Can't set "Alt+Ctrl+T" to launch terminal in xfce4

Question

I followed normal steps to assign Alt+Ctrl+T to open a terminal window. (Menu → Settings Manager → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts → Add and follow steps) but it just doesn't seem to work. I was following this: How to open terminal on Xubuntu and some other sources.

Why isn't it working? How do I make it work?

Solution 1

I'd like to suggest the following steps:

1. go to 'Start' at the top left corner, and open Settings Manager

   or

   open Terminal and type xfce4-settings-manager

2. open Keyboard
3. open Application Shortcuts Tab
4. click Add button (with greed-icon) below
5. type xfce4-terminal
6. trigger the shortcut, which is in this (Ctrl + Alt + T)

Good luck!

Solution 2

I solved this by adding the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T for the command gnome-terminal, using XFCE and TigerVNC. Go to the XFCE settings or run xfce4-settings-manager, then Keyboard, Application Shortcuts. Press Add and use gnome-terminal as the command you want to trigger and finally the shortcut.

Solution 3

Run xfce4-settings-manager Go to Window -> shortcuts -> add -> put the following as a command to run: exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator Then, select the key combination

Comments

[TuKsn]

Did you try another key combination? Did you try this command exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator for the shortcut? What is your Ubuntu version? Is it an updated system from 13.04 to 14.04 or something else? ALT+CTRL+T works well on my Xubuntu 14.04 to open a terminal.

[Mina Michael]

weird! Why not work with me!?! I'm with a clean 14.04 Ubuntu + ubuntustudio-desktop (which is xfce). ...Tried exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator now but still no good :( maybe I'm doing something wrong @Tuknutx

[TuKsn]

Did you have a .Xmodmap file in your home folder? Perhaps something of this will help askubuntu.com/questions/375709/… or bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/129229‌​0 ?

[Mina Michael]

no I don't have that! (the .Xmodmap) If this is what I need, how do I get it? ...I checked the links but both are not dealing with my problem.

[TuKsn]

no you need no .Xmodmap.

[Serge Stroobandt]

Super + T might also work by default.

[Mina Michael]

I tried many many commands and none worked till now :(

[Wayne_Yux]

OP already did that

[Xiaodong Qi]

This won't work if the Xubuntu environment was not installed completely.

[Xiaodong Qi]

This works because you have either gnome, unit or mate DE installed on the computer.