with all the actions and the bound keyboard shortcuts.
Locate the group of actions Tabs.
Click the value of the action you want to change.
Click the same value again. It will be blanked.
Press the key combination you want to assign to the action.
Release all keys. The new key combination should be shown and active.
Best Answer
You can, but it's not easy: The standard parameters of Nautilus do not allow you to change these keybindings as there are no configuration parameters for them:
So you have 2 possibilities:
Clone the source of Nautilus, edit the source code, change Ctrl+PgUp to Ctrl+Tab and build your own version:
That's as far as I want to go, because I took the easy way and deployed Nemo because I abhor the direction the GNOME developers took as they prefer "simplicity", whereas I like my stuff complex and full of features.
Sorry! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯