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Compiz keybindings change on reboot

I have a problem with Compiz keybindings on Ubuntu 13.04 (but it also existed on 12.10). I run a multimonitor setup and use the Put plugin to move windows from monitor to monitor with the "Put to next ...
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Compiz deleting command shortcuts on startup

Every time I reboot my commands and their shortcuts are deleted from the CCSM Commands plugin window. What other startup programs could be interfering? What config files can I look at? Could Compiz ...
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How do I disable the keyboard shortcut overlay in Ubuntu 12.10? [duplicate]

I'd like to be able to disable the keyboard shortcut overlay that appears when you hold the Super/Meta/Windows key or at least make it hidden. It is annoying, I find no use for it, and it interferes ...
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How to find *why* I can't bind some keyboard shortcut (or which app took it)?

In short: is there (under Unity) any way to find out which application grabbed some global shortcut? I do not ask for "standard shortcuts" but for some way to get information about actual shortcuts ...
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Super key shortcuts “unresponsive” when configured via Custom Shortcuts

When I set custom shortcuts from Keyboard / Shortcuts / Custom Shortcuts, all of the ones set to use Super key (e.g. Super + 1, set to open a text file using the default text editor) have a weird ...
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permanently configuring windows to ignore ALT

I use Blender a lot (not as much as I used to but still heavily at times). It relies on utilizing the ALT key to move around within a scene. Unity uses ALT to grab windows and allow you to move them ...
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Setting to let mouse events pass through GUI application

I am using compiz to make an app transparent. I would like to be able to click through the app as well. Q: There are any settings in the GUI (Compiz) or via CLI to be able to set up an application ...
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Alt-Tab stopped working after upgrade to QQ / 12.10

I recently upgraded from PP to QQ which broke the ability to switch between running applications by pressing Alt+Tab which is such a showstopper I never believed could ever be. The affected host is a ...
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Disabling All Keyboard Shortcuts Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Hey I want to lock down Ubuntu so that it only has access to chrome and the ability to logout. Is there a way to get rid of all keyboard shortcuts? Thanks for your help!
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Compiz Magnifier Box doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.10

I have upgraded my ubuntu to 12.10 and installed CompizConfig Setting Manager to do some custom settings and one of the is enabling Magnifier Box. But this doesn't work, i have tried many shortcut ...
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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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How do I disable the Alt - Tab switcher?

I would like to disable the Alt+Tab (or all of the Alt+ combinations) on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I tried to disable at System preferences -> Keyboard shortcuts, but this method doesn't seem to be ...
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Is there any way to facilitate switching windows in Ubuntu?

I'm just a student who received my laptop from my uncle, who's a coder, so I'm still getting used to working with ubuntu. I recently upgraded ubuntu from an earlier version, and everything seems to be ...
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CCSM isn't remembering my settings.

I am currently using Gnome Shell on Precise and trying to disable the <Alt>Button1 shortcut for dragging windows. I have taken the following steps. Pressed Alt+F2, typed ccsm and pressed ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for window placement not working

I am trying to find a shortcut to tile windows right and left, but have trouble using both Ctrl-Super-→, Ctrl-Super-← and the Ctrl-Super-Num # functions. I have tried to modify it by installing ccsm ...
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CTRL+ shortcuts doesn't work after compiz-manager installation

It was working on Gnome Fallback/Classic. But after compiz-manager package installation, I lost Ctrl + shortcut keys, they don't work anymore. For example, in web browser typing Ctrl+C on some text ...
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How to have two sets of shortcut keys for Compiz grid commands “Put Left” and “Put Right”?

I would like to have two shortcuts each for "Put Left" and "Put Right" for positioning windows in the left and right position. Specifically, I would like the default keys as well as some custom keys ...
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How to change keyboard shortcut for Compiz Magnifier (currently alt-enter)

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity3D. When I press Alt+Enter (a keyboard shortcut used by a number of things, especially Sublime Text), the Compiz magnifier is launched (creating a box around the ...
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Restore compiz Commands plugin bindings

The picture is pretty much self-explanatory, most of the shortcuts are gone like the terminal shortcut (Ctrl + Alt + T). How can I restore this? Help please.
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How can I enable the Desktop Effects shortcuts on 12.04?

I've installed 12.04 and the compiz-manager for the effects. And everything works fine. But can I use/enable the shortcuts for the special effects (which I could use without difficulties on 10.04) ...
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Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open Terminal (Compiz related?)

Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open the Terminal, and I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with Compiz. Compiz disabled the transparency on my launcher (using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Unity) and so I ...
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Problem with compiz saving key bindings

I use Blender on Ubuntu, and need to free a shortcut. The key combination is Ctrl+Alt+Numpad0. In CCSM this shortcut is listed under general settings > Keybindings. But when i edit this setting, ...
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Can't bind Super + w in xbindkeys, all other combos work fine

I am trying to set key bindings for my mouse buttons with xbindkeys and I'd like to set one of them to spread the windows as if I'd pressed Super + w but for some reason this one won't bind properly ...
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How do I disable the long press Super key from showing the shortcuts window?

Note this is the long press and not the one for the short press as mentioned here How do I disable the Super key? The super key has been a modifier long before Unity came, and I have used it on ...
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How do we launch Expo View with Super key only - instead of Super+S?

How could one launch Expo in Ubuntu 12.04 by using only the Super key by itself? I would like to launch the Expo View with only the Super key. I know that it is bind to show the Dash in Unity, so I ...
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Add custom button to launcher which activates Super+W shortcut?

Is there any tool that will allow me place an icon on the launcher similar to Workspace Switcher, but activate the "Super + W" command? 12.04 LTS
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How to disable Alt + `?

I can't find this shortcut, please help.
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Compizconfig Grid doesn't work under Ubuntu as virtual machine

I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 as virtual machine within Mac. I have installed VM tools. The approach in this link of Compizconfig Grid, which worked in my previous laptop where Ubuntu was not a ...
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Restore the Ctrl + Alt + Num Pad 4 and 6 window positioning commands?

Using Unity in Ubuntu 12.04, the Ctrl + Alt + Num Pad combination for positioning windows no longer works completely consistently: Ctrl + Alt + 4 (move window to left half of screen) was changed to ...
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with keybinding, compiz can start a program using hot key, but non-auto-focus [closed]

In CompizConfig Settings Manager → General → Commands, I set Control + Alt + T to run lxterminal (I use Lubuntu, the hot key works well before installing compiz, but after compiz works, I found the ...
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Can I disable the F10 key for all apps without CCSM?

Neither of these answered my question: How do I disable the F10 (application menu) keybinding in Ubuntu 11.10? How do I deactivate F1 and F10 keybindings? The instructions in that thread seem to ...
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How do I focus an “urgent” application?

Sometimes applications will wiggle in the launcher and have a blue triangle. (See compiz config settings for Unity.) How can I set a keyboard command to bring that application to the front in Ubuntu ...
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How do I disable a keyboard shortcut without compiz-manager?

How can I disable a shortcut (Ctrl + LMB) in Ubuntu 11.10 without the compiz-manager? The compiz-manager destroys my desktop therefore I cannot use it. Is there a config file where I can disable this ...
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Can I bind 2 hotkeys to one compiz action? [closed]

Is it possible to bind "Put To Next Output" action from compiz "put" plugin to 2 hotkeys combinations e.g. Ctrl+Shift+Left and Ctrl+Shift+Right? I have dual monitor setup and I have been using ...
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How to change the shortcut to move windows from Alt to Super/Meta?

I use graphics software like GIMP, Inkscape & Blender extensively for my business. But most of them require the use of the Alt key in some way or the other. Come Ubuntu 11.10, I haven't been able ...
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Where is the application to reverse the color of the screen？

In the new version of Ubuntu, I cannot find the application to reverse the color of my screen. It has been in the Ubuntu 10, when I pressed the button Win+M or Win+N, the color of the whole screen ...
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How do I send keystrokes to a specific app?

I'd like to be able to bind a global keystroke send a sequence of keystrokes to a specific app. Specifically: I'm using the Last.fm client, and I'd like to be able to start/stop music with a global ...
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Mouse raises the wrong window after switching windows with keys

Prelude: I have focus follows mouse, and also raise focused window. When I switch windows with the keyboard (Alt-Tab), the new window gets focus and is raised. However, when the mouse pointer is ...
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How to restore delete key functionality?

I am in Ubuntu 10.10. I am also using compiz fusion for animation. My Delete key is not deleting any text. When I press Delete, my currently opened window moves to first Ubuntu desktop/workspace. I ...
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How to list Compiz keybindings in use?

Other than looking though each active plugin and manually searching for keybindings / keyboard-shortcuts in use by compiz, is there a 'simple' way to gather this information? i.e. Some panel that ...
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Set compiz keybindings to “low priority”

So heres an interesting problem. I am using rubymine, but this applies to any editor. There are key bindings in the editor which make perfect sense and are useful. HOWEVER compiz in it's infinite ...
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How do I turn off the alt-shift-uparrow keybinding in GNOME?

After upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04, the key sequence ALT-shift-uparrow now seems to have a window-manager level definition. It seems that this is a new unity key sequence. However, I'm using ...
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KWin answer to Compiz Put and Grid?

I have just recently switched from Ubuntu to Kubuntu. UI-wise I prefer KDE over Unity, I do however miss some of the Compiz plugins (especially the keyboard shortcuts). KWin seems to allow enormous ...
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How to set a keyboard shortcut for Compiz negative screen function?

I just updated from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04. However, now the Super + m function does not change my desktop and open windows to a negative view as it previously did. I changed the keyboard shortcut ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 How do I bind the “scale” and “expo” features of compiz to my Logitech Performance MX?

I have a nice multi-button Logitech Performance MX and like to map my two thumb buttons to the scale and expo compiz plugins. [please note that this has changed in Ubuntu 12.10]
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how can bind the compiz Scale plugin to the corner of my window?

I go to compizconfig -> scale windows -> binding and then choose "Initiate Window Picker" with the mouse icon next to it. I check "Enabled". Then I highlight the corners in green. This doesn't seem ...
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“Switch to specific workspace” shortcuts don't work after a reboot

i've defined some shortcuts to access each of my workspaces: <Super>+1 for the First <Super>+2 for the Second etc... when I assign these shortcuts, they function properly until I ...
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Is there an equivalent to the Compiz Expose type plugin for Unity?

I've been giving 10.10 a spin on my netbook and it comes with Unity pre-enabled. Are there any equivalents to the plugins I use on full GNOME desktop, namely show all windows and show all windows on ...
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Grid hotkeys in compiz are not responding [closed]

I have tried almost everything I can think of and I couldn't find out why (through google) my grid hotkeys aren't working. I'm using the grid plugin for compiz .
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How to emulate winkey+arrow Windows 7's maximise shortcut keys?

In Windows 7 (not sure about other versions) you have these shortcuts: winkey+up maximize current window winkey+down unmaximize winkey+right maximize height, set width as half of the screen and ...

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