Just noticed this annoying emoji input ("Emoji Choice") popping up every time I press Ctrl+Shift+E in 18.04. I really need this shortcut to switch to the file explorer in Visual Studio Code but instead I only get the emoji input. Is there a way to disable this or at least change the shortcut? Don't want to change the VCS's shortcut because of this, I'm really used to it
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The shortcut also conflicts with 'emphasis' in TeXmaker.– dremodarisAug 2, 2018 at 8:28
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Did you solve the problem? I have exactly the same issue (although I'm on Mint MATE), and I can't trace which part of the system is responsible for this.– MarcusJan 22, 2019 at 21:28
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@Marcus yes, please read the answers.– AlexanderJan 23, 2019 at 8:33
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4Possible duplicate of How can I change the keyboard shortcut for Emoji picker?– BeastOfCaerbannogSep 19, 2019 at 17:51
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Related: askubuntu.com/questions/1125726/…– Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.comSep 27, 2022 at 10:17
4 Answers
Just a small hint: In case you don't find the IBus Preferences dialog, open a Terminal shell and type
ibus-setup
A dialog like this will appear on your screen:
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1I was annoyed. Now I am excited! Now I use <Super>e as shortcut for emoji. But I recommend using
containing match
. 🥰 Happy typing <(^.^ )>– nuiunFeb 4, 2021 at 1:20
Turned out it was the new ibus version that included the emoji package, I was able to change the shortcut in the ibus settings.
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1I got a fresh
Ubuntu 18.04.3
and there is no such thing asibus-setup
(unless you install ibus... even then, the suggestion does not help), no keyboard shortcut in the shortcuts, but <kbd>ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>shift</kbd>-<kbd>E</kbd> indeed triggers emoji mode... so they use another tool?– Frank NSep 10, 2019 at 16:04 -
It's very odd. I've tested a live 18.04.3 Ubuntu Mate; there's no ibus package installed, and Ctrl+Shift+E does not enable the emoji input, but it still consumes one extra keypress. I've then tested 19.10 beta, and there's no ibus package installed, and Ctrl+Shift+E doesn't not enable the emoji input nor it consumes an extra keypress. I would therefore seem it's a bug in the input system.– MarcusOct 6, 2019 at 20:24
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For mysterious reasons, today an icon popped up, and it was ibus, which I don't remember installing (I'm not sure it's installed automatically). Note that since the last time I've posted the comment, I moved to Ubuntu MATE 18.04(.4). Anyway, since the icon popped up, removing the ibus hotkey(s) works. Not sure on your setup, but from mine is:
dconf write /desktop/ibus/general/hotkey/triggers "@as []"
. But I think this didn't work on Mint.– MarcusMar 13, 2020 at 22:53
For VS Code if installed via Ubuntu Snap you need an input method other than ibus
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If you run VS Code from command line do:
$ GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" code
You can also add an alias for that in .bashrc: alias code='GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" code'
To configure the Dash launcher (assuming VS Code is installed using Snap):
- The launcher file is located at
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop
or~/.local/share/applications/code_code.desktop
, or both - Edit it and add
GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
toExec
commands:
[Desktop Entry]
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Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop /snap/bin/code --force-user-env --no-sandbox --unity-launch %F
...
[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
...
Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop /snap/bin/code --force-user-env --no-sandbox --new-window %F
Icon=/snap/code/41/meta/gui/com.visualstudio.code.png
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1If you download the official
.deb
version of VS Code, it works without changing the input method.– AlboNov 11, 2021 at 12:50
I was unable to make any fix related to ibus
work, but adding
export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
to my ~/.profile
and restarting seems to have done the trick.