Dozens of Phantom "Search" Options Keybindings in GNOME Settings

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Before telling my problem which I am facing in Arch Linux I installed Arch Linux 1 day ago and freshly installed Gnome 48 gnome and gnome-tweaks I solving this problem around 8 Hours but still can’t figure out what is the main problem. I think there is some bug in gnome-control-center.
what I actually did is I loaded the d-conf.conf of gnome 47 into gnome 48 which help me to get back my settings as everyone do. but I didn’t Notice then when I go to keyboard shortcuts to key my desire shortcuts I see there are 78 Modification in Launchers Section I open it and saw there are 78 Search option but they are disabled. Here is the detailed things that I did I also take help from GPT but still in vain. The below details I generated from GPT to clear every aspect more clearly.

I have created a new user to see if it is in my profile but same problem with any new profile.
I have even reinstalled the whole gnome gnome-tweaks but still faced the problem.
I have even tried completely removed and deleted gnome and install it again with fresh pkgs.
I have tried every single possible setting reset but still that shit bug.

Hi GNOME team,

I’m running into a strange issue on my GNOME desktop where the Keyboard Shortcuts > Launchers section in GNOME Settings (gnome-control-center) shows 78 identical “Search” entries, all pointing to the same action.

:jigsaw: The Problem

  • When I open Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts, under the Launchers section, I see dozens of “Search” entries — all appearing to be duplicates.
  • They all reference the same binding (XF86Search), and appear even after clearing all custom keybindings.
  • These phantom entries make the settings view cluttered and confusing.
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they are in total 78.

:mag: What I’ve Done to Investigate

  • :white_check_mark: Ran:

    gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings

    → Returns an empty list: @as []

  • :white_check_mark: Verified search and search-static keybindings:

    gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys
    • Found:
      • search ['']
      • search-static ['XF86Search']

  • :white_check_mark: Removed both with:

    gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys search "@as []"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys search-static "@as []"

  • :white_check_mark: After removing one “Search” keybinding, all 78 disappear — confirming they are tied to a single key internally.

  • :white_check_mark: Tried creating a new user account — the issue persists even there.

  • :white_check_mark: Recompiled schemas using:

    sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/

  • :white_check_mark: Grepped the full schema directory:

    find /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ -type f -exec grep -H 'XF86Search' {} \;

    → Only found it in org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.gschema.xml.

  • :white_check_mark: Confirmed gschemas.compiled contains XF86Search.

:bulb: My Hypothesis

This seems to be either:

  • A UI rendering bug in gnome-control-center duplicating the display of a single keybinding.
  • Or an issue where GNOME is detecting phantom input sources or misreporting the same binding multiple times.
  • Possibly a hardcoded loop or misread of a search key list during GTK widget rendering.

:hammer_and_wrench: System Info

              -`                      DISTRO 󰑃  Arch Linux x86_64
             .o+`                    │ ├ 󰑃  Linux 6.13.8-zen1-1-zen
            `ooo/                    │ ├󰏖 󰑃  851 (pacman), 25 (flatpak), 17 (snap)
           `+oooo:                   │ ├ 󰑃  1 days
          `+oooooo:                  │ └ 󰑃  bash 5.2.37
          -+oooooo+:                  DE/WM 󰑃  Mutter (Wayland)
        `/:-:++oooo+:                │ ├󰉼 󰑃  Adwaita
       `/++++/+++++++:               │ ├󰀻 󰑃  Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
      `/++++++++++++++:              │ ├ 󰑃  Adwaita (24px)
     `/+++ooooooooooooo/`            │ ├ 󰑃  MesloLGL Nerd Font (10pt, Bold)
    ./ooosssso++osssssso+`           │ └ 󰑃  Ptyxis 48.1

GNOME 48

:pray: Help Requested

  • Can someone help confirm if this is a known bug or if it’s possible this comes from deeper input device behavior?
  • Where does gnome-control-center read the full list of keybindings? Could something be causing this duplication?
  • Is it possible to patch or bypass this issue?

In total these are the things that I did to solve the problem but didn’t work need some help.

  • :white_check_mark: Checked custom keybindings with:
    • gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings
  • :white_check_mark: Verified presence of search and search-static keybindings
  • :white_check_mark: Cleared both search and search-static using:
    • gsettings set ... "@as []"
  • :white_check_mark: Confirmed all entries disappear after clearing a single search key
  • :white_check_mark: Created a new user — issue persisted
  • :white_check_mark: Recompiled schemas:
    • sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
  • :white_check_mark: Searched for XF86Search in all schema files
  • :white_check_mark: Found only one matching schema file:
    • org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.gschema.xml
  • :white_check_mark: Verified gschemas.compiled includes XF86Search
  • :white_check_mark: Observed issue persists despite clean settings and schema
  • :white_check_mark: Confirmed it’s not caused by org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings
  • :white_check_mark: Verified the problem is visible in GNOME Settings GUI only
  • :white_check_mark: Determined likely causes: GNOME UI bug or hardware input issue
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This has already been fixed and the fix will be in 48.1:

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How can i fix this problem or wait for gnome 48.1 update I have gnome 48.0 version even I have checked for updates it didn’t get any update of gnome 48.1.

warning: gnome-control-center-48.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling

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just look at this what is actually going here???

/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/01-launchers.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<KeyListEntries group="system" schema="org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys" name="Launchers">
  <KeyListEntry name="help" description="Launch help browser"/>
  <KeyListEntry name="control-center" description="Settings"/>
  <KeyListEntry name="calculator" description="Launch calculator"/>
  <KeyListEntry name="email" description="Launch email client"/>
  <KeyListEntry name="www" description="Launch web browser"/>
  <KeyListEntry name="home" description="Home folder"/>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search.">Search</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="zh-Hant-TW">搜尋</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="zh-Hant-HK">搜尋</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="zh-Hans-CN">搜索</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="vi">Tìm kiếm</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="uk">Пошук</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ug">ئىزدە</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="tr">Arama</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="th">ค้นหา</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="te">అన్వేషించు</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ta">தேடு</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="sv">Sök</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="sr-Latn">Pretraga</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="sr-Cyrl">Претрага</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="sl">Iskanje</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="sk">Hľadať</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ru">Найти</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ro">Căutare</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="pt-BR">Pesquisar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="pt">Procurar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="pl">Wyszukiwanie</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="pa">ਖੋਜ</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="or">ଖୋଜନ୍ତୁ</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="oc">Recercar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="nl">Zoeken</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ne">खोजी गर्नुहोस्</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="nb">Søk</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="my">ရှာရန်</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ms">Gelintar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="mr">शोधा</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ml">തെരച്ചില്‍</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="mjw">Kiri</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="lv">Meklēt</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="lt">Paieška</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ko">검색</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="kn">ಹುಡುಕು</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="kk-Cyrl">Іздеу</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="kab">Anadi</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ka">ძებნა</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ja">検索</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="it">Cerca</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="is">Leita</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ie">Serchar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="id">Cari</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="hu">Keresés</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="hr">Pretraga</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="hi">खोजें</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="he">חיפוש</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="gu">શોધો</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="gl">Buscar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="gd">Lorg</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ga">Cuardaigh</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="fur">Cîr</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="fr">Rechercher</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="fo">Leita</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="fi">Etsi</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="fa">جست‌وجو</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="eu">Bilatu</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="et">Otsing</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="es">Buscar</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="eo">Serĉi</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="en-GB">Search</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="el">Αναζήτηση</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="de">Suchen</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="da">Søg</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="cs">Hledat</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="crh">Qıdır</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ckb">گەڕان</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ca-valencia">Busca</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ca">Cerca</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="bs-Latn">Traži</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="br">Klask</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="bn-IN">অনুসন্ধান</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="bg">Търсене</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="be-Cyrl">Пошук</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="as">সন্ধান কৰক</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="ar">ابحث</KeyListEntry>
  <KeyListEntry name="search" description="Search" msgctxt="keybinding" comments="Translators: This refers to a keyboard shortcut that can trigger a search." xml:lang="an">Mirar</KeyListEntry>
</KeyListEntries>```
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GNOME 48.1 is coming out April 12. GNOME Release Calendar - GNOME Release Notes

The fix for this issue will be included.