Creating Shortcut Schemes

If you’re using KDE, you’ve got a great way to create or take advantage of
shortcut schemes; groups of keyboard shortcuts gathered together with a common
theme. In fact, KDE 3 offers several sets of pre-defined shortcut schemes,
including the KDE default, Mac, Unix, and Windows - both with and without the
win key. If you’re as keyboard dependent as I am, these schemes can be a great
way to ease the transition from another OS to Linux.

To find the existing schemes, open the KDE control panel, select the Look and
Feel option from the left pane, and click on shortcuts. The right pane will open

with all the available shortcuts in the current scheme. The dropdown at the top
of the right pane will allow you to change from the current scheme to one of the

prepackaged sets. You can also customize schemes that fit your overall use or
even specific uses. Simply highlight an action, select Custom from the “Shortcut

for Selected Action” area, and choose the shortcut.

Customization has always been an important element of Linux. Using shortcut
schemes, you can completely customize the way you jump around your keyboard in
KDE.