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How can I find which command is bound to a given keyboard shortcut in gnome?

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For example: /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/screensaver ['l'] Here, Super+L is bound to: xdg-screensaver lock or, dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver /org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Lock I want to find out which command is run when i press a keybinding used with my window manager. To be specific I want to know which commands are invoked by my window manager (I am using Zorin OS 16 which use Gnome Shell) for the a given keybindings. For example, what happen when I invoke the keys for the following /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/maximize /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/unmaximize /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/toggle-maximized /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/minimize /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/toggle-fullscreen /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/toggle-tiled-left /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/toggle-tiled-right /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/show-desktop I am fine with both CLI or dbus. To be more specific, neither xdotool nor wmctrl is working for me. More details in https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/issues/398 So, i need the specific commands which i want to use in a script.
Asked by Ahmad Ismail (2998 rep)
Aug 25, 2022, 07:30 AM
Last activity: May 9, 2023, 10:02 PM