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I can't find this shortcut, please help.

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this will help: askubuntu.com/questions/175696/… – Rinzwind May 11 '14 at 8:40
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To help googlers: How to disable alt-grave – Jonathan Hartley Nov 18 '15 at 20:11
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  • Install the compizconfig-settings-manager Install compizconfig-settings-manager package
  • The setting can be found in Desktop, Ubuntu Unity Plugin, Switcher
  • Change Key to flip through windows in the switcher from disabled to something else.

And the reason you can not find it: disabled means it uses alt+` so it is impossible to find if you did not already know where it is used for ;)

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This isn't working for me with Ubuntu 12.04. I gave it another key. I've ticked the "Enable Ubuntu Unity Plugin". I've rebooted. But it doesn't respond to the new key and Alt+~ still functions. – Tergiver Dec 27 '13 at 19:52
    
This does work for me in 14.04 to stop the default window switcher from using alt-grave. But in order to then use alt-grave for something else (the static window switcher) I also had to use @codenamejames' answer below. Thanks! – Jonathan Hartley Nov 18 '15 at 20:25
    
(in fact, after using both this answer AND @codenamejames answer, I still couldn't get alt-grave to work as static-switcher prev window. It was still bound to some 'unity switcher prev window on this workspace' action. So I did this answer over again, for every action on the unity plugin switcher's tab's list of keybinds. That seems to have nuked it.) – Jonathan Hartley Nov 18 '15 at 21:29
    
Run compizconfig-settings-manager with ccsm. – meowsqueak Dec 13 '16 at 5:04
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Here is what I had to do.

  • open up a terminal run dconf-editor

  • then navigate to org > gnome > desktop > wm > keybindings

  • find the ['<Super>Above_Tab', '<Alt>Above_Tab']

  • and set it to ['disabled']

  • then it should free up that binding for you to use else where.

(ps: I used alt grave to switch back one application like you can in mac works well for me and the setting for that is in dconf-editor under the same place

edit

also for those of you that don't know what a grave is, it is the key right above the tab key and to the left of the number 1 key it looks like this ( ` ) or plush shift ( ~ ) its also known as a back-tick and is used in mark down and python as a comment like such   ``` code here ```

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What is the actual rule called in here>? As I can't find it linked to the commands you are saying – Jamie Hutber Feb 13 '17 at 11:18
    
Anyone managed to sort it out on Ubuntu 16.04? Worked fine for me on 14.04 and also migrated to 16.04 on upgrade, however stopped working on a fresh install – SyBer Feb 14 '17 at 18:36
    
Did a cross-question at superuser.com/questions/1178633/…, if someone wants to earn points. – SyBer Feb 14 '17 at 18:37
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Wish I could upvote my own post.... I use this every time I install Linux – codenamejames Aug 11 '17 at 7:16

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