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I've seen this answer and this one. I think I've done what they say to do, but I'm still having trouble.

I've copied /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/. I then edited that file to look like this

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
Comment=Use the command line
TryExec=gnome-terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal
Icon=utilities-terminal
Type=Application
X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/index.html
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=BugBuddyBugs
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.0.1
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;
StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=New;NewDev
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-terminal

[New Shortcut Group]
Name=New Terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[NewDev Shortcut Group]
Name=New Development Terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=Development
TargetEnvironment=Unity

I then chowned the file to make me the owner instead of root. I closed all my terminals and removed the terminal icon from the launcher.

Now, if I open Terminal from the dash, I get a new launcher icon which has the new quicklist. But if I press Ctrl + Alt + T, it opens a different terminal icon, which doesn't have the quicklist.

What's worse is that if I keep the new icon in the launcher and then close all terminals, using the new quicklist opens a new terminal with the correct profile, but with a new icon without the quicklist.

I made a video here of some of the weird behavior.

I also tried editing the /usr/share/applications/ file directly, but that didn't work at all. I got no new quicklist, and clicking on the launcher icon wouldn't load a terminal at all.

What am I doing wrong in creating quicklists?

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Kris Harper
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What I think you should try is this -

Open your custom gnome-terminal.desktop in a text editor

Remove this line & it's space entirely, then save. You may want to then do a log out/in & try again

OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
doug
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Its not a problem with quicklists, Ctrl + Alt + T appears to be hard coded to the gnome-terminal command. I confirmed this by creating a gnome-terminal symlink in my ~/bin and binding it to a different executable.

To work around this you can create your own short cut with your custom command in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts, as the system commands cannot be edited save for changing the shortcut keys

This will disable the current Terminal Launcher shortcut, if you use the same command.

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Ciaran Liedeman
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