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I'd like to re-map the Next Tab and Previous Tab shortcuts in LXTerminal to match tab switching in my web browser: Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab, respectively. Unfortunately, there aren't any examples of using the tab key in the other shortcuts in the LXTerminal Preferences window, so I am just trying things blindly.

I've tried <CTRL>Tab and even <CTRL><TAB>, but every time I try, it simply resets the shortcut to the default value of <CTRL>Page_Down.

What is the keyword to use for tab in a shortcut?

FWIW, this is on LXTerminal v0.2.0.

patridge
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Unfortunately, it is generally not possible to use Tab in custom shortcuts ('keyboard accelerators') in a GTK2 application like LXTerminal. This appears to be because Tab and Ctrl+Tab are reserved for keyboard navigation between user interface controls in GNOME.

Incidentally, the syntax <CTRL>Tab is successfully parsed and shown in the application UI if you add it to .config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf (tested in LXTerminal 0.3.0). However, it doesn't achieve the desired effect.

Further reading:

Morris Cornell-Morgan
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