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Disabling a key binding?

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:21:04 +0000

I want to disable some keys because if the bindsym doesn't exists, the key is sent to the focused program (using the "win" key with nano for example). My solution is ugly but works: bindsym [key] exec --no-startup-id : Do you know of a better solution for this? I'm looking for a "noop" style command that doesn't involve executing a shell.

Answer by Michael for
I want to disable some keys because if the bindsym doesn't exists, the key is sent to the focused program (using the "win" key with nano for example).

My solution is ugly but works: `bindsym [key] exec --no-startup-id :`

Do you know of a better solution for this?

I'm looking for a "noop" style command that doesn't involve executing a shell.

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:25:57 +0000

bindsym [key] nop

Comment by tigrezno for

bindsym [key] nop

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:04:50 +0000

mmm it doesn't seems to work in 4.8: ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: ERROR: Your command: nop

Comment by vandannen for

bindsym [key] nop

Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:22:03 +0000

don't ask me why, but the nop command needs a string as a first argument, so just type something like: `bindsym [key] nop foo`

Comment by tigrezno for

bindsym [key] nop

Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:46:54 +0000

that worked, thanks!

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Disabling a key binding?

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`bindsym [key] nop`

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`bindsym [key] nop`

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`bindsym [key] nop`