How to disable all "keyboard shortcuts"

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 07:03 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> Bret Busby wrote:
> 
> > How can I disable all "keyboard shortcuts" - the key combinations,
> > other than using the shift key with a key?
> 
> This page starts out being about Unity, but then also provides GNOME
> instructions. I'd recommend reading everything and backing up your
> system before trying it or, better yet, trying any of its suggestions
> on a non-vital test machine first, though:
> 
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/461701/disable-all-unity-keyboard-shortcuts-using-the-command-line

Hi,

I can't comment on the perl part, however

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ man gsettings | grep s\ reset-r | cut -f1 -d[
       gsettings reset-recursively SCHEMA

hence

gsettings reset-recursively org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings

does reset all changes done to the keys in this schema to the default
values.

I can't comment on the gnome-key-bindings command, but everything should
be doable using the gsettings command, see

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ gsettings list-schemas | grep keybind
org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings
org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.media-keys
org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm
org.cinnamon.muffin.keybindings
org.cinnamon.muffin.wayland.keybindings
org.cinnamon.runtime-keybindings
org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings
org.mate.Marco.global-keybindings
org.mate.Marco.keybinding-commands
org.mate.Marco.window-keybindings
org.mate.SettingsDaemon.plugins.keybindings
org.mate.terminal.keybindings

IOW resetting to default values should be easy to achieve, too.

But this isn't much of a help at all, since apps tend to have their
individual keybindings.

"How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Claws Mail?

That is very simple. First, ensure that the option "Enable customizable
menu shortcuts" ..." -
https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Interface#How_can_I_change_the_key-bindings_.28hot-keys.29_in_Claws_Mail.3F

Claws mail as well as other apps might or might not have hard coded
shortcuts, but there are for sure issues making customization of
shortcuts impossible, see

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=247321

Even if such issues might get solved over time, new apps, new releases
of GTK or Qt or ... introduce new issues for such customisation.

It's pointless trying to get rid of the shortcut issue.

Regards,
Ralf