[id='enabling-shortcut-custom-app-gnome']
= Enabling keyboard shortcuts for custom applications in GNOME

This section describes how to enable a keyboard shortcut for starting a custom application in GNOME.

[discrete]
== Procedure

. Open *Settings* and choose the *Devices* entry from the list:
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NOTE: Earlier Fedora versions might not need this step.

. Choose the *Keyboard* entry from the list and scroll down to the bottom of the list of keyboard shortcuts:
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. Scroll down in the list of shortcuts and applications until you locate the application that you want to enable:
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. Click on the entry.
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A window for editing the shortcut appears:
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. Click the *Set shortcut...* button.
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A window for entering the keyboard shortcut appears:
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. Press the key combination that should become the shortcut for starting the application.
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As soon as you release the key combination, the window for entering the shortcut closes. The window for application name and command now displays the entered shortctut:
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. Close the shortcut editing window.

