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MacBook Air Intel keyboard issues on Ubuntu MATE
I installed the current Ubuntu MATE 22.04 on my old MacBook Air Intel and everything looks great, except for the so-called "Common editing shortcuts" (CTRL+C, CTRL+X ...).
I tried various ...
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Ubuntu MATE: how to disable keyboard shortcut for file search tool?
Ubuntu MATE 21.10.
When I press [Meta+S] (aka [mod4+s] aka [Win+S]) it opens the "Search for files" or mate-search-tool utility in a new window.
I want to assign "Switch to the ...
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when I press the button y the control key is pressed and y is not digta
I'm using a hp 246 g6 notebook and when I press the y key it says I pressed the ctrl as shown in the xev log below
KeyPress event, serial 79, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
root 0x78c, subw 0x0, ...
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How do I restore minimized windows behavior?
My wife (or one of our cats) stroke the wrong combination of keyboard keys and now I'm having a hell of a time to get her windows back to the "old-fashioned minimization style", that is, she ...
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My keyboard stops taking inputs suddenly. How can I debug the issue?
I can't find a pattern in it, when it happens. Everything's working fine and suddenly keyboard stops responding. Mouse works well. Possible fixs I have tried:
Restart solves the issue( I used it for ...
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Ubuntu Mate - Enable Compose key (and disable compose key behavior by default)
I have upgrade to ubuntu mate 20.04 yesterday and now my typing acts as though I have the compose key permanently pressed. If I want to type, say a back quote (`) or this acute (^) I must press the ...
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Unable to type in a terminal, but there is a prompt
I am running Ubuntu-MATE 18.04.4 LTS, and using MATE Terminal 1.20.0.
All of my existing terminal sessions are unresponsive to most keyboard input. Basically, I cannot type anything meaningful into ...
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Switch workspace and move window shortcuts in Ubuntu MATE
I recently installed the MATE desktop environment and set up the workspace shortcuts. I use Ctrl + Alt + Arrows to switch between workspaces, and Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Arrows to move a window to ...
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In Ubuntu-MATE, Is there a way to create keyboard shortcut for panel launcher icons?
On MATE panel (Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS specifically), there is this useful feature to drag and drop shortcuts for your favorite apps like firefox, nautilus, etc. But is there a way to launch them using ...
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Keyboard shortcut - get a list of what is already used?
I added a shortcut key to start my browser(Ctrl+F) but later found it was used by another program.
Is there a way to get a list of shortcuts already in use?
Firefox is my browser.
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Is it possible to have a complex macro layout using multiple keyboards?
I am a video editor and I love to rely mostly on the keyboard. The software I use allows me to create loads of shortcuts for all the commands I like to use. However, for some of these commands, I ...
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How to bind additional mouse buttons to be modifiers (Shift/Control)? [duplicate]
System: Ubuntu MATE 17.04
I use control\shift + [key] keybinds often, and plan to use lot of hotkeys with those modifiers. Because sometimes using grid layout I will need to be pressing buttons like "...
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Any commands that will change the keyboard? [duplicate]
I speak multiple languages (English, Bulgarian, Greek, and Japanese) And I was wondering if there were any keyboard shortcut commands that I can add that will go through all of the languages when I ...
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