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With KDE you can set any key or a combination of keys to trigger an action on your computer. As an example: when I pause my work I want to lock my screen with the Pause key so my colleagues cannot baggy-pants me. Here is how to do that.

open a console

Call the command systemsettings

select Shortcuts and Gestures → Custom Shortcuts → Edit → New → Global Shortcut → Command/URL and enter Pause

In the Trigger tab, click on None

Press the Pause key

Go to the Action tab

Enter

qdbus org.kde.screensaver /ScreenSaver org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.Lock

or (whatever works)

/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kscreenlocker_greet

or (whatever works)

/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kscreenlocker --forcelock

Click Apply

test it by pressing the Pause key

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 * In the <menuchoice>Trigger</menuchoice> tab, click on  <menuchoice>None</menuchoice>
-* press the <keycap>Pause</keycap> key
+* Press the <keycap>Pause</keycap> key
 * Go to the <menuchoice>Action</menuchoice> tab