General keyboard shortcut questions
 

Hello,

1-) What is the fastest to way get back to desktop view (is there any key combination)

2-) Say that I want to be able launch a google page quickly from keyboard. How can I assign say "gg" to launch a microb with Google on desktop only?

3-) Alternatively, can I make a such assignment to quickly turning up and down the device to get a microb Google page?

Where to look up for these questions? Any guidance?

Thanks.

Re: General keyboard shortcut questions
 

With shortcutd, you can have "1" and one custom command as "2".

Re: General keyboard shortcut questions
 

Soft press on camera button now switches me to the desktop. It would be nice it to act like a toggle between desktop and dashboard.

For the second do you have any tips? I don't know how to start the browser from terminal nor assign a key for the launch.

3rd one is a fancy request, I am fine with keyboard alternatives.

Re: General keyboard shortcut questions
 

modified-hildon-desktop (in my repository) allows for global shortcuts of the type ctrl+shift+letter. For exaple in my setup ctrl+shift+h goes to home view.

By default pressing a letter on the desktop opens the contacts application. modified-hildon-desktop allows you to change that and use key presses on the desktop for shortcuts. The package keyboard-shortcuts is a sample implementation of such shorcuts.

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Hmm ctrl+shift_letter combination really requires two hands holding the device. If "gg" were possible I could slide the phone by one hand and launch a browser. Plus easier than triple key combo or trying to hit the right spot on the screen :) Not a big complain but just a thought.

Re: General keyboard shortcut questions
 

(from an another thread):
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.osso_browser /com/nokia/osso_browser/request com.nokia.osso_browser.load_url string:"www.google.com"

Re: General keyboard shortcut questions
 

Good, still one step is missing -- how to assign this command to "gg" key hits?

Re: General keyboard shortcut questions
 

You will need to do some programming, as there is no program that implements that. What is already available is the package keyboard-shortcuts (in my repository). After you install that (and set the gconf key /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/key-actions/home_contacts_phone to false). Pressing 'o' on the desktop opens the browser at page www.google.com.

You can edit the python program /usr/bin/keyboard-shortcut for changing shortcuts. Reading this program should give you enough information to implement two letters shortcuts.