"When the menu bar is hidden, the keys are not intercepted. " wrong, they are intercepted. This bug is a couple of years old and still not fixed.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875070 Title: gnome terminal intercepts my alt key combinations when it shouldn't To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appmenu-gtk/+bug/875070/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs