Usual keyboard shortcuts changed after installing Unity in Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I was using Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME normally, then I decided to install the Unity.

After that, the keyboard shortcuts have changed or even some of them do nothing.

For example:

CTRL+ALT+T opens a terminal, but it is not working anymore Inside Terminator terminal I used to use this default shortcut:

CTRL+SHIFT+E but now it opens Emoji Choice menu.

How can I fix it and turn back the default keyboard shortcuts?

P.S.: I did nothing more than just install Unity.

UPDATE 1:

I installed the compiz as shown on this post.

This fixed the media keys that were not working in my keyboard, and I also could fix the keyboard shortcut for opening the terminal.

However, the CTRL+SHIFT+Eis still opening this Emoji Choice menu.

Possible duplicate of [How to change keyboard shortcuts?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/452386/how-to-change-keyboard-shortcuts) — David Foerster, Apr 27 '18 at 21:08
@DavidFoerster actually it is different, although I have checked the solution you mentioned, the problem behavior is different. Even though the shortcuts are properly configured as the link you provided, there are conflicting ones as I mentioned above. — campescassiano, Jun 28 '18 at 23:48
This is because of a [recent change to ibus](https://desktopi18n.wordpress.com/2018/03/06/ibus-1-5-18-is-released/). The answer is to [change the ibus setting](https://askubuntu.com/a/1051387/167115). — mchid, Apr 26 '20 at 07:04

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 07 '18 at 10:02

6

Some of the shortcuts is impossible to change with built-in system settings GUI. Most other system-wide shortcuts could be changed through dconf as described here.

Open Terminal (Alt+Ctrl+T by default)
sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
dconf-editor
Navigate to desktop.ibus.panel.emoji hotkey
Further toggle Use default value and change the shortcut to [] as in the image below:

edited May 07 '18 at 10:02

Melebius

11,121
8
50
77

answered Apr 28 '18 at 14:22

Ioan Ungurean

76
3

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '18 at 10:02

0

Open Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts. Once you're there, you can customize the shortcuts the way you want.

answered Apr 26 '18 at 10:02

singrium

6,532
7
38
68

1

Yes, but still the Emoji Choice is the one that I most dislike when I push CTRL+SHIFT+E. – campescassiano Apr 26 '18 at 23:47
2

@phyloflash: Then change it as described in the answer. – David Foerster Apr 27 '18 at 21:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 06:56

Shortcut is introduced by ibus release 1.5.18.

Disable the shortcut key by altering the hotkey item:

gsettings set org.freedesktop.ibus.panel.emoji hotkey '[]'

Revert/Reset to factory defaults using:

gsettings reset org.freedesktop.ibus.panel.emoji hotkey

Usual keyboard shortcuts changed after installing Unity in Ubuntu 18.04

UPDATE 1:

3 Answers3