Ctrl + shift + U combo does not work

Question

When i press Ctrl+Shift+U, nothing happens. The underlined U does not appear, so I cannot write unicode. I am running Xubuntu 14.04.

Thanks.

Google Docs, but in previous installation of Xubuntu all worked fine. — , Apr 02 '15 at 09:55
Same here, Shift+Ctrl+U does not work in 14.04, like it is said here: help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey#Unicode_composition — nephewtom, Oct 13 '15 at 09:20

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 09 '18 at 17:47

In my case it was simple - Fedora 29 && Gnome 3.30.1

Just run: ibus-setup > Emoji Tab and change shortcuts for unicode code point and Emoji annotation to something different.

ibus-setup is shipped with package ibus-1.5.19-4.fc29.src.rpm

No need for restart nor logging out from current session.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '16 at 08:42

I had this problem with Ubuntu 14.04 and Gnome classic...

Fixed it by going to Applications -> System Tools -> Language and support. On the Language tab, i switched "Keyboard input method" from "none" to "iBus". Logout/login or restart computer, and it worked like a charm :)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '18 at 12:56

The Ctrl+Shift+U Unicode input shortcut seems to be a feature of iBus. To use it, you have to enable iBus as an input method.

First, make sure iBus is installed on your system:

sudo apt install ibus

Then, go to your Language Support settings and choose "iBus" as the keyboard input method:

Log out and log in again (or restart your system) for the changes to take effect.

If the shortcut is still not working, it could be that the shortcut is being overridden (used for something else) as Mohamed Ramzy Helmy suggested in a previous answer. In that case, you will have to go to your settings and disable the other keyboard shortcut

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 01 '23 at 04:22

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In Ubuntu 22.04, the default hotkey Control + Shift + U can be disabled.

Open dconf-editor, go to the path: /desktop/ibus/panel/emoji/Unicode-hotkey.
Remove the default value by set custom value to [].

edited Mar 01 '23 at 04:22

cocomac

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 02 '15 at 10:39

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The key combination didn’t work because some other program used it. To fix this I used gconf-editor.

Open gconf-editor. Choose desktop -> ibus -> general -> hotkey. Open trigger parameter.

Remove CTRL+SHIFT+U key combination from the list and press OK.

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answered Apr 02 '15 at 09:29

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I do not have ibus option in gconf-editor, there is only gnome option. – Apr 02 '15 at 09:53
sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-clutter ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 ibus-qt4 sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin # or other engine(s) you want – Mohamed Ramzy Helmy Apr 02 '15 at 10:00
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Please [edit] your answer, if you want to add relevant information like that in your previous comment. – David Foerster Apr 02 '15 at 10:34

Ctrl + shift + U combo does not work

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