Tutorials/hotkeys

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

See also

• source of this page