xfce disable keyboard shortcut (solved)
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xfce disable keyboard shortcut (solved)
I recently upgraded to 20.3 una, but this has been bugging me for years. I prefer to work using 2 workspaces. One of the applications I use constantly uses Alt+end and Ctrl+end key combinations. Frequently I accidentally hit Alt+Delete, which is a shortcut to delete the workspace, and all of my applications 'crash' onto a single workspace, which forces me to stop everything and spend 5-10 minutes getting everything back where it belongs. I have tried to edit keyboard shortcuts for xfce to delete the alt+end, in fact tried to just assign it to something random since I couldn't see a way to just delete the (alt)delete setting. But the alt+delete still kills the workspace and crashes all my applications into a single workspace. I am spending way too much time because of an inconvenience caused by a setting that should be removable. Are there any suggestions for solutions?
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Re: xfce disable keyboard shortcut
Hi JayMoseleyTX,
First thing i noticed are the entries in xfconf :
Using the following terminal command :
for me it looks like this :
so to get rid of the "del_workspace_key" entries:
Open up the xfce4-settings-editor
there you will find the xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts
open them
and you will see:
1. in the section "xfwm4"
subsection :
custom
<Alt>Delete
edit the entry and delete the string (del_workspace_key)
then save the entry.
2. in the section "xfwm4"
subsection :
default
<Alt>Delete
edit the entry and delete the string (del_workspace_key)
then save the entry.
After doing that restart your xfce-session.
After that, no command will be executed when the key combination <Alt>Delete is pressed.
By the way (for your interest) : the keyboard-shortcuts are stored in :
First thing i noticed are the entries in xfconf :
Using the following terminal command :
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xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -lv | grep -i del
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xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -lv | grep -i del
/commands/custom/<Primary><Alt>Delete xflock4
/commands/default/<Primary><Alt>Delete xflock4
/xfwm4/custom/<Alt>Delete del_workspace_key
/xfwm4/default/<Alt>Delete del_workspace_key
Open up the xfce4-settings-editor
there you will find the xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts
open them
and you will see:
1. in the section "xfwm4"
subsection :
custom
<Alt>Delete
edit the entry and delete the string (del_workspace_key)
then save the entry.
2. in the section "xfwm4"
subsection :
default
<Alt>Delete
edit the entry and delete the string (del_workspace_key)
then save the entry.
After doing that restart your xfce-session.
After that, no command will be executed when the key combination <Alt>Delete is pressed.
By the way (for your interest) : the keyboard-shortcuts are stored in :
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~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
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Re: xfce disable keyboard shortcut
secureIT,
Thank you. That was what I needed. It did not occur to me that there would be two sets of definitions for Alt+Delete. I had killed the first, but left the second intact. After I went back and set both of them to blanks, and logged of and back on, everything is working the way I expected it to. Frankly I can see no reason that anyone would ever want to 'delete' a workspace in this manner.
Thank you again. I will mark my original post solved.
Thank you. That was what I needed. It did not occur to me that there would be two sets of definitions for Alt+Delete. I had killed the first, but left the second intact. After I went back and set both of them to blanks, and logged of and back on, everything is working the way I expected it to. Frankly I can see no reason that anyone would ever want to 'delete' a workspace in this manner.
Thank you again. I will mark my original post solved.