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Just installed CentOS 7 on my laptop. This new version of CentOS is pretty different from older ones, and I cannot make a keyboard shortcut for Terminal in older ways. Dose anybody know how ?

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Go to Settings >>> keyboard >>> Shortcuts tab >>> Custom Shortcuts >>> click "+"
Name: Terminal Shortcut
Command: gnome-terminal
Now a new shortcut added with status "disabled". Click on "disabled" word and assign your shortcut.
For me, I prefer Ctrl+Alt+t to run Terminal

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  • By default, the shortcut shown to me was `Alt`+`Tab`. By clicked on it, to change it to `New Accelerator`, then I pressed `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`T` to update the shortcut. – KrishPrabakar Dec 26 '16 at 10:56
  • Thanks for this answer; I wonder what the feature designer was thinking when they chose the word "Disabled" for something which doesn't have a key combination assigned yet, and why couldn't the first screen where you define the command take the key combination as well. – Jaywalker Sep 11 '17 at 09:08
  • Thanks. I chose 'Super' + t where 'Super' is the Windows key on the keyboard. – SpeedCoder5 Mar 09 '18 at 14:46
  • For anyone confused how to access 'settings'. Move cursor ALL THE WAY to the upper left hand of screen. You'll see a seach box pop up at the upper middle; then type keyboard in it. – gimmegimme Jul 02 '18 at 23:30
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On Gnome 3 GUI you may follow these 16 steps,

  1. Click Activities on the top left

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  1. Click Show Applications on the bottom left

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  1. Click Settings icon at the top middle

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  1. Click Keyboard icon in the middle of All Settings

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  1. Scroll down the v-scroll bar until Custom Shortcuts section appears

  2. Then, click + icon

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  1. Enter Terminal Shortcut in Name text box.

  2. Enter gnome-terminal in Command text box.

  3. Click Add button

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  1. In the Custom Shortcuts section, ‘disabled’ shortcut will appear

  2. Click the word Disabled

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  1. Click Edit button next to Shortcut None

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  1. All grey popup will be shown

  2. Type a shortcut(eg, Shift+Ctrl+M)

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  1. Close window by pressing X mark on top right

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  1. Shortcut(s) you just defined will be shown as follows

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That's it. Try pressing the shortcut and you will have the Terminal Opened with the home directory.

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  • How do you make a shortcut like this print out a unicode character? I can't seem to make it work with `echo ñ` – Arturo Oct 11 '19 at 00:05