I use GNOME Classic. There is no Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right shortcut in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts.
It should be configured somewhere else. But where?
Remove the default keybinding using the following commands
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "['']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "['']"
dconf-editor
instead of the above gsettings
commands. In the editor, navigate to the same path (/org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings
).
Alt+F2
, r
, <enter>
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Feb 4, 2020 at 14:12
In my system, those configs are available in System Settings -> Keyboard. Please double-check.
If those aren't available, you can try add them with gconf-editor
. If you use Metacity, simply go to /apps/metacity/global_keybindings
and add the corresponding values:
If you use Compiz, you can follow the steps provided by @ams
Finally, in Ubuntu 22/04 this can be disabled using System Settings
-> Keyboard
-> View and Customize Shortcuts
-> Navigation
. In there, find Move to workspace on the left
and Move to workspace on the right
, click on each entry and re-assign Super+Page Up
and Super+Page Down
respectively. This will disable any other assigned shortcuts.
Customize Shortcuts
and set Move to workspace to left
to Super+Page up
, but this does not disable Ctrl+Shift+Left
to be working at the same time... Any idea how I can disable it?
CompizConfig Setting Manager (it's not installed by default though).
Then go to "Desktop Wall Plugin", and it's on the "Bindings" tab.
That's assuming you are using Unity (full 3D), or (edit) Gnome with effects enabled.
open gconf-editor.
Go to /apps/metacity/global keybindings and change the values according to my screenshot:
on ubuntu 22:
whenever i was pressing ctrl alt left/right my workspace would move.
However, in the keyboards settings I did not have such a shortcut set but i had one for each:
a. Move workspace on the left ; shortcut: ctrl + alt + up (wtf)
b.Move workspace on the right: ctrl + alt + down (wtf again)
when i disabled the above two ctrl+alt+left/right stopped working as well.
.. quite interesting one might add ...