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Is it possible in Ubuntu launch a url from desktop with a combination of keys?

In my job, in Windows, I use Ctrl-Alt-k to open a website where I have some tools. I would like to do the same here in my house where I only have Ubuntu.

Shirley Temple
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You can create a keyboard shortcut for the command

xdg-open https://some-website

See How can I change what keys on my keyboard do? (How can I create custom keyboard commands/shortcuts?) for how to create keyboard shortcuts.

Florian Diesch
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  • Thanks, Mr. Diesch !

    I used the terminal command you provided (xdg-open ) and followed the steps in Default keyboard and shortcut settings (from within System Settings)

    I had to reboot ubuntu for the changes to take effect which is not well clarified there.

    Thank you very much.

     – Shirley Temple May 14 '17 at 02:18
  • @ShirleyTemple reboots aren't necessary for creating desktop shortcuts, they take changes immediately. Likely what happened in your case is that the service that controls desktop settings had to be restarted, which is what you did by rebooting. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jun 25 '17 at 23:19