IntelliJ Idea Ctrl+Alt+Left shortcut doesn't work in Ubuntu
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I am using IntelliJ Idea 2017.3 latest release in Ubuntu 2017.10 and shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right doesn't work.
Whereas from menu Navigate -> Back/Forward works fine.
Reference : https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/navigation-in-source-code.html
Ubuntu Solutions
Solution 1 - Ubuntu
Ubuntu binds this key combination to Switch Workspace. Starting from Ubuntu 18.04, you need to use the command line to change the shortcut (source), because the Ubuntu Keyboard Settings GUI might not show this option. To remove the offending shortcuts completely, allowing IntelliJ to use them, these commands worked for me:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "[]"
If you ever want to restore the shortcuts, use:
gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left
gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right
Default keymap
In addition, your IntelliJ installation might be set to the the default for GNOME keymap instead of the one you're used to. This maps the Navigate - Forward and Navigate - Backward shortcuts to Ctrl
+ Alt
+ Windows Key
+ Left/Right
. Under File > Settings > Keymap
, you can either modify the key combination for just those shortcuts, or switch to the default keymap entirely.
Solution 2 - Ubuntu
I just found out that my IDEA 2018.3 in Ubuntu 18.04 automatically uses default for GNOME keymap, and the Back/Forward shotcut turns out to be Alt + Shift + Left/Right, no need to change any system settings.
Solution 3 - Ubuntu
The right setting is combinations of already posted answers. To sum up:
1. Remove key bindings of Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left to GNOME enviroment
In terminal run:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "[]"
2. Assigne the bindings to Forward / Back actions in Idea IntelliJ
If you use Keymap setting based on GNOME keymap the defaults for Forward / Back actions are not Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left. It must be setted.
In Idea IntelliJ menu
File | Settings | Keymap
search for
Main menu - Navigate - Forward
click on edit shortcuts and set it to Ctrl+Alt+Right
then search for
Main menu - Navigate - Back
click on edit shortcuts and set it to Ctrl+Alt+Left
Works on versions: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Idea IntelliJ 2019.2.3
Solution 4 - Ubuntu
Ubuntu has a shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right to navigate between workspaces. When i changed it under system settings, IDE is able to pick up the shortcut.
Solution 5 - Ubuntu
Ctrl + Windows Key + Alt + Left/Right worked on my Linux Fedora 22.
Solution 6 - Ubuntu
In Ubuntu System settings you have to either desible shortcut for Ctrl
+Alt
+Left/Right
or use Ctrl
+ Windows Key
+ Alt
+ Left/Right
Solution 7 - Ubuntu
I'm using ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
-
Go to System Settings -> Text Entry -> Keyboard Settings (bottom right of the screen).
-
On the keyboard dialog, click on Navigation tab. Then scroll down to "switch to workspace left" and select it and click backspace to disable it.
Your android studio shortcut should work now.
Solution 8 - Ubuntu
The solution by @lászló-van-den-hoek here was correct, but I had to take one more step.
Go to File | Settings | Keymap
in Intellij and change the Keymap from Default for GNOME
to Default
.
I think this has been tripping people up since Ubuntu switched from Unity desktop to a GNOME based desktop, and now Intellij is starting up with GNOME appropriate hotkeys.
Solution 9 - Ubuntu
For Linux Mint Cinnamon, the default workspace switching keybinding that interferes with IntelliJ keybinding can be changed with the following :
Disable:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm switch-to-workspace-left "@as []"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm switch-to-workspace-right "@as []"
Reset to defaults:
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm switch-to-workspace-left
gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm switch-to-workspace-right
Thanks @László for the Ubuntu Gnome hint.
Solution 10 - Ubuntu
Ctrl + Windows + Left/Right ; Ubuntu 20.04, IDEA: 2020.1, works for me
Solution 11 - Ubuntu
My Gnome was configured to CTRL+ALT+left or right and I don't why but it moved to CTRL+ALT+Up or down. Workspaces were aligned horizontally and they changed to be vertical. I don't what I did to get this! Maybe the same thing happened to you...
I am fine with that, it changes a lit bit my desktop, changes are good some times...
I advice you to install the extension Workspace to dock which is very cool ;)
Solution 12 - Ubuntu
In my case:
Solution 13 - Ubuntu
In LUbuntu 20.04 the offendig settings were found in .config/openbox/lxqt-rc.xml
. They are expected to be editable by lxqt-config-globalkeyshortcuts
app (Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Shortcut keys), but are not shown in the app.
Ref: https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/3/3.2/3.2.14/shortcut_keys.html
gsettings
and dconf
appear unrelated
Solution 14 - Ubuntu
Not exactly the original issue, but I'm leaving it as an answer here since this question pops up in google search results - in my case Android Studio 2020.3.1 on ArchLinux Gnome (with Gnome keymap in AS settings) Alt+Shift+Left/Right do not work because the are already assigned (what?!) on other actions.
Going to File / Settings / Keymap / Main Menu / Navigate / Back
then Add Keyboard shortcut
shows a warning Already assigned to: Select Previous Tab in multi-editor file and Accept Rigth Side in VCS
- right, already 2 other assignments. Since it got broken after some AS update, I believe it was a bug (hopefully fixed) in default AS keymap for Gnome.
So I have to remove that conflict to get keys working.
Solution 15 - Ubuntu
for me was needed first:
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "[]"