How to start a software from keyboard?

[nicrnicr]

Thank you GreyGeek.
"Strg" means "Ctrl" in german.

[GreyGeek]

I believe that the shortcut key in KMenu is only for using the Control key + some other key. I never tried it with Alt, and it works fine with Ctl+F for FireFox, Ctl+K for Konsole, Ctl+T for Thunderbird....

[nicrnicr]

Thank you very much GreyGeek.
You will remark that I have almost the same picture.
The difference is the drawing before "Ctrl". You have two sliders whereas I have a kind of menu.
When I press "alt + F", I have the same kind of menu before "alt".

[GreyGeek]

You posted in the BIonic sections and that feature is part of Plasma for Bionic. Here is mine (in Neon) setting FireFox to open when I press "Ctl+F".

[nicrnicr]

Thank you very much GreyGeek.
Your explanation in #2 was alright.
I did what you wrote in #4, but as I already wrote it doesn't work for me.

[GreyGeek]

Your problem is probably due to my POOR instructions. I forgot to mention that you should RIGHT CLICK on the KMenu and select "Edit Applications". In that dialog browse to the app you want to assign Ctl+ whatever to and and select it. On the advanced tab in the right panel, at the lower right corner is the "Current Shortcut Key" button. Left click on it, then use the Ctl+whatever key combo you want to use. Then save the edit. You cannot add a shortcut key to a menu level, only to an app in the menu.

[nicrnicr]

Thank you very much GreyGeek, there are (at least) two ways to define a shortcut: as you wrote & as I wrote; because the shortcut that I defined to open FF was already written as I wanted to define it as you wrote me.
The shortcut was already defined and it didn't work. I also tried another shortcut and it still don't work.

[GreyGeek]

I don't know which "three tabs" you are talking about.
I just right clicked on the KMenu (left side of task manager panel) and browsed to "Internet" and selected FireFox. On the Advanced Tab in the right panel I clicked on the shortcut key and pressed "Ctl+F" and then left clicked the save button and closed the menu edit dialog.
Now, when I press Ctl+F my FireFox browser appears. I did the same for Thunderbird and other apps. Works great.

[nicrnicr]

Dear All,

There is in the "own keyshorts" "Kmenuedit" in which it should be possible to define how a software starts from keyboard.
I do not succeed in doing it in wheter in Kubuntu 18.04 nor in Kubuntu 16.04.
I already asked in an other forum and nobody could help me.

For instance to start Firefox:
There are 3 tabs. The left one is useless, I tipped alt + E in the center one and I choosed "Firefox web browser" in the right one.
Nothing happens when I tipp alt + E.

Please could someone help me?