Assign Ctrl+Alt+Del to Xfce's Task Manager in Xubuntu

UPDATED: 18/08/12.

By default the Ctrl+Alt+Del run xflock4 which locks the desktop. In this article we'll change this keyboard shortcut so that it'll run Xfce's Task Manager instead. Also the Ctrl+Alt+L shortcut will be assigned for running xflock4.

Xfce's Task Manager
Xfce's Task Manager

Install

Open a terminal window and run these two commands:

# Assign Ctrl+Alt+Del to Task Manager
xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -n -p "/commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>Delete" -t string -s "xfce4-taskmanager"
# Assign Ctrl+Alt+L to xflock4
xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -n -p "/commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>l" -t string -s "xflock4"

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 18, 2012 at 10:13 PM

    Thanks for this. First command should (I think) be

    xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -n -p "/commands/custom/Delete" -t string -s "xfce4-taskmanager"

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    1. Wilson SantosAugust 18, 2012 at 11:35 PM

      Thank you very much for your comment. There was indeed a problem with both commands: I forgot to replace < and > with < and >

      It'll work now.

      Delete
  2. AnonymousAugust 18, 2012 at 10:15 PM

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  3. Michael February 11, 2013 at 6:27 PM

    I tried this (like so...)

    xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -n -p "/commands/custom/Delete" -t string -s "xfce4-taskmanager"

    but I get this error:

    ** (process:6409): CRITICAL **: Failed to init libxfconf: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-ALLW9J6C6a: Connection refused

    Should I try try to run in as 'sudo' ?

    BTW: I am running Xubuntu-Desktop installed over Ubuntu 12.04

    Thanks

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  4. Wilson SantosFebruary 11, 2013 at 7:19 PM

    Please, try this: sudo apt-get install libxfconf-0-2 -y

    Before executing the xfconf-query commands.

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  5. AnonymousApril 26, 2014 at 1:37 PM

    Can this work on Ubuntu

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    1. Wilson SantosApril 26, 2014 at 2:03 PM

      No. I believe that it is possible to accomplish the same thing on Ubuntu, but not with these instructions. These are specific to Xubuntu.

      Delete
  6. AnonymousJuly 7, 2016 at 9:38 AM

    Just installed xfce on Lubuntu and ran this. Worked like a charm.

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  7. UnknownJanuary 6, 2018 at 7:17 PM

    This works in Ubuntu Studio. Thanks.

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