I have become accustomed to having keyboard shortcuts to bring up power management, display management, and sound management on my LinuxMint distro. As I move to KDE, I have found I can create a shortcut for both “Power Management” and “Display Configuration”, but “Sound” doesn’t seem to be available for creating a shortcut.
I use this for not simply adjusting volume but for switching the sink, checking operation, etc. Is there a way to create this shortcut which I am missing? Or, if not possible, could Sound be added as one of the available options like power and display?
Thank you. The second option is what I was looking for.
I found the other two in this way:
Open “System ettings”
Select “Keyboard > Shortcuts”
Select “System Settings”
Select “Display Configuration” and give it a shortcut.
Select “Power Management” and give it a shortcut.
Since those were there it just seemed odd that the other settings (e.g., Sound) were not also shown there. But now that I know I can get there via the kcmshell6 command, that will work.
I created a new folder in my applications folder specifically to launch kcmshell6 modules - the settings window is cumbersome, and only one item can be shown.
you don’t need to manually create anything in your /home folder, they already exist in /user/share
enter the kde menu editor by right clicking on the launcher and choosing Edit Applications…
then under settings > configure KDE menu editor check the box to show hidden.
now all the kcm items show up under lost and found where you can uncheck their hidden status and move them to where you want them to appear in the app menu, and save.
this will automagically create a copy (unhidden) in your ~/.local/share/applications/