Questions tagged [shortcut-keys]
Questions about keyboard shortcuts: both which ones to use and how to create custom shortcuts.
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How can I change or delete the shortcut to shade/roll up a window in Ubuntu 24.04?
There is a keyboard shortcut for IntelliJ products which is Ctrl+Shift+S and it clashes with Ubuntu's "Toggle Shaded Window". the shortcut used to be stored here:
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Gnome shell extension with custom shortcut
I am trying to create an extension for gnome (following partially the documentation in https://gjs.guide/ and in https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/1-latest/index.html). I'm targeting ...
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How to recover Simultaneous Output device for Sound in Ubuntu 24.04?
To play music through both the Line Out Built-in Audio and Bluetooth speakers, I implemented the answer by @DidierL that created a new “Simultaneous Output” as output device.
I then noticed a slight ...
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Separate keypad just for macros
I use Autokey for about twenty different hotkeys using combination of control, alt, shift, and the numbers pad. I'd like to have an auxiliary keypad like this one so I don't have to use the numbers ...
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What is the command to clear an entire line in Linux using Super + Backspace, like on Mac with Command (hold) + Backspace (tap)?
I’m looking to create a custom shortcut on Linux (I'm using Ubuntu 24.04) to clear an entire line using Super + Backspace, similar to how it works on Mac with Command (hold) + Backspace (tap).
My goal ...
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How to disable "Alt" key menu navigation in Ubuntu for VSCode shortcuts
Hello Ask Ubuntu Community,
I frequently use keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to speed up my workflow. However, since switching to Ubuntu, I've noticed an issue with shortcuts that ...
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Different keyboard combination for switching a certain language
on my system I have 3 languages for my keyabord and they can be switched by pressing shift+alt combination, but it's not always convenient to switch between 3 languages, especially while programming ...
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How to disable dock keyboard shortcuts ctrl+alt+<number> in 22.04
When I type ctrl+alt+2 on Ubuntu 22.04, the dock opens the 2nd application in favorites. I am pretty sure it is the dock grabbing these keystrokes, as it displays a little "1" by the first ...
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Change "Powerbutton" to "run script"
I am trying to get used to modern Linux.
Running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on a
HP HP EliteDesk 800 G3 DM 35W / Intel® Pentium® G4560T × 4
What I want to do:
Map the Power-Button on the case (the only button)...
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extend selection till end of file not working
I'm using Sublime Text and Visual Studio Code (or rather, I'm using its open-source clone Codium) on
Ubuntu 24.04, with a French AZERTY keyboard.
For both of those apps, I've tried to find a shortcut ...
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Ubuntu 24.10 Keyboard Customization Stop Working
I am running Ubuntu 24.10 and I have a USB-C keyboard (Specifically a Varmilo VPE108, though I don't think that matters. I have set keyboard customizations in settings to have the keys I have control ...
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nano version 8 with "standard" keybindings for Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v,
Is it planned to make nano version 8 available in the Ubuntu 24.04 repository?
nano version 7.2 is part of Ubuntu 24.04.
nano version 8.0 and above supports the modern keybindings:
^Q quit, ^X cut, ^C ...
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How to prevent GNOME terminal from catching the Super+² (twosuperior) keyboard shortcut?
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with a French AZERTY keyboard, and the keyboard shortcut Super+² to "Switch windows of an application" (/org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-group in dconf) ...
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How to turn off Ubuntu's "windows stick together" feature when pressing super+left-arrow and super+right-arrow?
I'm used to GNOME on Fedora where I can push Super+arrow-key to make the active window automatically scale to take up half the desktop. However on Ubuntu there is an extra dialog that shows other ...
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Startup script to emulate keyboard shortcut keystrokes - dismiss app started in the background notification
I am running Ubuntu 24.04 noble on a Raspberry Pi 5 (arm64), with Wayland as window manager.
For background to my issue, I use the Snap package of ZapZap for Whatsapp, which auto starts on system ...
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Nautilus: Change alt-down from "back" to "down"
I'm on 24.04 & in Nautilus, using alt and an arrow key yields largely sensible navigation behaviour:
left: back [if previously elsewhere]
right: forward [if previously elsewhere]
up: up one level ...
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Change of language key sequence in Ubuntu 24.04
I unsuccessfully tried to change the key sequence for language with Tweaks. My keyboard is wireless. Naturally this was not possible in the Settings app.
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Shortcut to display the table of content of a pdf with mupdf
I cannot find a way / keyboard shortcut to display the table of content in mupdf, although I am pretty sure I could do that on my previous system (I was on MacOS and now I am on Ubuntu 22.04).
I did ...
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Pressing left or right CTRL presses a number of other keys activating multiple shortcuts at once
when I press Control a number of other keys get registered as pressed, activating different shortcuts and preventing me from using the shortcut i want to use. the additional keys pressed are different ...
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Wacom buttons are getting stuck and crashing Ubuntu 24.04.1, any advice on how to fix?
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. I have a Wacom Cintiq 13HD tablet, and use Krita for drawing. The shortcut keys keep getting "stuck" - e.g. I click a button mapped to "...
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How do I disable ctrl/alt + mousewheel workspace switching in Ubuntu 22.04?
On my previous system I would regularly use ctrl+mousewheel scroll on browsers to zoom in/out of pages. I've upgraded to a new machine and during the setup process I noticed that this was now bound to ...
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Strange behaviour of the shortcut Super + Left and Right arrows with 24.04
In Ubuntu 22.04 I used Super+Left and Super+Right to resize a window to half of the display and to move it to the left or the right.
With Ubuntu 24.04 (both on a machine upgraded from 22.04 and on a ...
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Switching between windows of same application fails
I'm using the function a lot where i can switch between windows of same application, file browser for instant. Usually that's ALT+½ (always is after a reboot), but that just disappeared suddenly, and ...
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SHIFT+CRTL+END not working in new Dell keyboard on Ubuntu 22.04
I changed my Dell G3 3500 Keyboard recently. It's working well on Windows (dual boot), but when I try to type SHIFT+CTRL+END in Ubuntu, nothing happens. All three simultaneous keys when pressed do not ...
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Super+² "switch windows of an application" broken in Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
I only install LTS ubuntu versions, so this might not have started in 24.04, possibly in 23.
On my system, the Super+² keyboard shortcut does not work any more.
When using this combination on "...
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How do I change / edit / alter / modify keyboard shortcuts in Ubuntu? Specifically, <Shift>+<Del> cuts to clipboard when I want to delete
This same basic question was asked before, to no avail:
How can I disable Shift + Delete as a shortcut for "Cut"?
I would have thought this would have been included in Settings > Keyboard ...
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How to remap the PrtSc key so that PrtSc is another AltGr key?
My Thinkpad P52 sadly has a German keyboard so when I do not have an extra UK keyboard attached to it, I need to press AltGr right beside the space key plus e.g. 7 to get "{"
Idiotically, ...
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Keyboard and mouse settings for (clipboard) paste do not work anymore
Since two days my paste settings are gone.
In any application SHIFT-insert, mouse-right-paste, etc don't work anymore. Even in menu selection in any application edit->paste fails.
The only way to ...
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24.04 How to disable Super + left/right
I constantly hit the windows button and left/right, my windows get put into half of the screen. I can't find this keybinding combo (I think super + left/right) anywhere. I tried regular settings and I ...
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Enable Ctrl+Alt+Del keyboard shortcut to reboot the system
I was reading Console Security Topic.
To disable the reboot action taken by pressing the Ctrl + Alt + Delete key combination, run the following two commands:
I applied the following command on my ...
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Lenovo Laptop with Ubuntu 24: Media keys not working
I've just got a Lenovo V15 G4 Laptop. I've installed Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS.
The keyboard has four media keys where usually the up, down, home, and end keys are.
I want to change those media keys into the ...
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How to record screen on ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have questions to ask. I use ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS when I press "PrtSc Button" It will appear screenshot and screen recording button but now I install MacOS theme on Ubuntu, So recording ...
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How to disable a combination of Ubuntu keybinds (Alt + [anything) when gaming
I'm aware of how to edit keybinds and custom shortcuts within the settings, and I have read Ubuntu's documentation about keybinds; however, what I'm trying to avoid is making a bunch of keybind ...
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How can i make this shortcut work?
What i am trying to do is to set up a keyboard shortcut to power off my pc.
Ive tried this code in the terminal(replaceing the 'password' with my real password ofc):
echo 'password' | sudo -S shutdown ...
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Is it possible to let Alt-F4 cycle through programs on other workspaces too?
I am on Xubuntu 22.04.
Before shutting down a computer, it is best practice to close all open windows first. Alt-F4 closes the window which has the program focus (and if there is still something to ...
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In Ubuntu 24, how to configure Alt + Tab to switch between different apps and skip other windows of the same app
This is almost a duplicate of this question except for Ubuntu 24 (I tried the selected answer, CompizConfig seems to not have a Unity plugin anymore)
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The Fn button on the keyboard does not work
I installed Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and the Fn button on my Nuphy keyboard no longer works. I can't use the F1, F2, etc. buttons. Only the volume up, down, mute, etc. keys work (that is, they work by default ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 new install terminal will not accept password from keyboard
Just had to do a complete re install of Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS after I was unable to clear a fault with a software update package. Using a new Logitek MK 345 keyboard / mouse combo but unable to enter ...
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Double tap ctrl-c to launch search engine with clipboard contents
I am using Ubuntu 24 with the default desktop. Does anyone have any idea how I could accomplish the following:
When the user has some text selected (in any application) and they press Ctrl-C twice in ...
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Unresponsive Alt+Shift+R key combination
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I'm encountering a strange issue where the R key does not work when pressing Alt+Shift together. Other keys work fine with Alt+Shift, but R simply doesn't respond in this combination.
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Workspace keyboard switching has stopped working
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, gnome desktop, and recently my workspace keyboard switching has stopped working. I've checked my gnome settings and they look good
org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings ...
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Ctrl + Mouse Wheel fixed to changing between workspaces in 22.04.5 -- Can't zoom in with Mouse Wheel
An out-of-the box Dell desktop has Ctrl + Mouse Wheel set to default shift among workspaces. No solution I have come across can give me back the ability to use Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to Zoom In and Out, ...
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"Super" (aka "windows") key not working in Dell Ubuntu 22.04
just got a Dell Precision 5940 laptop shipped with Ubuntu 22.04.
The "super" (aka "windows") key is not working.. I use it a lot for example for moving windows on a right or left ...
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Keyboard Few Keys Don't Work
I use Lubuntu.
Few keys of my keyboard stopped suddenly working.
I have tried rebooting , reinstalling and nothing helped.
Once I was able to to fix the problem with resetting the keyboard shortcuts.
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Keyboard - why is key[36]=down
I am new to linux and I use Lubuntu.
My Pc is Dell 15 3542.
I have a Laptop with Chickony Built-in Keyboard.
I have some issues with the keyboard and I have found out that:
xinput --query-state 13 | ...
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How can I disable Shift + Delete as a shortcut for "Cut"?
Across all programs I've tested this with, pressing Shift + Delete while having some text selected cuts the text, replacing whatever's already in the clipboard. How can I disable this?
This constantly ...
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Intellij IDEA does not respond to Shift+Alt+F10 on Ubuntu 22.04
On Ubuntu 22.04 and Intellij IDEA 2024.2.1 I can't use shortcut "Shift + Alt + F10".
I can not even find the action registered to this shortcut (which is by default set to "Run..." ...
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How to activate wifi without using the "FN+F4" key combination in Ubuntu?
I have been trying to find out if it is possible to activate Wi-Fi in Ubuntu without the need for the "FN + F4" key combination, since in Windows this combination was not necessary for Wi-Fi ...
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No Tilde "~" in the swedish keyboard file
Is there any way of adding letters/signs to individual keys or function keys ?
Sine I have been looking for the Tilde ~ sign but i went through all 4 of the keylayouts in settings/keyboard and I can ...
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Toggle Desktops Vertically in KDE Plasma 5.27
I just upgraded to KDE 5.27.11 and it appears one my most used custom shortcuts cannot be done anymore.
I used to have Ctrl+Alt+Left and Ctrl+Alt+Right toggle between virtual desktops vertically (so I ...
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