Hello Community !
I have a simple yet strange issue.
I would like to launch Krunner with a custom shortcut.
It is actually one key (with a magnifying glass → Microsoft ergonomic keyboard) and it is recognized as “meta + shift + touchpad toggle” shortcut.
The shortcut does not work for any applications actually.
How is it possible ?
Thank you in advance,
Stefanovic
Hi @Stefanovic,
Have you set it in System Settings → Workspace → Sortcuts → KRunner:
https://i.imgur.com/b016D1T.png
This is mine, from just now, and it works like a charm.
Hi @Mirdarthos
Thank you for the answer !
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Have you set it in System Settings → Workspace → Sortcuts → KRunner:
Absolutely, but it doesn’t work.
It seems actually that it is not Krunner the problem but the key. Not a single app opens with it assigned as a shortcut.
I used Ulauncher (because of this problem) but now with the last update it is broken. Ulauncher worked with the shortcut but if I remember correctly, I assigned the shortcut within Ulauncher and not in System settings.
Somehow, KDE Manjaro seems to not recognize the key
Well, then let’s check if the keypresses are at least detected first. Identidy your keyboard idd from the list provided if you run:
xinput
Mine, for example:
$ xinput 1 ↵
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone EMP Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone EMP Consumer Control id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ckb1: CORSAIR K68 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard vM id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ GaminggearUhidMouse id=17 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ GaminggearUhidMultimedia id=18 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone EMP System Control id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone EMP id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone EMP Consumer Control id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ckb1: CORSAIR K68 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard vKB id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ GaminggearUhidKeyboard id=16 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ GaminggearUhidMultimedia id=19 [slave keyboard (3)]
From the I can deduce my keyboard has an ID of 13. So to seee if a keypress is detected, run:
xinput test <id>
Where, <id> _is the ID obtained previously. So i my case, it’d be 13.
Then see if it detects the keypress. Mine, for example:
$ xinput test 13 130 ↵
key release 36
key press 38
akey release 38
key press 37
key press 54
^C
Press Ctrl + C when done to exit. Let’s see that that part works before continuing.
yes it works, the same as your example
And, tell me, what happens when you press:
It opens Krunner.
But I am used to press the magnifying glass key to open the launcher, I would thus be happy to add it as a shortcut too.
Hmmm…I honestly don’t know if that makes it worse or better…
I have 1 other thing we can try, but in my opinion it is a last resort and not optimal. So let me ask first:
In the System Settings window earlier, was there any other shortcut than the one you specified?
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In the System Settings window earlier, was there any other shortcut than the one you specified?
Do you mean for Krunner only ?
If yes, then I have these default shortcuts:
In this window:
https://i.imgur.com/b016D1T.png
System Settings → Workspace → Sortcuts → KRunner
If you have other shortcuts, try removing them, as mine is, and set only the one you wish there.
As you can see, mine’s not set and it works like a charm. So it might be that, ya know?
Unfortunately, it does not change anything 
Have you restarted recently? Or at least logged of and logged on again?
Sorry, I just want to cover all bases, because in all theory it should work. But, the last way I can think of, is adding a Custom shortcut. To do so:
Open System Settings → Workspace → Sortcuts → Custom Shortcuts.
Right-click in the pane on the new window, and select New → Global shortcut → Command/URL, as in the image below:
https://i.imgur.com/76eTQWB.png
Call it Open KRunner or something easily identifiable.
On the Trigger window, set the keyboard shortcut you wish:
https://i.imgur.com/gfslNXC.png
krunner as command to run, as per the screenshot below:https://i.imgur.com/ljzoDH0.png
Click Apply to, you guessed it, apply the changes, and log out and -i again. Or reboot. And test.
(In all theory.) Profit.
If this doesn’t work, then
It doesn’t work unfortunately 
(I did everything and rebooted too)
Thank you for trying to help me 
I really don’t understand why it doesn’t work… the key works, it is detected, but when it is assigned as a shortcut, nothing happens. And why did it work when I assigned it within Ulauncher ??
I’m very sorry.
Try uninstalling Ulauncher and removing any and all of its configuration files, make sure the setting are correct and reboot.
I see this 
Is an AUR package. Did you rebuild it after the update?
pamac build ulauncher
Okay soooo… don’t be sorry, with your help, I eventually found the solution !! 
I uninstalled Ulauncher, and build it again (by the way, Ulauncher works again). Then I added within Ulauncher the custom shortcut and I realized that Ulauncher detects the key as Meta + Shift R and not Meta + Shift + Touchpad toggle .
So, back to system settings → shortcuts and by pressing Shift R and Meta I get a very weird shortcut (see image below)
but it works 
Linux is magic ahah
Thank you for your help !
False hope !
I have other shortcuts using special keys and now, Krunner launches every time I press on them…
I will stay with Ulauncher then, it seems the most sane decision
