Ubuntu – How to remap keyboard shortcut for context menu in Xubuntu

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I'm using Xubuntu 14.04 and typing on a keyboard without "Windows" and "context menu" keys (Unicomp Model M). Currently, I get context menu (mouse right-click) with Shift+F10, but when touch-typing, I often miss F10 key. I wanted to create keyboard shortcut (Alt+F1) for context menu, so when I opened keyboard settings in Xfce I expected to find definition of that shortcut (like I did for Whisker Menu, which I remapped to Alt+`), but it wasn't there.

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I'd be curious also to find out where this shortcut is defined.

In the meantime you could do it with a combination of xbindkeys and xdotool.
Try with this in your .xbindkeysrc:

"xdotool key --clearmodifiers 'shift+F10'"
  Alt + F1

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<property name="Super_L" type="string" value="xfce4-popup-whiskermenu"/>

Then logout and login.

Ubuntu – How to suspend with a keyboard shortcut

I wrote a script. It seems to do what you ask for:

#!/usr/bin/env zsh
# Custom suspend
#
# (That 'zsh' up there can be switched to 'bash', or 
# pretty much any shell - this doesn't do anything too fancy.)
#
# Dependencies are mostly xfce stuff:
#
#   xbacklight
#   xflock4
#   xfce4-session-logout

# Set how dim we want the screen to go (percentage, out of 100)
dim=5

# Pack up your toys
previous_dimness=$(xbacklight -get)

# Turn down the lights
xbacklight -set $dim

# Lock the door (this requires a password to get back in)
xflock4

# And go to sleep
xfce4-session-logout --suspend

# When we wake up, turn the lights back on
xbacklight -set $previous_dimness

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