Setting Global Shortcuts for Bash for Windows
I have started using Bash for Windows as part of my workflow. For a long time, I have been using the standard command prompt with Git Bash tools hooked up to my path (using chocolately to install the tools in one command choco install git -params '"/GitAndUnixToolsOnPath"'
). This was nice because I could use the shortcut Windows Key + X
then C
to open a command prompt and get access to Linux like tools such as ls
, git
and grep
.
Now that I am using Bash for Windows I wanted to have a shortcut set up as well. I found it was really easy to set up using the Shortcut key
setting on the shortcut properties window. This process could be used for any application that has a shortcut setup. The basic steps are:
- Find the shortcut by
Windows Key
the typebash
- Right click on the shortcut and select
open file location
- Right click on the shortcut in the folder and select
Properties
- Select
Shortcut key
and type your keyboard shortcut
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