Lum – How to increase or decrease volume in Xfce with keyboard shortcuts

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In "Settings->Window Manager" I can customize keyboard shortcuts for actions such as window tiling or maximizing and minimizing windows. There is no option to control the volume with keyboard, though. It is possible in Cinnamon which has a similar control panel for keys but I don't know how to do it in Xfce.

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I figured it out. Go to Settings->Keyboard->Application Shortcuts and bind the volume up and volume down keys you want to use to:

amixer set Master 5%+ 
amixer set Master 5%-

This will increase or decrease your volume by 5% depending on the key pressed.

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I am running Arch Linux (with xfce) on a Lenovo W530 and xubuntu (with xfce) on a W500. As I recall on xubuntu the volume keys worked out of the box. On Arch I had to set the keyboard shortcuts manually:

Settings > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts

   amixer set Master +5%    ->    XF86AudioRaiseVolume
   amixer set Master -5%    ->    XF86AudioLowerVolume

amixer has to be installed, of course. While setting the shortcuts, you don't have to type the XF86... commands; just press the key (-combination) you want when creating new shortcut.

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