Custom global keybindings in cinnamon via gsettings

cinnamonkeyboard shortcuts

I am trying to setup some keyboard shortcuts for cinnamon:

gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings custom-list \
    "['custom0', \
    'custom1', \
    'custom2', \
    'custom3', \
    'custom4']"

## browser
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name "browser"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command "/home/kaiyin/workspace/bash_scripts/focusRun.sh chromium-browser"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding "['<Primary><Shift><Alt>b']"

## file manager
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/ name "fileManager"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/ command "/home/kaiyin/workspace/bash_scripts/focusRun.sh nemo"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/ binding "<Primary><Shift><Alt>f"
## terminal
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/ name "terminal"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/ command "/home/kaiyin/workspace/bash_scripts/focusRun.sh gnome-terminal"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/ binding "<Primary><Shift><Alt>t"
## gmrun
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/ name "runDialog"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/ command "/home/kaiyin/workspace/bash_scripts/focusRun.sh gmrun"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom3/ binding "<Primary><Shift><Alt>g"

But this doesn't have any effect. I am using cinnamon 2.4.5 on ubuntu 14.04.

I know this can be done through system preferences dialog, but I want to do it on the commandline (better choice for automation).

Best Answer

I got this working under Ubuntu 14.10 onwards. This is the command that will create a custom key binding "slot" 

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings "['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/', '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/']"

You then set the name, command and binding values

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name "shutter"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command "shutter -s"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding "Print"

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/ name "shutter"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/ command "shutter -f"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom1/ binding "<Ctrl>Print"

If I compare this to your question for cinnamon, I'm guessing the problem is likely that you have to fully qualify each item you're adding with the full path, like so:

gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings custom-list \
"['/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom0', \
  '/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom1', \
  '/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom2', \
  '/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom3', \
  '/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom4']"
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