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BetterRed · 07-22-2019, 06:26 PM

The JobSpy plugin has a tool to run arbitrary programs, not sure if they can be assigned a keyboard shortcut - if not maybe that feature could be added.

Otherwise use the OS or 3rd party tools.

If Windows then:

If you put Firefox as the first to ninth item in taskbar, then WinKey+n key will jump into Firefox (start/restore/bring to top). For me Firefox is Winkey +1, calibre is Winkey+4 etc, viz:

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If for some peculiar reason I didn't like that, I would write an AutoHotKey (AHK) script.

Added - or if Firefox is already running use Alt+Tab

I imagine MacOS would have something similar as MS's WinKey+? for its Dock or whatever it's called this week, or you could do it with Automator.

For Linux: IIRC bash scripts can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut, or there's an AHK clone called Autokey, I've only ever glanced at it, its scripts use Python.

BR

07-22-2019, 06:26 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,825 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The JobSpy plugin has a tool to run arbitrary programs, not sure if they can be assigned a keyboard shortcut - if not maybe that feature could be added. Otherwise use the OS or 3rd party tools. If Windows then: If you put Firefox as the first to ninth item in taskbar, then WinKey+n key will jump into Firefox (start/restore/bring to top). For me Firefox is Winkey +1, calibre is Winkey+4 etc, viz: If for some peculiar reason I didn't like that, I would write an AutoHotKey (AHK) script. Added - or if Firefox is already running use Alt+Tab I imagine MacOS would have something similar as MS's WinKey+? for its Dock or whatever it's called this week, or you could do it with Automator. For Linux: IIRC bash scripts can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut, or there's an AHK clone called Autokey, I've only ever glanced at it, its scripts use Python. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 07-23-2019 at 03:11 AM.