Unable to enter command mode, META+SPACE hijacked by GNOME

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Unable to enter command mode, META+SPACE hijacked by GNOME #135

Closed skmd0 closed 2 years ago

skmd0 commented 2 years ago

Problem

On GNOME desktop environment the M-SPC (alt+space) key combo is used to show GTK app menu dropdown, which conflicts with XFK shortcut to enter the command mode. This is probably the case for other desktop environments based on GNOME.

Solution

Remove the activate-window-menu keybind with gsettings.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings activate-window-menu []

Source

https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/4422/disable-alt-space-shortcut-for-window-menu

skmd0 commented 2 years ago

Posting here just in case someone tries to find a solution here on Github. Closing since it's solved.