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I'm having skypeforlinux and whenever I click alt, it redirects the pointer to the top bar menu which I found absolutely annoying. I use alt + shift to switch between input layouts.

I have installed sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager but found Ubuntu Unity Plugin missing in Desktop. I also couldn't find Key to show the HUD on Ubuntu 20.04. How can I disable HUD globally?

Tri Nguyen
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  • Are you using Unity in Ubuntu 20.04? Edit your question to add this information. – Archisman Panigrahi Dec 07 '20 at 10:29
  • Hi @Archisman Panigrahi, sorry for the late reply, I'm using the default one on Ubuntu 20.04, GNOME I suppose. – Tri Nguyen Dec 08 '20 at 03:49
  • HUD was a Unity feature and it is missing in GNOME. I don't know how you have enabled HUD in GNOME – Archisman Panigrahi Dec 08 '20 at 04:06
  • Not sure holding Alt to navigate on the top bar menu categorised as HUD. Thís question might help https://askubuntu.com/questions/30224/how-to-disable-the-alt-hotkey-behavior-on-gnome-terminal. None of the answers actually solves my problem, however. – Tri Nguyen Dec 08 '20 at 04:30
  • @TriNguyen Have you solve it? – Nick Jan 10 '21 at 06:51
  • This answer helped me. https://askubuntu.com/a/1260256/520674 – Nick Jan 10 '21 at 07:21
  • Hi @Nick, my problem wasn't how to update change layout shortcut to alt + shift, I have got it working already. The problem was, whenever I switch the layout, the pointer went to the menu bar instead of keeps staying at the text box. This appears on certain applications such as Skype in my case. Chrome works flawlessly however. – Tri Nguyen Jan 11 '21 at 02:34
  • As I see answer above helped me but not completely. If I press Shift+Alt - layout changes and pointer not went to menu, all is well. But if I press Alt+Shift - pointer still went to menu. 2021 behind window, but problem in Electron applications still occurs... – Nick Jan 11 '21 at 05:54
  • Hi @Nick, yes the order does matter. Thank you anyway. – Tri Nguyen Jan 11 '21 at 07:53

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