How to disable "Ctrl+;" keyboard shortcut that brings up clipboard history in KDE

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I recently switched from Windows to Manjaro, so I’m a complete noob at this. I code a lot in VS Code and recently noticed that the keybinding Ctrl+; that I used to use all the time in Windows has been set to open up a clipboard history popup, making the keybinding pointless for what I used to use it for in VS Code since it is faster to click a button than to close out the popup. The problem isn’t just present in VS Code though since it also happens in Spotify and Signal, but oddly enough not Firefox. I have combed through the shortcuts page in my system settings (and exported the configuration file, which I did a ctrl+f on), but could not find the shortcut anywhere. I also tried the “configure clipboard” option that I saw when I right clicked the clipboard icon in my system tray. But could not find any Ctrl+; shortcut there. I did several searches online and found a thread in the Manjaro forums started by a user with the same problem (see this link: How to disable a specific shortcut in KDE/plasma?), but had already tried the recommendation to look through the shortcuts tab in my settings and my settings doesn’t have a “regional settings” tab, so I couldn’t try that option. I would really appreciate some assistance on this. Here’s a screenshot of what the clipboard history popup looks like:
clipboard_issue

  • Micah
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Welcome to the Manjaro Community! :smiley:

On my systems, in Firefox, CTRL + + increases page magnification; I wasn’t aware of it opening clipboard history. It’s always been that way.

What do you see if you right-click the Clipboard Contents icon (if not shown, it may be revealed by clicking ^ in the panel), select Configure Clipboard and go to the Shortcuts section?

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Sorry to confuse. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+; (Ctrl+semicolon) and at the moment it does not do anything in Firefox (though it was earlier). It is opening a clipboard history popup in Visual Studio Code, Signal, and Spotify though. The main problem is that it prevents me from using a keybinding in VSCode. For some reason I cannot upload screenshots right now so I can’t show you what I see on the shortcuts page. I get an error that says “Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post.”

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This was a previous solution:

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@scotty65 Thanks! I just tried that and Ctrl+; is still showing a clipboard history popup. I’m using Wayland if that information helps.

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As a “complete noob” the following will be beneficial. :slight_smile:

Regards.

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Regards.

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That’s not the floating clipboard of Plasma, the one belonging Klipper looks like this

Screenshot_20250326_031539

Do you have any other clipboard manager installed like CopyQ?

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Thanks for helping @medmedin. I have not installed any other clipboard managers, and I just checked and can confirm that I don’t have CopyQ installed. Klipper is my clipboard manager, and that is indeed what it looks like when I click on the clipboard icon.

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@soundofthunder thanks. I would upload the output of inxi --filter --verbosity=8 here, but for some reason I am unable to post links or screenshots, and the output of the command contains links.

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If you read the information given a little more deeply, you’ll find information on how to post command output as preformatted text.

Screenshots are usually not encouraged for textual content.

You can post a link between two “backtick” characters, like this: `https://forum.manjaro.org` which produces the link as preformatted text, like this: https://forum.manjaro.org.

Members can then copy/paste that link if they wish. This is a functional workaround until your forum privileges are increased.

Regards.

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Thanks @soundofthunder. Here is the output of inxi --filter --verbosity=8 on my system:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=88025b4c-36f6-4f08-9860-5c5493af9d61 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=a6888ecb-bf5c-4e3b-8997-c58d906dd54c udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3.60 date: 04/22/2020
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.56 GiB used: 4.1 GiB (26.3%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: 3000 C16 Series serial: N/A
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: 3000 C16 Series serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2200 min/max: 2200/4426 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200
    4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200
    13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200 bogomips: 115250
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
    f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs
    irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
    pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
    rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2
    sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext
    tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme
    vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
    protection
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
    always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M /
    Pro 5500M] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-1
    code: Navi-1x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2019-20 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
    bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7340 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:5
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: LG (GoldStar) Ultra HD serial: <filter>
    built: 2018 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 140% (1.4) to: 2743x1543
    dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.655 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.306
    y: 0.639 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39") diag: 690mm (27.2") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 3840x2160, 2560x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050,
    1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768,
    800x600, 720x480, 640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 97 2: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 96 3: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 93 4: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 94 5: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 95
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
    wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.1-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (radeonsi
    navi14 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.61 6.12.19-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:7340
    memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 5500 XT (RADV NAVI14) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:7340
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 10 HDMI Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 28:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:5
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.19-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 21:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.07 TiB used: 35.67 GiB (1.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW010T8
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4C scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM256GDGTNG-87A0A
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 936.45 GiB size: 920.68 GiB (98.32%)
    used: 35.67 GiB (3.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 88025b4c-36f6-4f08-9860-5c5493af9d61
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 1E0E-0503
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.12 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: a6888ecb-bf5c-4e3b-8997-c58d906dd54c
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ext4 label: Backup
    uuid: 7db4ecb3-241c-434b-bc99-2b14a11c792c
  ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 238.47 GiB fs: ext4 label: Personal
    uuid: 8b1af876-16b0-450c-8b1a-6f7a5c8f83b7
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Realtek RTL9210 M.2 NVME Adapter type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:9210 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Yubicom Yubikey 4/5 OTP+U2F+CCID
    type: keyboard,HID,smart card driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 30mA
    chip-ID: 1050:0407 class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-6:4 info: Cooler Master AMD SR4 lamplight Control
    type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 2516:0051 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 1-8:5 info: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: video,audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 1-10:6 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Razer USA Viper (wired) type: mouse,keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:0078 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-2:3 info: Razer USA RZ03-0338 Gaming Keyboard [Ornata V2]
    type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1532:025d class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 57.0 C
    mem: 0.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1292 libs: 365 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.archlinux.tw/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: http://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 405
  1: cpu: 7.2% command: konsole pid: 8728 mem: 233.1 MiB (1.4%)
  2: cpu: 5.8% command: firefox pid: 1719 mem: 827.8 MiB (5.1%)
  3: cpu: 3.2% command: zsh pid: 8749 mem: 9.66 MiB (0.0%)
  4: cpu: 2.2% command: kwin_wayland pid: 968 mem: 316.7 MiB (1.9%)
  5: cpu: 1.2% command: firefox pid: 2279 mem: 576.5 MiB (3.6%)
  Memory top: 5 of 405
  1: mem: 827.8 MiB (5.1%) command: firefox pid: 1719 cpu: 5.8%
  2: mem: 611.7 MiB (3.8%) command: firefox pid: 2536 cpu: 1.1%
  3: mem: 576.5 MiB (3.6%) command: firefox pid: 2279 cpu: 1.2%
  4: mem: 507.1 MiB (3.1%) command: plasmashell pid: 1242 cpu: 0.2%
  5: mem: 321.7 MiB (2.0%) command: firefox pid: 3889 cpu: 0.5%
Info:
  Processes: 405 Power: uptime: 1h 17m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.2 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
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After searching Google for clipboard “press backspace/delete to clear history” - Google Search I have a feeling that the unusual-looking clipboard popping up might be the clipboard associated with fcitx5.

Clipboard - Fcitx:

Clipboard mode

Use the hotkey (<Ctrl + ;> by default) to activate clipboard mode. The saved clipboard content will be shown in the candidate list. You can use either number key to select the one you want to enter or use and <Shift + Tab> to choose a candidate word and use to enter.

Edit: removed links to fcitx5 GitHub code pages once I found the wiki page above. The GitHub pages were fcitx5/src/modules/clipboard/clipboard.cpp at master · fcitx/fcitx5 · GitHub & fcitx5/po/ko.po at master · fcitx/fcitx5 · GitHub

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Thanks @scotty65! That’s very helpful. The funny thing is I had actually seen a setting for fcitx5 in system settings, under virtual keyboard and changed it to none, but the issue has persisted. With none selected in the virtual keyboard setting, Ctrl+; still pulls up the clipboard history popup.

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If you don’t need fcitx5, uninstall it. It has been causing lots of keyboard issues lately, and you only ever need it if you require bidirectional input.

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Thanks @Aragorn Should I uninstall it with pacman -Rsn fcitx5, pacman -R fcitx5 or pacman with some other flag?

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Either will do. The first command will also remove dependencies that are not required by other packages, as well as any saved configuration files. The 2nd command will remove just the fcitx5 package.

You can also do it via pamac:

To remove unneeded dependencies & saved configuration files:

pamac remove -no fcitx5

To remove just fcitx5:

pamac remove fcitx5

Note: don’t add sudo to the pamac commands. They should be run as a normal user, not root/sudo.

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I just uninstalled fcitx5 and am no longer having issues with Ctrl+; pulling up a clipboard history popup. Thank you all so much for you help! You guys are awesome!

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I would have bolded that part, rather than italicized! Common issue with using sudo with Polkit-aware applications such as pamac. :wink:

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