Ubuntu – How to change key bindings for switching workspaces in gnome3

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I know that you can go into the System Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts and change the bindings for switching between workspaces in the Navigation tab, but this isn't working for me. I can change many other things in Shortcuts, like the shortcut for opening terminal, but for some reason I cannot change the navigation bindings. Is there another way to change this or is there someway to get it to recognize my changes there?

And just so we are clear, I have tried changing it in the Navigation tab to CTRL+(LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN) and F1/F2/F3/F4 and CTRL+ALT+SUPER+(LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN), but none of those work, it just doesn't respond to any of my changes and stays as CTRL+ALT+(LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN)….

Any help would be appreciated, I have been search for 2 days for this and everything says to change it in the System Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts, but it doesn't work…

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Finally I've found a solution.

It appears, that you need to manually edit settings with the dconf-editor (dconf-tools package).

To edit workspace keyboard binding one should use dconf-tool and edit settings under path org -> gnome -> desktop -> wm -> keybindings.

The syntax for keybindings is the same as in other Gnome editions and the same as displayed in "System Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts".

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Check using CompizConfig Settings Manager (install if you dont have it) the number of virtual desktops assigned (horizontal and vertical size):

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Then have a look at System Settings>Keyboard>Shortcuts>Navigation and check your assigned keyboard shortcuts there:

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Try assigning new keys for them, if that works try reverting the original keyboard shortcuts.

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These settings are normally found in Keyboard Shortcuts:

System > Preferences > Hardware > Keyboard Shortcuts

Click where it shows the key combo or says 'disabled' and press the key combination you want.

If you cannot use this feature for some reason or you prefer a CLI method, use Gsettings.

Here are all the possible keybindings for workspace manipulation and their likely default values:

org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-left '<Control><Alt>Left'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-11 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-10 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-1 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-12 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-4 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-2 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-3 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-7 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-5 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-6 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-8 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-prev 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-right '<Control><Alt>Right'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-9 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-down '<Control><Alt>Down'
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings switch-to-workspace-up '<Control><Alt>Up'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-8 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-10 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-12 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-11 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-left '<Control><Shift><Alt>Left'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-down '<Control><Shift><Alt>Down'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-1 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-2 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-3 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-4 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-5 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-6 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-7 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-9 'disabled'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-up '<Control><Shift><Alt>Up'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-right '<Control><Shift><Alt>Right'
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings toggle-on-all-workspaces 'disabled'

To change one use the gsettings set command, for example

gsettings set org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings move-to-workspace-3 '<Mod4>3'

This command sets super+3 as a shortcut to move the current window to workspace 3.

To remove a keybinding, set it to 'disabled'. See man gsettings for more detail. You may have to experiment to achieve exactly what you want.

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