The standard ubuntu keyboard shortcuts make me crazy when I am developing in IDE. When I click application specific shortcut I didn't get what I want because ubuntu has the same shortcut and action binding to the system shortcut came in action.
So, is there a way to increase priority of application specific shortcuts? I'd want to freeze system shortcuts when working in IDE.
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Sending virtual keypresses doesn't work for me (see comments), but that answer inspired me to look for similar solutions. Sending a "text" event with xvkbd ignores the current state of your physical keyboard:
sh -c 'xsel | xvkbd -xsendevent -file - 2>/dev/null'
xvkbd -text uses a few backslash sequences, so rather than dance with escaping, -file works. Add -delay 0 to enter the text without delay between the “keystrokes”. xvkbd also outputs some warning text about modifiers, but it appears to be irrelevant to this use (but I didn't want to see it in ~/.xsession-errors).
I bound this to a shortcut using System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts.
Note that you need to have xsel and xvkbd packages installed:
sudo apt-get install xsel xvkbd
You can workaround it with dconf-editor.
Go to org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys and edit manually your keyboard shortcut.
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Best Answer
Check this out:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/tips-and-tricks-ubuntu-after-installation-ubuntu-1204.htm#Add-Change-Keyboard-Shortcuts