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Leo Alekseyev
Asked: 2012-05-01 12:27:50 +0800 CST

Disable <super>-s (i.e. <mod4>-s) keyboard shortcut in 12.04

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Ever since upgrading to 12.04, I've lost my custom super-s shortcut that I've been using through xbindkeys. Moreover, assigning super-s to commands using the "keyboard shortcuts" settings panel fails to take effect. I am assuming some part of 12.04 UI is stealing that binding; I am running Xmonad using Gnome's fallback mode, so I have no idea what (if anything) super-s is supposed to do on 12.04.

What is stealing the super-s binding and how can I stop it?

shortcut-keys unity 12.04

1 Answers

  1. If you're in Unity 3D, you can go to 

    gff --no-gui -setparam="CCSM/Expo/Keyboard\ Shortcut/*" setflag("disabled")

    OR in human terms/you don't know what gff is: Open up CompizConfig-Settings-Manager, then go to "Expo", then inside the first tab "Keybinds" there should be a keybind called "Activate", click on the pencil next to it, and write "disabled"

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