Settings keyboard shortcut not working

Hi :waving_hand:

I'm new to Zorin, currently have it installed on a Surface Pro 7 and really like it. I only have one issue with setting up custom keyboard shortcuts. As I am used to using shortcuts in windows to access various functionality, mainly at work, I recreated a few I regularly use there in Zorin:

  • Ctrl + Shift + Esc for Mission center (flatpak) as task manager replacement
  • Super + E to open Files

These shortcuts work fine.

I then also wanted to create the shortcut Super + I to quickly access the system settings. However, this shortcut simply doesn't work. If I set another combination like Ctrl + Alt + I, then the settings immediately open, but it simply refuses to work for Super + I.

Interestingly enough, I have an old Desktop PC running Ubuntu 25.04, where this shortcut works without issue.

Is there a setting I am missing that prevents me from using this keyboard shortcut?

Welcome to the Forum!

Do You have more that one Super Key on Your Keyboard? If yes, you could try the other one.

As an Alternative, You could try it with Input Remapper. It is a Program for set up ... well, Input of Devices. With that, You can type in Your Shortcuts and try if it works.

EDIT: As I see @zenzen's Comment now, he has a Point with the Command. What command did You add to open the Settings? It should be gnome-control-center

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Hi, welcome to Zorin OS!

Are you sure the command that you've entered for the shortcut is the right one? I've just tried myself and seems to work fine (although with another launcher, I don't have Mission Center installed).

Try to log out and log back in, too. That helps way more often than it probably should :smiley:


EDIT: Oh yeah, looks like we typed at the same time...

I was just installing Mission Center to see if it worked, and it did. I think the main issue might be with the way you've entered the shortcut, or maybe a typo.

With Flatpak packages, you need to provide the full ID of the app. You can find out exactly what that is by running flatpak list in the terminal. Then, run them with flatpak run <id>:

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Thanks for your help. The flatpak runs fine. The problem is with the gnome settings:

This shortcut doesn't work for me.

If I enter Ctrl + Alt + I as shortcut, the gnome settings open up fine.

I will also try the Input mapper suggestion from @Ponce-De-Leon and report back.

Edit:
I only have the left Super key on my keyboard. I tried signing out and back in, but it didn't help.

So, turns out, there is already a shortcut assigned to Super+I used to toggle the Taskbar when Intelihide is enabled.

You can change this through Zorin Apperance → Interface → Taskbar Settings → Panel Intellihide:

I'm not sure why it doesn't work with the settings, but it does with other apps... I suppose it's because both are Gnome applications (well, the taskbar is an extension) and it's causing some sort of precedence issue.

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Yes! That was the problem! I changed the intellihide panel shortcut to something else and now the settings open fine :tada:

Thanks for your help @zenzen , much appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

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Glad it worked :smiley:

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