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Asked: 2020-09-04 07:49:58 +0800 CST

cannot disable scroll lock in libreoffice-calc (using a dell xps)

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I have a dell xps which has no scroll-lock key.

Nevertheless, when I open libreoffice-calc the scrolllock mode is enabled and I can't disable it, which renders calc completely useless.

Is there some way to disable it or to emulate pressing the scroll-lock key?

Using ubuntu 18.04.5, libreoffice-calc: 6.0.7.3

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2 Answers

  1. 1. Switch Keyboard Layouts

    After trying many things the most untechical solution, just switching keyboard layouts to another language and back (DE->EN->DE for me) has surprisingly worked.

    2. Try to disable scroll lock manually

    Via the accessibility feature

    Try to enable the keyboard screen-overlay in the accessebility settings, on some versions there might be a scroll lock key, sometimes there are just the letters.

    On xfce Desktops

    sudo -H gedit /etc/default/keyboard

    remove: grp_led:scroll from XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

    On gnome desktops

    remove: 'grp_led:scroll' from

    dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options

    by executing

    dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['grp:alt_shift_toggle', 'numpad:microsoft']"
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  2. Just for the record, I could solve it uninstalling calc and removing the config folder, like this:

    sudo apt purge libreoffice-*

rm -fr ~/.config/libreoffice/

sudo apt install libreoffice-calc

    I guess there must be a better solution, but I'll leave it here until a better answer pops up

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