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Franz
Asked: 2020-11-03 02:02:45 +0800 CST

Mutter mapping not working

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Hello Ubuntu community,

I try to create a setup script for all my settings that I fire after a fresh installation to restore all of my settings.

The script includes:

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter.keybindings toggle-tiled-left "['<Super>h']"
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter.keybindings toggle-tiled-right "['<Super>l']"

After execution the first mapping works as expected but the second one does not. Any idea why that could be the case or how I could analyze the problem?

Thanks for any help, Franz

gnome keyboard shortcut-keys mutter key-binding

2 Answers

  1. Based on vanadium's answer I found that indeed my mapping was blocked by conflicting mappings. To find those I used

    gsettings list-recursively | grep "\['<Super>l'\]"

    After that I disabled all with a command like the one given by vanadium.

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  2. Best Answer

    In a default Ubuntu install, Super+l is used to lock the screen. You will need to disable (or change) that keybinding first:

    gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys screensaver ['']

    That would be in a default Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 or Ubuntu 20.20 install. If on your system the key is mapped elsewhere, you can find its assignment with the command (with thanks to Franz):

    gsettings list-recursively | grep "\['<Super>l'\]"
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