16 July 2009

Kontact: Check for New Email: Setting up a Global Shortcut in KDE4

I've set up a shortcut key to check for new email in Kontact, because in my current version of Kontact I cannot seem to change the Global Shortcuts column.

Now, I just press [F9] from anywhere and my Kontact will check all accounts for new emails.

In KDE 4.2.4, this is pretty easy to set up, although figuring out the D-Bus call was a bit confusing for me. On the Debian IRC channel #debian-kde I got a bit of assistance from gkiagia, so thanks go to him (or her?)

Open your System Settings > Input Actions, right-click and add a New Global Shortcut > D-Bus Command, name it what you'd like, and add the information that you see in my screenshot (click it to enlarge it and make it readable). Enjoy!





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