Open xfce “window manager” settings from command line

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How do you open the window manager settings from the command line?

I'm trying to modify my keyboard shortcuts, but when i click the applications menu -> settings -> window manager nothing happens.

Hopefully by running it from the command line I can at least see if there has been an error.

Edit:

I was able to find keyboard shortcuts in the file :~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce-keyboard-shortcuts.xml. These match the values found from xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -l as suggested below.

Unfortunately, only one of the keyboard shortcuts that I am trying to disable is in there.
For example, super + up key is maximising windows and is not a binding that I can find using the above technique.

The reason why I am doing this is because the super key is stuck when trying to access via VNC. All solutions seem to suggest simply removing any bindings that use the super key.

Best Answer

Assuming you are using xfwm, the default window manager for Xfce, then you can access the configuration settings using Xfconf-query.

For example, to list all the properties in the panel, you would use:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -l

There is a list of examples on the project page.

According to the Arch Wiki, you can also run xfce4-keyboard-settings to manage key binds.

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