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How to Enable Desktop icons and creating a shortcut to open a terminal on Opensuse15.1

Shortcut Key: To open a Terminal

Ctrl + Alt + T

Note:

By Default in OpenSUSE15.1, Desktop Icon in Hidden mode

Process

1. Change setting to view icons on Desktop

Click on Activities, where Click on show Applications

In search bar type dconf click on dconf Editor

Where navigate to org/gnome/background/ then Enable the Show-desktop-icon option

Now icons are visible in Desktop

2. Shortcut key configure

Click on Activities, where In search bar type Settings then click on it

Search bar type keyboard then select the keyboard option in the search list

Then Scroll down the screen, where, click on + option to create custom shortcut key

In shortcut key setup, give a name for shortcut and command Then click on set shortcut option, now choose the key combination

For example Ctrl + Alt + T

Then click on add, Now you can open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T

With this,the method to enable the desktop icons and to create a shortcut for opening the terminal On OpenSuse 15.1

Tag : OpenSUSE Terminal Emulator
FAQ
Q
What do KDE and Gnome stands for?
A
KDE stands for kool(cool) Desktop Environment
The gnome stands for GNU network object model environment
Q
Which is the default desktop environment on OpenSUSE?
A
KDE is the default environment beginning from opensuse11.2
Q
What are the desktop environment supports by OpenSUSE?
A
OpenSUSE can support a number of popular desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, and other common environments
Q
Is it possible to create multiple custom shortcut keys for commands?
A
yes, It is possible to create multiple custom shortcut key for commands
Q
What is a gnome?
A
Gnome is the desktop environment used on Opensuse15.1 where it allows users to use the UNIX/Linux Shell and run the programs that are on their system