Alt + F1 and Alt + F2 doesn't work on Compiz and Metacity

[Tin_Tin]

I just installed LMDE and really like it. However, I can't get these two keys to work.

Alt+F1 to open menu
Alt + F2 to open run dialog

I've already spent 4 hours trying to figure it out but no luck.

Thanks,

[xenopeek]

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[jswmcw]

I just installed LMDE and really like it. However, I can't get these two keys to work.

Alt+F1 to open menu
Alt + F2 to open run dialog

I've already spent 4 hours trying to figure it out but no luck.

Thanks,

I have the same issue. I have not figured out the Alt+F1, but I never use that. As a workaround for the run dialog, you can install gmrun. Then, you can set up Alt+F2 to launch gmrun in the commands section of ccsm. This has worked for me.

[jasmineaura]

Much more elegant, native solution (than using gmrun/grun) here: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopi ... =123#p1461

[atarixle]

Quick and Dirty Alt+F1:

To activate the Alt+F1 keystroke, you can use the xte tool to simulate the mouseclick onto the menu.

As I have the Main Menu in the region of the upper-left corner, for me the command is

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xte 'keyup F1' 'keyup Alt' 'mousemove 25 10' 'mousedown 1' 'mouseup 1'

Simply enter this line in ccsm > Commands > Command line x, and set the keybinding to Alt+F1 in the Key Bindungs tab.

For you, enter the screen-position of the main menu on your screen behind the mousemove command.

Note, that it is neccassary to 'keyup F1' and 'keyup Alt', as the main menu does not appear when these keys are pressed (double weird, huh?).

Yes, the mouse will move to your menu, and doesn't stay at the position it was before. But this should be ok, as you just decided to control your PC via keyboard at this very moment.

The xte command by the way is part of the xautomation package in debian based Linux'es.