Trying to assign a lot of custom shortcuts to my keys. So, I want two key combinations which are unlikely to used by other websites/distros. I use MX Linux 21 xfce btw.
Also, is there a way to know what your systems current shortcuts are? I am pretty sure not many websites use Windows button + _____ shortcuts, so if I know what shortcuts to avoid, I can create many shortcuts as a combination of Windows Button
Different applications may have their own keyboard shortcuts that are not system-wide, although, importantly, system-wide ones generally override these.
Mint Cinnamon has a Keyboard applet in System Settings that shows the system shortcuts in the aptly named Shortcuts tab. (Xfce is GTK, if not completely GNOME based, so I am assuming it has something similar.)
Unfortunately, at least for this purpose, they’re not in one monolithic list, but in a tree view sorted by category.
If I have any sort of recommendation, the number pad is rarely used for shortcuts, especially not with chorded modifiers (e.g. Shift+Ctrl etc.). The closest I’m familiar with are Ctrl-Plus, Ctrl-Minus and Ctrl-0 for changing zoom levels in things like web browsers.
Using lots of modifiers at once is also pretty rare.
Also also, if you have a keyboard with working multimedia keys (or something accessible via an Fn key), these might be detectable with modifiers as well.
Personal examples:
Shift+‘e’ (a multimedia key, not the letter) = start Firefox with a different profile configuration. Without the Shift is the out-of-the-box default behaviour and the regular Firefox profile. I rarely use this and tend to use launch icons instead, but it’s nice to have around.
Super+NumberPad5 = Resize the current window to full height, centred with 4:3 proportions. Another web browser one. I was Internetting on 4:3 monitors for a long time before 16:9 windows were commonplace and browsers still look weird to me at full width.
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Super+Break = wtf = “Can’t hit this by accident” = “Vulcan nerve pinch” = Suspend the computer. I tend to mash Ctrl, Super and Alt at the left of the keyboard where they’re all in a line and then hit right Shift and Pause/Break with my right hand.
(I don’t have a cat, but I have considered that it’s vaguely possible that a keyboard-walking cat could theoretically hit this. Something to think about if you think it’s a decent idea but have a cat!)