Is it possible to disable keyboard shortcut overlay in Ubuntu 12.04?
5 Answers
For Ubuntu 12.04 and below:
The keyboard shortcut overlay is controlled by an option in the compiz unity plugin.
In the experimental tab of ccsm
you can untick the option shown.
Remember the use of CCSM is strongly discouraged - you can achieve the same via gconf-editor
untick the option shown in the path /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/shortcut_overlay
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3On my fresh 12.10 install,
/apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell
is not present. Nov 14, 2012 at 19:59 -
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1@KristopherIves - this Q&A will explain your question: askubuntu.com/questions/80589/…– fossfreedom ♦Jan 22, 2013 at 23:16
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1On my fairly fresh 14.04 installation, /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell is also not present. Jul 19, 2014 at 19:13
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/apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell is not present on 16.04.1 either Oct 12, 2016 at 2:43
For those like me that prefer the command line:
Ubuntu 12.10+:
(Tested up to 16.04)
dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/shortcut-overlay false
Ubuntu 12.04 and below:
sudo apt-get install gconf-editor
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/shortcut_overlay --type bool false
For Ubuntu 12.10:
You can disable this behavior following this steps:
Open the label Tweaks and choice Unity
Now you have to look at the second option called Shortcuts hints overlay
Now click at the box to turn this feature off, so this remains as this:
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I have no idea if this is changing some specific option in the gconf schema. If so, there should be– LucioSep 7, 2013 at 21:44
I know this is an old thread, but dconf solution doesn't work any more, at least as of 16.04 (and maybe earlier as well).
For 16.04+, the easiest way is to get Unity Tweak Tool, And go to Overview->Additional, and uncheck "Hold Super for keyboard shortcuts"
These answers don't work for me at all, and Ubuntu Tweak won't really help, because this is a per-user setting, and by the time you open Ubuntu Tweak, you've already exited this first-time popup (it exits on the first mouse/keyboard event). So what's the point of disabling a popup that's already disabled itself? This setting only makes sense for new users.
I've tried several dconf/gsettings/whatever answers, none could set it successfully. I tried
gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/ shortcut-overlay false
And also via /usr/share/compiz/unityshell.xml
, but nope, it won't work. Apparently this popup shows up if the .config/unity/first_run.stamp
file doesn't exist. So you can:
mkdir -p /etc/skel/.config/unity
touch /etc/skel/.config/unity/first_run.stamp
This way new users will have this file at first sign-in and won't see the damn popup.
$ compiz.reset
, logout and login then execute$ dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/shortcut-overlay false
.