Navigation on Linux Fedora. Alt + LMB not working?

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Hi,

I’m trying to use Blender on Fedora but the Alt+LMB/Click navigation doesn’t work.
I know its a Fedora quirk since the same navigation bind key works on Ubuntu (and of course works on Windows and Mac).

Did a search and Blender users suggest modifying Blender hotkey. I cannot. Since the Alt + LMB navigation on 3d software is universal. It’s the same for Houdini. Maya. Cinema4D. etc.

I tried searching for Fedora shortcut keys but it does not seem to appear on the settings.

How do I override the Fedora reserve keys with the currently app I am opening?

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To disable Alt drag you need to install gnome-tweaks.
Either searh for Tweaks in Fedora software center, or install it with dnf

> sudo dnf install gnome-tweaks

In tweaks there’s a ‘Windows’ tab where you can change the Window Action Key to Super or disable it altogether.

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Thanks for the response.

But the thing is in the new gnome version, the windows moving is already default to super instead of alt, unlike before.

Anyhow, for good measure, I just checked it now by installing Gnome Tweaks. Modified it to Super from Super (the default) and I still get the same problem.

That said, I have a new findings. When I navigate it, which is essentially dragging, it is simulating a drag copy paste behavior by the white box present in the screen.

Is there a way for Fedora/Linux System to disable that for Blender?

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Okay. I found the issue.
It’s so trivial.

I forgot the reddit thread (because it was a rabbit hole) but there was an existing bug of VMWare on Fedora where it inadvertedly detects LMB Drag as a drag and drop to a different window.

That’s what is happening above.

I tried installing the Fedora as a separate boot install (rather than an emulation) and Blender navigation now works as expected.