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I would like to bind both Super+1 and Super+Home as shortcuts to the "Switch to workspace 1" action in GNOME 3. Is there a way to do this?

I think that to achieve this there would either have to be a way to assign multiple keyboard shortcuts to the same action or there would have to be a way to switch workspaces via a command-line action (which would alet me create a shortcut for it in the "custom shortcuts" section). But I'm not sure these are possible...

hugomg
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Yes, this is a dconf setting and the value is an array of strings which means it accepts multiple shortcuts. You can do that via dconf-editor if you navigate to

/org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-1

and turn Use default value OFF then insert Custom value: ['<Super>Home', '<Super>1']

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Or if you prefer CLI you can use dconf or gsettings e.g.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-1 "['<Super>Home', '<Super>1']"

Keep in mind the values must be quoted and separated by comma+space.

don_crissti
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Adding Super+1 and friends for workspace switching with dconf:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-1 "['<Super>Home', '<Super>1']"
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-2 "['<Super>2']"
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-3 "['<Super>3']"
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-4 "['<Super>4']"

It will not create workspaces in Gnome 3 which create them dynamically when there are windows on a previous one.

anatoly techtonik
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  • Since I return to this post once again, I'll leave a code snippet here for interested readers: assigning workspaces up to 8: `for i in $(seq 1 8); do dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-$i "['$i']"; done`. And a similar snippet for moving to nth workspace: `for i in $(seq 1 8); do dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/move-to-workspace-$i "['$i']"; done` – Hi-Angel Dec 17 '21 at 17:38
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Sharing my script here:

# script from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/361551/how-can-i-assign-redundant-shortcuts-for-switching-workspaces-in-gnome-3
# disable unnecessary dock app launch shortcuts
# https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/super-1-keyboard-shortcuts-not-working/15187
for i in {1..9}; do gsettings set org.gnome.shell.keybindings switch-to-application-$i "[]"; done

for i in $(seq 1 9); do dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-$i "['<Super>$i', '<Control><Alt>$i']"; done
# And a similar snippet for moving to nth workspace:
for i in $(seq 1 9); do dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/move-to-workspace-$i "['<Super><Shift>$i','<Control><Shift>$i']"; done

# in the end clean it up.
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-1 "['<Super>Home','<Super>1', '<Control><Alt>1']" 
# caused by gesttings  set org.gnome.shell.keybindings switch-to-application-1
# replace '<Super>1'  with '<Super>0' since it always pops up nautilus.
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/move-to-workspace-1 "['<Super><Shift>Home', '<Super><Shift>1','<Control><Shift>1']"

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-last "['<Super>End', '<Control><Alt>End']"
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/move-to-workspace-last "['<Super><Shift>End','<Control><Shift>End']"
James
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    Please explain what this script does, how it answers the question and how to use it. … … … … … Please do not respond in comments; [edit] your answer to make it clearer and more complete. – G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' Jul 11 '22 at 06:07