Terminal shortcut key

I liked the shortcut for opening a terminal and if I remember correctly it was Ctrl+Alt+T that opened a terminal window.

Now with a later version of Ubuntu this shortcut is no longer predefined, I must add it myself from the shortcut settings.

Do you know why this shortcut was removed?

Thanks for any answer

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Solution 1:

The shortcut is still there for what I know.

There is perhaps some other application hiding that shortcut?

Solution 2:

Ctrl+Alt+T is not assigned by default as a shortcut key in Natty Narwhal. You can assign it manually to open the Terminal though by using the "Keyboard Shortcuts" application.

Solution 3:

For 14.04 release, (for Unity) unity-settings-daemon or exactly its media-keys plugin handles terminal launcher shortcut.

$ dconf read /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/terminal
'<Primary><Alt>t'

System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Launch Terminal

(for Gnome) gnome-settings-daemon same as its fork unity-settings-daemon. Otherway using Compiz, it has a setting in Gnome Compatibility plugin:

ccsm → Gnome Compatibility → Commands → Open a terminal