Creating XFCE4 Application Shortcuts from the terminal (CentOS)

Question

I am trying to add a new application shortcut in the command line which will load the terminal when you press Ctrl + Alt + T.

I am using the xfconf-query utility to monitor xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts and the output I get when setting my shortcut via the Keyboard GUI is: /commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>t.

I've been able to set other settings from the command line, for example changing the theme using the following command:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -s "Adwaita"

However, I am not sure how to apply this a similar logic to my application shortcut, I just keep getting errors. Would anyone happen to have any ideas?

I tried the following command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -p '/commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>t' -s xfce4-terminal

but I got the follow error message:

Property "/commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>t" does not exist on channel "xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts". If a new property should be created, use the --create option.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

If the property doesn't exist, it's necessary to create it using the --create option (or the synonymous -n) as indicated in the error. The following worked for me...

xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -n -t 'string' -p '/commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>t' -s xfce4-terminal

Note that it was also necessary to add the type of the value, although 'String' as found for a type in the Xfce Settings Editor wouldn't work; it had to be 'string'.