I am using Linux Mint 14 XFCE. I am trying to remove the default XFCE window manager shortcuts for workspace switching (Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2, etc.), as described in this question.
The answers there don't have any effect for me. If I go into Settings->Window Manger->Keyboard, nothing I do has any effect. If I click on a setting and hit "Clear", the setting stays there unchanged. If I double-click on a setting and choose a new shortcut key, the original settings stays there unchanged. If I go into Settings Editor (as described in the other answer to that question) and attempt to reset the settings there, nothing has any effect still.
What is going on? How can I get XFCE to let me change the keyboard shortcut settings?
Best Answer
I had the same issue in mint 17 xfce (with both wm shortcuts like Ctrl-F1 and keyboard shortcuts like Alt-F2). I don't like the way how I fixed it but I could not find a better solution. First, I searched for all keyboard configuration files:
Then I removed the file from
home, did copies of system files and removed all shortcuts which I wanted to free in both system files. After reboot these shortcuts finally gone.