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My system is Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, Gnome version is 3.36.8.

I am going to Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

Some keyboard shotcuts can be changed, while some are not.eg; "Switch to next input source" (for language switching). I press it, the pop up window says "Set Shotcut". If I press e. g. Alt+Tab, the system allows me to do that.

However if I want to do Alt+Shift (which is the classic one for language switching), the system does nothing.. Neither works Ctrl+Shift, Ctrl+Alt etc.

As far as I see, Alt+Shift is not assigned to any other other command. Please help..

Raffles
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It's correct, Settings does not currently accept those shortcuts.

But you can install gnome-tweaks, open Tweaks and use that mechanism for setting a shortcut for switching input language instead. Most of the shortcuts you mention are selectable there.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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Not sure why it is like that.

And not sure for other restricted shortcuts.

However in particular for the Alt+Shift I have found a "manual" solution: alt + shift not work

sudo vim /etc/default/keyboard

Add or replace (if existing already) the following lines:

XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle"

Restart the computer

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