I don't know if this is something new, but I just accidentally pressed "Control + Alt + Space" simultaneously and discovered, to my great surprise, that this key combination installs Orca and reboots the computer without asking for permission and without giving me time to properly close my work.
I understand that those who use Orca don't care about visual warnings, and we can applaud the effort to make computers accessible to everyone. But perhaps we have another small ergonomic or design flaw here:
why force keyboard shortcuts for Orca on me when I haven't installed it?
Anyway, if, like me, you find this keyboard shortcut not very useful, or even unpleasant, here's how to make it harmless to your ongoing work.
Open ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml with your favorite editor, and in the <keyboard> section add :
Save and in your terminal, type
in order to reload the compositor config.
Default keybind is now overridden but this harmless info message (but you can obviously use it for anything else).
zenoty version with a dark theme :
You can also use "zenity" or "yad" instead of zenoty.
Here's the Zenity version
which produces :
If you do not have a rc.xml in your personal folder yet, just create one like thisand copy and paste the following in itSave and in your terminal, type
Note : I left, as examples, 2 useful sections for numlock ON by default and a keybinding for screencapture with interactive area selection. Remove if you don't want them.
Hope this helps
I understand that those who use Orca don't care about visual warnings, and we can applaud the effort to make computers accessible to everyone. But perhaps we have another small ergonomic or design flaw here:
why force keyboard shortcuts for Orca on me when I haven't installed it?
Anyway, if, like me, you find this keyboard shortcut not very useful, or even unpleasant, here's how to make it harmless to your ongoing work.
Open ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml with your favorite editor, and in the <keyboard> section add :
Code:
<!-- Override RPI Keybind --><keybind key="C-A-space"><action name="Execute"><command>sh -c "$(zenoty --info --text='this keybind is available')"</command></action></keybind>Code:
labwc -rorlabwc --reconfigureDefault keybind is now overridden but this harmless info message (but you can obviously use it for anything else).
zenoty version with a dark theme :
You can also use "zenity" or "yad" instead of zenoty.
Here's the Zenity version
Code:
<keybind key="C-A-space"><action name="Execute"> <command>sh -c "$(zenity --info --title='DWAM INFO' --text='Keybind available')"</command></action></keybind>If you do not have a rc.xml in your personal folder yet, just create one like this
Code:
touch ~/.config/labwc/rc.xmlCode:
<?xml version="1.0"?><openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/3.4/rc"><keyboard><numlock>on</numlock><default /><!-- Replace RPI Keybind --><keybind key="C-A-space"><action name="Execute"><command>sh -c "$(zenoty --info --text='this keybind is available')"</command></action></keybind><keybind key="S-Print"> <action name="Execute"> <command>sh -c 'grim -g "$(slurp)"' </command> </action></keybind></keyboard></openbox_config>Code:
labwc -rorlabwc --reconfigureHope this helps
Statistics: Posted by dwam — Fri Dec 05, 2025 10:29 am — Replies 0 — Views 30