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Eclipse uses Alt+F5 to Update Maven Project.

It's worked on earlier versions of Ubuntu, but on 20.10 that key combination is mapped to Un-maximize window, which is also what Super+↓ does.

I cannot find Alt+F5 under Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts, and I haven't figured out where these mappings are stored or how to change them outside the Settings app.

BeastOfCaerbannog
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"Restore", which is found in the Windows section in Settings - Keyboard shortcuts, is not only assigned to Super+Down, but also to the "traditional" shortcut Alt+F5. You can disable the binding to Alt+F5 and retain the Super+Down binding:

  • Go to "Settings" - "Keyboard"
  • Click "View and customize shortcuts" in the right pane
  • Under the section "Windows", click "Restore window".
  • The "Set shortcut" dialog appears.
  • Press Super+Down: this will set that key only.

Alternatively, use gsettings in the terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings unmaximize "['<Super>Down']"

That removes the assignment to Alt+F5, but maintains Super+Down for unmaximizing a window. Reset to the default (['<Super>Down', '<Alt>F5']) with the command

gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings unmaximize

You can edit this and many other "hidden" settings using dconf-editor, not installed by default.

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  • I'm going through and mapping modifier+F keys for maximizing capabilities to use in terminal (and unsetting them for gnome) and I found out that you can show that both Alt+F5 and Super+Down are bound to unmaximize by running gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings unmaximize, it shows: ['<Super>Down', '<Alt>F5']. I think we can unbind Alt+F5, then, by simply going in and setting it to Super+Down (which seemingly would do nothing but should clear out Alt+F5). – Steven Lu Apr 17 '21 at 00:33
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    Use gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings unmaximize "[]" to remove binding – Vladislav Jul 07 '21 at 12:31
  • thank you! this was breaking with vscode's "move to next/previous change" for me. – rmanna Apr 19 '22 at 07:39
  • Thanks for the advice, it helped. It's even simpler to remove the binding, with just the standard configuration dialog. it's enough to set the binding again to the default value - Super Down. This will set it to just Super Down, removing the binding to Alt F5. – Ondro Mihályi Sep 22 '22 at 09:53
  • Did you set the shortcut to Alt F5? I didn't mean to reset it to the default value, btu simply select the Alt+F5 shortcut for it. Maybe it's necessary to set another shortcut for it first, and then set it to Alt F5, but I don't think I had to do it. I simply selected the shortcut and pressed Alt + F5 on the keyboard. – Ondro Mihályi Sep 25 '22 at 14:53
  • Of course, I got confused. All the time I meant to set the binding to Super + Down. By default, it appears to be set to Super + Down in the UI, but it's set to both Super + Down and Alt + F5. If you click on the Restore Window setting and just press Super + Down, it will set it to Super + Down only, deleting the binding for Alt + F5. In the UI, you will still see the same Super + Down binding, but with the X button, which wasn't there before. – Ondro Mihályi Sep 26 '22 at 08:31
  • Amazing thanks! This should be accepted as answer. – Duc Nguyen Dec 13 '22 at 05:52