A number of games, Emacs, and the terminal make extensive use of the Alt key. Can Unity be configured to respect this key, rather than launching the HUD with it?
Ubuntu – How to modify or disable the HUD’s use of the Alt key
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Related Solutions
You can use CompizConfig Settings Manager to change the key used to show the Unity HUD.
To open terminal hit Alt+Ctrl+T and run following command:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Or search for 'compizconfig-settings-manager' and install it from there.
Once installed, Hit Super key (Windows key) to open Unity dash and search for "ccsm" and open it.
In CompizConfig Settings Manager Navigate to Desktop > Ubuntu Unity Plugin
Under the Behavior tab click on little cross in front of "Key to show the HUD", This will set the key to default (Alt)
I just tried it in CCSM in 13.04 and disabling works. Here's what I do.
Open ccsm and select the Ubuntu Unity plugin.
Click the Edit button (Pencil icon) and in the dialog that appears, delete the text. Just leave it empty and click save.
- That's all. You should see now that the HUD shortcut is disabled.
Best Answer
Open the System Settings application either by going to
Session Indicatorin Unity panel, or by searching forSystem Settingsusing the HUD.Then go to
Keyboard > Shortcuts > Launchers. You can redefine the HUD key with the Key to show the HUD option. Pressing Backspace will disable the HUD shortcut altogether.If you set it to Alt manually, the setting distinguishes between the left and right Alt key. So if you want to maintain general behaviour and still use Alt combinations, this may be an alternate solution for you.