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Stewart
Asked: 2019-06-15 05:49:45 +0800 CST

How to change / reconfig F2 key bringing up Gnome Menu

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Currently, in Ubuntu 18.04, pressing F2 brings up a "Gnome Menu" in the top left corner.

This is not Alt+F2 or Fn+F2. It's just straight F2.

But F2 is also a shortcut in Eclipse, which I use a lot. The Ubuntu F2 overrides the Eclipse F2, losing the Eclipse functionality.

Going into Keyboard Shortcut settings, I don't see anyway to reconfigure or change or disable the F2 key. I can see options for changing Alt+F2, but not straight F2.

What do I need to know about this?

UPDATE: Screenshot of Desktop.

I forget all the widgets I've installed over the past year. Pressing F2 pops up this menu, but I can't find a settings toggle for it.

screenshot

gnome shortcut-keys eclipse

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I think you have installed gnome-shell-extenion Gno-Menu.

    This menu has the F2 shortcut for "Disable Menu button shortcut key".

    To access the settings options for this extension, open gnome-tweaks. If it is not installed, install it by sudo apt install gnome-tweaks. Go to the Extensions tab. Click on the Settings icon on Gno-menu.

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    You can tick/check this option to disable the F2 shortcut for this function...

    Note: While choosing this option to tick/ check... my system hanged, unresponsive. After several reboots, only this option is enabled...

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