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How do I make Alt+V pull up KeePassXC if it's not already open AND trigger its auto-type prompt? (Mint 22.3) (programming.dev)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.world
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  1. Set the custom keyboard shortcut sh -c 'pgrep -i keepassxc > /dev/null || keepassxc' to Alt+V
  2. Keep KeePassXC's default autotype prompt keybinding, which is Alt+V

One disables the other. I thought that going the grep route might make the program opener conditionally inactive, but apparently that's not doing anything. I would really like to avoid using a separate keybinding if possible. Otherwise, I guess I'd just have to have it open on launch.

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[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Do you mean the one about hyprland? That's the only other comment I see

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting... There's a comment here by @HelloRoot@lemy.lol, so perhaps your instance doesn't federate with lemy.lol?

In their comment they suggested this command:

bash -c 'pgrep -x keepassxc > /dev/null && keepassxc --auto-type || keepassxc'
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

Actually, this code didn't work after all! It brings up the autotype window once, but then it brings up the main window thereafter...