Changes

<hr>

Ever since the advent of the graphical user interface we have been immersed in a world of pointers, mouse movements and clicks. With all this ease of use it is easy to forget that it can often be quicker to trigger something using the keyboard than to navigate through an array of menu options. This is a concept known as either ''keyboard shortcuts'' or ''keyboard accelerators''. In this chapter we will look at the use and configuration of these shortcuts in the context of the Fedora GNOME Desktop.

A new shortcut may be assigned to an action simply clicking on the current shortcut value in the list. The current setting will change to ''New shortcut''. At this point press the key sequence you wish to associate with the corresponding action. For example, you might want to assign Ctrl+H to the ''Home Folder'' action such that pressing Ctrl+H causes the file manager to open at the current user's home folder.

Note that if you press a key sequence that is inappropriate for use as a shortcut a warning dialog will appear instructing you to make a different selection:

On completion of this chapter it is intended that the reader will have an appreciation of the steps necessary to configure keyboard shortcuts on the Fedora GNOME desktop.

<hr>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">