Adding shortcut for Settings > Sound

[IronRod]

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?

Thanks.

[Duha]

Not sure how you added the others. but here are two ways for the sound settings.

If the applet in the system tray is in enough you can set it from the system tray settings.

If you want the audio settings from the system settings you can create a custom shortcut.

The command is kcmshell6 kcm_pulseaudio

[skyfishgoo]

nearly all the items in the system tray can each have their own shortcut if you want to assign them

configure system tray > items tab > click on the configure shortcut button

[IronRod]

Thank you. The second option is what I was looking for.

I found the other two in this way:

1. Open “System ettings”
2. Select “Keyboard > Shortcuts”
3. Select “System Settings”
4. Select “Display Configuration” and give it a shortcut.
5. 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.

[ben2talk]

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.

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Settings;DesktopSettings;
Comment[en_GB]=Launch kcmshell6 settings module
Comment=Sound
Exec=kcmshell6 kcm_pulseaudio
GenericName[en_GB]=
GenericName=
Icon=preferences-desktop-sound
MimeType=
Name[en_GB]=
Name=
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

This is the audio module, shows up via menu as an application with a suitable icon.

If you create a folder for this, you can copy paste it then edit for any other kcmshell6…

Top candidate is the huge Font Manager… even fullscreen in the settings it’s a behemoth.

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Settings;DesktopSettings;
Comment[en_GB]=Launch kcmshell6 settings module
Comment=Launch kcmshell6 settings module
Exec=kcmshell6 kcm_fontinst
GenericName[en_GB]=
GenericName=
Icon=preferences-desktop-font-installer
MimeType=
Name[en_GB]=
Name=
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

[skyfishgoo]

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/

[IronRod]

Doing this, I see “Sound” appear in that list and on the “Advanced” tab, I can set a shortcut key. Nice!

[dzon]

As for a menu entry or desktop app, you can put it anywhere you want.