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gospes
gospes

Reputation: 3937

Disable "find" shortcut (CTRL-SHIFT-F) in gnome terminal

I'm currently running ubuntu 14.04 (with compiz window manager) and have difficulty disabling a shortcut while gnome-terminal is in focus. It's regarding the (annoying and useless) "find" window which pops up after hitting Ctrl+Shift+F.

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This keybinding is not mentioned in:

1) ccsm            -> general options -> keybindings
2) ccsm            -> commands -> keybindings
2) gconf-editor    -> /apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings
4) dconf-editor    -> /org/gnome/terminal <-- entry does not exist
5) gnome-terminal  -> edit -> keyboard shortcuts
6) system settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> [all entries]

I have tried without success:

  1. Setting ctrl-shift-F as a shortcut explicitly with different behaviour, e.g. switch tab, in gnome terminal

  2. Editing /home/USER/.gtkrc, .gtkrc-2.0 and .gtkrc-3.0 to:

    binding "CustomNoSearch"
{
    unbind "<ctrl><shift>f"
}
class "*" binding "CustomNoSearch"

  3. Editing /home/USER/.config/gtk-2.0/gtk-keys.css and ../git-3.0/gtk-keys.css:

    @binding-set custom-no-search
{
    unbind "<ctrl><shift>f";
}
GtkEntry {
    gtk-key-bindings: custom-no-search;
}

  4. Changing keyboard input method system from IBUS to None (system settings->language support->keyboard input method system) disables everything, including ctrl-shift-F, but this is too much.

At this point I have run out of ideas. Where is this behaviour defined? Any help is much appreciated!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3502

Answers (2)

chriad
chriad

Reputation: 1412

You can just disable it in the preferences of GNOME Terminal.

Click on the entry under the Shortcut Key column and, when you’re prompted for a new key binding (“New Accelerator...”), press Backspace to disable the shortcut.

Upvotes: 3

rm-vanda
rm-vanda

Reputation: 3168

I was able to disable this by emptying the contents of

/usr/share/gnome-terminal/find-dialog.ui

While this is kind of a kludge way to do it, it works without causing any other problems.

It is obviously a good idea to back the file up before emptying it, but it probably isn't anything sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal --reinstall couldn't fix..

So, in short : 

# cd /usr/share/gnome-terminal/
# cp find-dialog.ui ~
# >find-dialog.ui

And no more find dialog...

Upvotes: 2

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