I'm new to Linux and I am having trouble with Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts like Alt+Tab to switch between applications and Alt+Shift to change the keyboard layout.
Can anyone help please?
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On Unity (up to Ubuntu 17.10)
To see Unity shortcuts press and hold the Super key.
To customize shortcuts open System settings (gnome-control-center), go to Keyboard and select the Shortcuts tab. Explore all the categories to find what you're interested in changing and click on it to change. Then press the keys for your new shortcut.
To change the keyboard layout shortcut, in System settings go to Text Entry and change the shortcuts there.
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Some of the shortcuts are impossible to change with built-in system settings GUI. Most other system-wide shortcuts are modified through dconf as described here.
- Open Terminal (Alt+Ctrl+T by default)
sudo apt install dconf-editordconf-editor- Navigate to
org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings - Further setup is obvious, except for <Primary>.
The figure below is the example to disable Alt + F7:
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On Ubuntu 18.04 and later
- Launch Settings
- Click on Devices (under Network)
- Click on Keyboard
If you want to add a custom shortcut scroll to the bottom of the applet and click on the + symbol to create a shortcut:
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