How do I disable the keyboard shortcut for menu in Linux Mint 13?

I use gnome-do a lot and usually I summon it using [Super] + [Space]. It works just fine on my desktop PC (Linux Mint 11) but on my new ThinkPad T420 (Linux Mint 13) it didn't work that well. I had to either tap super or space twice to open the gnome-do popup. I quickly realized that this was happening due to the keyboard shortcut for menu (super / windows button). I don't need the menu shortcut for anything.

I already checked in Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts but there was no such setting as "Menu" or "Start menu" or anything like that. Where can I disable the keyboard shortcut for menu?

miq

Posted 2012-06-07T07:43:56.553

Reputation: 301

Answers

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Go to System Settings
"Locales" (I think it's called that way, but I am note sure since I use a german version of Cinnamon)
"Layouts"
Select your keyboard layout and click on "Options" on the right
"Alt/Win key behaviour"
Change it from Default to "Hyper is mapped to Win-keys"

After performing these steps on Arch Linux with Cinnamon 1.4UP3-1, I was able to use Gnome Do again.

Cherion

Posted 2012-06-07T07:43:56.553

Reputation: 230

3Downvoted because this is not what is asked: it is not a matter of changing the mapping of Hyper to Win-keys, but a matter of avoiding the Hyper key (or the Win-keys) to be used in the shortcuts. The end result might be the same, but the process is not. In my case I do not want to change the behavior of the Hyper key, but I do want to avoid it opening the menu. – dangonfast – 2014-07-29T12:33:07.270

The settings dialog can be started by running "cinnamon-settings". Then Hardware, Keyboard (or type keyboard in the search), keyboard layouts, Options button (bottom right corner), then step 5 and 6. – basic6 – 2014-12-15T16:10:17.603

Can this be done programmatically? – gonzobrains – 2014-12-25T01:29:09.460

doesn't work for me. – Alexandr.Salin – 2020-02-07T17:27:40.877

3Awesome! That did the trick. I went Menu -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layout Settings and then steps 4-6. After that I had to log out and in to get it work. – miq – 2012-06-26T06:41:52.787

Here is a solution that doesn't require fiddling with system settings. Tested on Mint 14 MATE, but should work on Cinnamon too.

Right-click on Menu icon on bottom left of desktop
Click "Preferences"
In the initial "Main button" tab, click in the field to the right of "Keyboard shortcut"
Press a new hotkey combo (I chose ctrl+win+space)

Voila - there are now hotkeys for the menu as well as Gnome Do.

nik

Posted 2012-06-07T07:43:56.553

Reputation: 288

At list in Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” - Xfce (64-bit), that does not work: the default shortcut gets added again – dangonfast – 2014-07-29T12:30:32.013

2Works for Cinnamon 2.4.5. This should be the accepted answer. – Jonas Schäfer – 2015-02-03T08:37:33.343

@JonasWielicki The question was asked in 2012. There wasn't even Cinnamon 2.0 back then. I now have Cinnamon 2.0.14 and this answer doesn't seem to apply to it. – miq – 2015-02-03T14:55:27.733

1It seems to apply to 2.4.5. That is the version number my cinnamon reports in System Info. I’m on Fedora 21 fwiw and the answer applies for me. – Jonas Schäfer – 2015-02-04T12:20:37.007

2This is a great answer. I'd also like to add that if you really want to disable the shortcut entirely, press backspace when the UI is requesting a keypress. – Elias Mårtenson – 2016-08-29T05:07:11.133

Left click Menu button Left sub-menu Down sub window

select shortcut for open close the menu

The previous solution prevent you to use ALT for creating shortcut

Prof X

Posted 2012-06-07T07:43:56.553

Reputation: 1

On Cinnamon on Linux Mint 13 (Maya) the "Active the window menu" shortcut (bound by default to Alt+Space) is under Menu -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts. Just click the relevant row to edit or disable the binding.

Alaya

Posted 2012-06-07T07:43:56.553

Reputation: 381

Thanks but I meant the Menu in the lower left corner (the "Start" menu), not the window context menu. – miq – 2012-08-03T13:13:58.853

And can anyone tell me what symbols are recognized here? I managed to remove the old binding, but cannot get it to recognize any new one. – Luke H – 2012-11-19T03:56:29.703