Disable Mint Cinnamon Keyboard Shortcut, Shift + Numpad != Numlock

Question

I have just started using Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop Environment, but I have come accross an annoying feature that I can't find out how to remove. When the num lock is off, the right numpad acts as direction keys, but when I press shift with the numpad, it acts like a numpad, unless the num lock is off, then it is the opposite. I was wondering how to disable the shift + inverting the functionality

Answer 1

Based on the Ask Ubuntu post XUbuntu: Make Shift+NumPad work like Windows, and especially this answer and its comments, making Linux Mint 18 (Cinnamon) make the NumPad work like in Windows is in:

System Settings > Hardware > Keyboard > Layouts > Miscellaneous compatibility options

Expand the option and check "Numlock on: digits, Shift switches to arrow keys, Numlock off: always arrow keys (as in MS Windows)".

For other Linux distributions, some more advice can be found in the above linked post and in the article Fixing wrong Shift+Numpad (keypad) behaviour in Emacs

Answer 2

You should probably change the setting

Control Center -> Keyboard -> Layouts -> Options -> Miscellaneous Compatibility Options -> Shift with Numeric Keypads works as in MS Windows

Note that this feature has some limitations. For example, I'm used to clipboard operation Ctrl-Insert/Shift-Insert using insert on the numpad. But the known bug prevents from using them.

Answer 3

Just in case someone needs the solution for Mint Olivia:

In the menu, search for 'Region & Language', and then you can go to the solution that was suggested by Maksee: Layouts -> Options -> Miscellaneous Compatibility Options -> Shift with Numeric Keypads works as in MS Windows

Good luck!