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Noob question about Alt key 13.04 [duplicate]
When using Ubuntu 13.04 with the Unity interface pressing the alt key brings up a little area in the upper left hand corner that shows the iconography of whatever program is currently onscreen. Inside ...
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How to disable meta-key?
I'm using Belgian keyboard settings on Ubuntu 13.04 (Belgisch). When I want to type a third level key such as # or @ it only works with AltGr. I want it to work with both Ctrl+Alt (left) and AltGr ...
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Chromium not recognized as an open window by Alt+Tab [closed]
So I am working with multiple windows and use Alt-Tab to switch among them. I noticed that even though I am using chromium browser and it is currently open (in foreground, or background), Alt Tab does ...
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Alt-gr (right alt) key does not work to edit text in Wine
Using Msoffice in Wine with some keyboard layouts (e.g. us_international) that involve letters that need the Alt Gr key, I have noticed that it does not work. But then the problem affects all keyboard ...
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Use left alt or ctr+alt for typing symbols on a macbook
I lately installed Ubuntu on my white Macbook 2.1, but several symbols (including the "at" symbol), are not recognized. Until now, I solved it by copying "at" from a text document/the Internet, but I ...
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How to unassign Alt key from window context menu in GNOME
When I use GNOME Shell, and GNOME Connectin Manager program, and trying Alt+S in MidnightCommander (all inside GNOME Connection Manager), I get window context menu opened, instead of "search action" ...
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How can I turn off alt-right mouse button function in 12.10?
By default the key-mouse combination activates the window menu.
The "activate the window menu" shortcut is currently set to "alt+space."
The Alt-RMB key combo is used in blender for selecting edge ...
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Can't disable Alt + mouse buttons combinations
I've already searched through the questions, and didn't find the same question as I want to ask.
I'm working in blender and there are some combinations that I am used to and remapping them in blender ...
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Change Window manager's alt+drag
Tumblr uses alt+click to reblog, but Compiz uses alt+drag to move windows. This is convenient for some, but I have literally never used Compiz's alt+drag and would like to disable it. How can I get ...
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Can I configure both Alt keys to print 3rd level signs via xmodmap or keyboard-options?
Currently only my right Alt-Key (which xev prints out as keycode 108 / "ISO-Level3-Shift") is able to print 3rd-level characters like {[]}. The left Alt-key (xev shows it as keycode 64 / Alt_L) ...
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Can I use left alt to type dead keys and use the alt-tab application switcher? [closed]
I’m on Ubuntu 12.10 and I’ve seen that I can use
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
to control which key triggers the dead key behaviour on my keyboard (which normally resides on AltGr). ...
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Why does gnome-terminal swallow some of my Alt tmux shortcuts?
I worked this out for myself, but I wanted to post it as a question because I couldn't find anything when I was searching. Lots of people talk about the "menu access key" problem, but this is actually ...
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Alt keys (Alt and ALt Gr) doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
No application switcher in compiz settings manager
Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 12.10, I didn't want to upgrade my 12.04, because when one upgrades the system, sometimes ...
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Alt+Tab doesn't work when Citrix is in full screen
I am using 12.04 and in my work we connect to a Citrix XenDesktop. I've installed Citrix Receiver, using this link and it all works perfectly.
But, I have a problem. Alt+Tab doesn't work in full ...
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Is there a way to ignore Unity ALT menu when using the terminal? [duplicate]
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How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key?
I frequently work with Emacs in the GNOME terminal on Ubuntu 12.04. I have a pretty vanilla setup at the ...
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I want to disable the key trigger that makes ALT invoke the search prompt [duplicate]
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How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key?
I use the ALT key a lot in combination with other commands, and I find myself accidently invoking the "Type ...
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Unity steals all Alt key combinations [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key?
I'm running the game Everquest 2 under CrossOver (which is based on Wine).
When running it under Unity, all ...
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Disable “Alt+`” [duplicate]
How do I disable the keyboard combination of ALT+`.
This is NOT the HUD nor in the Ubuntu System Settings. It is NOT in compiz configuration either. (I am NOT trying to disable the HUD's use of the ...
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Stop alt from trying to drag my window?
I cannot find it in the keyboard settings at all.
In previous versions there was a tick box saying something along the lines of "use meta key instead of alt to drag windows?"
So how can I prevent alt ...
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How can I get alt-tab to work in virtualbox vm when in full screen?
I have virtualbox installed on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (host) with ubuntu 10.04 LTS as a VM (guest). The VM has guest additions installed.
I'd like to be able to reliably use alt-tab to switch windows ...
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Weird keyboard problem
I just installed Ubuntu on an Acer Extensa 5620 laptop. The keyboard works fine except when I want to type things that require me to use Ctrl+Alt+(any key).
I can't use Ctrl+Alt+(any key) shortcuts ...
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Cannot alt+tab to another window while holding an item
As the title indicates, I cannot move an item over to another window using alt+tab.
Any help would be appreciated!
I am using ubuntu 12.04, with application switcher on (in compizconfig).
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Ctrl+Alt+L on non english keyboard layout
Good day,
After upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 desktop 32 bit on my notebook and desktop computer combination Ctrl+Alt+L doesn't lock my desktop on russian layout, but everything is perfect if ...
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Alt-tab freezes windows and many programs [closed]
Per this thread and its solution, I'm using compiz for enabling alt-tab window switch. It had been working as expected for a few days, but today suddenly it started to freeze the entire display. Since ...
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Compiz problem with titlebar
I am using 11.10 and when I using alt+tab or win+tab when maximized wondow is selected the titlebar disapears. Can anyone explain this. Please help me.
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Can I change the HUD key (Alt)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key?
I am using the combination Alt+Shift to change the keyboard language (Eng -> Greek and Greek -> Eng).
Since ...
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German keyboard configuration: “STRG + ALT”-shortcuts doesn't work
since 1 hour I'm a proud ubuntu user. But there is a problem, I'm not able to solve:
the "STRG + ALT" shortcuts doesn't work (for example "STRG + ALT + Q = @").
I checked all German keyboard ...
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Alt+tab completely broken [closed]
When I have many windows open (2 or more), I want to alt tab through them.
Sometimes, it lists the windows correctly but more often than not, I don't see ANY of my open windows.
I have to Super + W ...
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Alt-Tab Forces Me to Reboot [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 according to my help. When I press alt-tab, the display flashes a bit and then all my windows have no title bar. Without a title bar at the top, I can't even restart. All I ...
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Gnome panel alt-right click does not work
The alt-right click does not work for editing the gnome-panel in the unity interface, but I eventually found that holding alt and clicking both mouse buttons at the same time worked to bring up the ...
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Alt+Tab for switching applications does not look like expected
Switching between applications with Alt+Tab works properly but it does not like the screen shots on the Ubuntu website. Instead it looks similar like I had with gnome2 in previous versions.
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Disable <ALT> key on Unity 2D?
I'm using Photoshop through Wine and the ALT key is currently mapped to the window picker. However, I need the functionality of the ALT key within Photoshop. In previous Ubuntu versions I could change ...
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Alt + Tab window switcher preview stoped working [closed]
It just stopped working. After I boot Ubuntu it does not work. When I run unity --replace it works again, but after restart problem occurs again. And that happens on every reboot. I have some startup ...
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Why can't I alt+tab to empathy? [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and using Unity. I have a bunch of applications open, including Empathy. When I hit alt+tab I can switch between all of the applications, and the "show desktop" option, but ...
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How to map the 'Menu key' as 'AltGr key'?
I,m on a Dell Mini 910 with english keyboard and Ubuntu 11.10 also in english, and I want to keep it this way. But most of my typing is in spanish so I need the AltGr key to get spanish characters ...
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Task switcher not showing terminal windows
Updated to 11.10 this morning.
Terminal windows stopped showing in the alt+tab switcher.
Other having the same problem ? Any explanation ?
Thanks
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alt key codes on Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't work [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using ALT + Keycode for accents?
When you press alt + number it doesn't print symbol, for example alt + 33 on Windows would give exclamation mark (!) but it don't work ...
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Alt key not registering as key?
Keyboard shortcuts that I'm used to with Alt on Ubuntu are not working on my new system (running 10.04 LTS). Alt+1 for first tab, for example. When I run xev I see that when I press Alt instead of ...
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What is the purpose of Alt-F4?
I used to close a running application by pressing ALT+F4. But, I realised that the application is still running and the correct way to close (quit) it is the combination of Ctrl+Q keys.
So, what is ...
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Using ALT + Keycode for accents?
In Windows, we can use ALT+Keycode (for example, 130) to get an e acute, but it does not work this way in Ubuntu/Debian.
Is it possible to have the same keycodes work in Ubuntu?
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How do I get the Right Alt key to have the same function as the Left Alt key when using a Macbook Pro 5,3? [closed]
My right Alt key doesn't do a thing. It's not acting like a metakey at all. I can hold it down and type normally. I expect the right Alt key to do what the left one does.
How can I fix this?
I ...
