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Alexander
Asked: 2018-06-14 21:42:51 +0800 CST

How do I disable emoji input in Ubuntu Mate 18.04?

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Just noticed this annoying emoji input ("Emoji Choice") popping up every time I press Ctrl+Shift+E in 18.04. I really need this shortcut to switch to the file explorer in Visual Studio Code but instead I only get the emoji input. Is there a way to disable this or at least change the shortcut? Don't want to change the VCS's shortcut because of this, I'm really used to it

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4 Answers

  1. Just a small hint: In case you don't find the IBus Preferences dialog, open a Terminal shell and type 

    ibus-setup

    A dialog like this will appear on your screen:

    IBus Preferences dialog

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  2. Best Answer

    Turned out it was the new ibus version that included the emoji package, I was able to change the shortcut in the ibus settings.

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  3. For VS Code if installed via Ubuntu Snap you need an input method other than ibus.

    If you run VS Code from command line do:

    $ GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" code

    You can also add an alias for that in .bashrc: alias code='GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" code'

    To configure the Dash launcher (assuming VS Code is installed using Snap):

    • The launcher file is located at /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop or ~/.local/share/applications/code_code.desktop, or both
    • Edit it and add GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" to Exec commands:
    [Desktop Entry]
...
Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop /snap/bin/code --force-user-env --no-sandbox --unity-launch %F
...

[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
...
Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop /snap/bin/code --force-user-env --no-sandbox --new-window %F
Icon=/snap/code/41/meta/gui/com.visualstudio.code.png
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  4. I was unable to make any fix related to ibus work, but adding

    export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"

    to my ~/.profile and restarting seems to have done the trick.

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