Cairo-Dock Core

Is there an option for keybindings similar to Unity or Windows 7

Asked by Jakob Lenfers

I've been looking for mechanisms in cairo dock that Unity and Win7 provide, but I want to continue to use xfce. I've been checking out a few docks without luck so far. I like cairo-dock and would like to know if it is possible to set it up with those features:

- Windows key to open a menu where I can start to type to start programs directly. (The dock doesn't necessarily need to do that, xfce-whisker-menu does this job fine already.)
- Pin apps to the dock so they stay at the same position in the dock, whether started or not. (This is already possible and works fine.)
- Start or switch to the app at n-th position via Winkey+n. (This seems to be the feature thats hard to come by.)

I know there is an extension to user Winkey+Return and then the number, but since I have to work with windows from time to time, I would like to keep it similar. And honestly... I like it. :)

Thanks!

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Matthieu Baerts (matttbe) said : 		#2

Hello, thank you for this question and sorry for the delay!

> - Windows key to open a menu where I can start to type to start programs directly. (The dock doesn't necessarily need to do that, xfce-whisker-menu does this job fine already.)

I think it's not possible to reserve only one key as a shortkey without removing all shortkeys using this key. The only way to do that is to directly communicate with the WM as Unity does.
If it's fine for you to use two keys, you can enable Cairo-Dock's "Applications Menu" plugin and use this shortkey: <Ctrl>+F2 (note that you can modify it from its config panel ; you can also try to manually set '<Super>' as shortkey but I'm not sure it will work).

> - Start or switch to the app at n-th position via Winkey+n

It's already possible with the "Remote Control" applet: try this shortkey: '<Super>Return' + [1-9]

> I know there is an extension to user Winkey+Return and then the number, but since I have to work with windows from time to time, I would like to keep it similar.

You can modify all shortkeys but it's possible that you need to use at least 2 keys.