In case you don't need to switch between keyboard layouts, you can get some shortcuts working again if you use the "Tweaks" tool for Gnome.
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool Then 1. Open "Tweaks" 2. Select the tab "Keyboard & Mouse" 3. Click "Additional Layout Options" 4. Disable entries in the "Switching to another layout" dialog In my case this gave me back the "ALT + SHIFT" combinations which are essential in the Eclipse IDE for refactoring. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1683383 Title: Keyboard layout change on hotkeys press instead of release and do not work well with shortcuts (reopen) Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a reopen of bug #36812, which has reappeared in Kubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus. This is a bug about shortcuts mapped to combinations which include each other. For example, if we have Ctrl+Shift (for keyboard layout) and Ctrl+Shift+N (to open a new terminal), then we are practically unable to use the second shortcut; this is what happens: Ctrl press (nothing happens) Shift press (keyboard layout change) N (a simple N appears, since a shortcut has already fired) The expected behavior is to fire shortcuts on the release (not on press) of the special keys (ctrl,shift,alt, etc) which is also how Windows behave. This is a serious problem for bilingual layouts, typically using Alt+Shift or Ctrl+Shift for keyboard layout change. Apparently, the bug has reappeared after the patch that used to fix the problem (208_switch_on_release.diff) has been removed from X.Org 1.19 packages. There is an updated patch in the upstream ticket https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 (link to the attachment: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=129861). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.9.0-22.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Mon Apr 17 17:46:35 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-01 (716 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: xorg-server UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-16 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/1683383/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
