Disable Confluence shortcut keys
Asked by MPal Pal:

Is there a way to do this please?

Right now when I view my docs and accidently press \[ key, the left navigation panel disappears. It's a bit confusing to users.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Matthew Erickson
body: Hi MPal,

You do not need to modify the Jar file if you just want to disable a shortcut. To disable a shortcut do the following:

1 . Go to the admin console.

2. Select plugins.

3. Click on 'Show System Plugins'.

4. Search for the 'Confluence Keyboard Shortcuts Plugin' and expand it.

5. Click on 'Manage plugin modules' to see the individual modules

6. Each shortcut will have it's own module that can be disabled. The one you want is called 'Toggle Navigation Panel'

comments: author: Michael Witten
body: We are using Confluence 6.14.1 and this no longer seems to be an option. Is there an equivalent of this now or has the feature been removed? I need the paste as plain text feature in chrome (ctrl+shift+v), but Confluence takes over it with its own shortcut (paste table row).

Alternatively, does confluence have a paste as plain text keyboard shortcut option (I'm not seeing one in the help)?

Thanks


author: MPal Pal
body: thanks Mark. This works well :)

Ideally, you guys should enable user to configure this through the UI


author: MPal Pal
body: Thank you Mark. This guide is to change `ctrl+alt+q` to `ctrl+alt+y`.

Not really specific on what I want to do. :(

comments: author: Mark Hrynczak
body: I'm sorry, you are right. I thought the page was a generic explanation, but it is really just a specific example.

To make the change you want:

* The jar file to look for is */WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/confluence/setup/atlassian-bundled-plugins/confluence-keyboard-shortcuts.jar*
* The file you need within that jar is called *atlassian-plugin.xml*
* It contains an element **\<keyboard-shortcut key="toggle.navigation.panel"\>**
* Either remove the entire element, or else change the shortcut to another key.
* Follow [the instructions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=228066005) to save these changes and restart Confluence.

Hope that is enough info - let me know if you need anything more.

Cheers,  
Mark


author: Mark Hrynczak
body: Follow the instructions at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=228066005>

comments: author: Mark Hrynczak
body: I'm sorry, you are right. I thought the page was a generic explanation, but it is really just a specific example.

To make the change you want:

* The jar file to look for is */WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/confluence/setup/atlassian-bundled-plugins/confluence-keyboard-shortcuts.jar*
* The file you need within that jar is called *atlassian-plugin.xml*
* It contains an element **\<keyboard-shortcut key="toggle.navigation.panel"\>**
* Either remove the entire element, or else change the shortcut to another key.
* Follow [the instructions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=228066005) to save these changes and restart Confluence.

Hope that is enough info - let me know if you need anything more.

Cheers,  
Mark


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