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keyboard-shortcuts

Inspect and edit KGlobalAccel keyboard shortcuts (global hotkeys) on KDE Plasma. Use when the user wants to bind, unbind, or audit a Meta/Ctrl/Alt key combination, or troubleshoot a shortcut that stopped firing.

npx claudepluginhub danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins --plugin kde-plasma

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This skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.

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Plasma global shortcuts are stored in `~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc` and managed by the `kglobalaccel` daemon.

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KGlobalAccel Shortcuts

Plasma global shortcuts are stored in ~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc and managed by the kglobalaccel daemon.

Inspect

# List all shortcuts grouped by component grep -E '^\[|^[A-Za-z]' ~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc | less # What is bound to a key combo? (D-Bus) qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /kglobalaccel org.kde.KGlobalAccel.allMainComponents

Edit a shortcut

Format in kglobalshortcutsrc:

ShortcutName=<active>,<default>,<friendly name> # e.g. Activate Krunner=Alt+Space,Alt+Space,Search

<active>=none to unbind.

Two comma-separated combos can be set, e.g. Meta+R\tAlt+F2.

Use the kwriteconfig-edit skill for safe edits:

kwriteconfig6 --file kglobalshortcutsrc --group "krunner.desktop" \ --key "_launch" "Alt+Space,Alt+Space,KRunner"

Then reload:

qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /kglobalaccel org.kde.KGlobalAccel.reloadConfiguration # or restart the daemon kquitapp6 kglobalaccel && kstart kglobalaccel

Custom command shortcuts (khotkeys)

Khotkeys / kglobalaccel custom shortcuts live in ~/.config/khotkeysrc. Editing this file directly is fragile — prefer the System Settings UI for new entries, then version-control the resulting file. Applying changes:

qdbus org.kde.kded6 /modules/khotkeys reread_configuration

Notes

On Wayland, Plasma owns the global shortcut keymap; X11-only tools (xbindkeys) won't work.

For per-application accelerators, see ~/.config/kdeglobals [Shortcuts] and per-app *shortcutsrc files.