Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this tutorial, we show how to intercept key presses in Mir to open a terminal of your choice. By the end, you’ll understand how to handle keyboard input in Mir and have a solid starting point for implementing custom keybindings in your own compositor.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Setting up keyboard input handling
2:12 How to listen on Ctrl + Alt + T
5:13 Launching the terminal
6:08 Testing out the new terminal launcher
6:23 Conclusion
For more information on Mir, please visit our documentation page:
canonical-mir.readthedocs-hosted.com/stable
Find the Mir repository here:
github.com/canonical/mir
Come join us on the Mir matrix channel if you have any questions:
matrix.to/#/#mir-server:matrix.org
#OpenSource #Mir #Wayland #Compositor
In this tutorial, we show how to intercept key presses in Mir to open a terminal of your choice. By the end, you’ll understand how to handle keyboard input in Mir and have a solid starting point for implementing custom keybindings in your own compositor.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Setting up keyboard input handling
2:12 How to listen on Ctrl + Alt + T
5:13 Launching the terminal
6:08 Testing out the new terminal launcher
6:23 Conclusion
For more information on Mir, please visit our documentation page:
canonical-mir.readthedocs-hosted.com/stable
Find the Mir repository here:
github.com/canonical/mir
Come join us on the Mir matrix channel if you have any questions:
matrix.to/#/#mir-server:matrix.org
#OpenSource #Mir #Wayland #Compositor
