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# Running Tilda on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
- URL: https://becomingjj.com/running-tilda-on-ubuntu-22-04-jammy-jellyfish/
- Published: 2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-27T20:11:17.000Z
- Description: Tilda is my favourite terminal to use on Ubuntu desktop. However, it requires a global hotkey, by default F1, to pull the terminal up and down, which doesn’t work anymore following an upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).
- Author: JJ Celery
- Tags: Medium, #Import 2026-10-23 23:23

[Tilda](https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda?ref=becomingjj.com) is my favourite terminal to use on Ubuntu desktop. However, it requires a global hotkey, by default F1, to pull the terminal up and down, which doesn’t work anymore following an upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).

## Why?

Ubuntu 22.04 uses Wayland instead of Xorg display server, and Wayland currently doesn’t allow global hotkeys — and it may never do, as some refer to this functionality as a security feature. As a result Tilda is currently only compatible with Xorg.

To run Tilda on Ubuntu 22.04 you must essentially disable Wayland and use Xorg instead.

## Steps

Log out of your Ubuntu session.

On the login screen locate the settings cog in the lower right-hand side corner. Select Ubuntu on Xorg.

To disable Wayland completely, and avoid having to choose display server on login, edit the gdm3 configuration:

```
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
```

find line which reads:

```
WaylandEnable=true
```

and change it to:

```
WaylandEnable=false
```

then save.

Finally, restart gdm3 for the changes to take effect:

```bash
sudo systemctl restart gdm3
```

### Sources

- [Tilda on GitHub](https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda?ref=becomingjj.com)
- [Tilda on GitHub — Issue — Pressing F1 at gnome desktop or at libreoffice or at nautilus window… etc, not working. #474](https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda/issues/474?ref=becomingjj.com)
- [How to enable/disable wayland on Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop](https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-enable-disable-wayland-on-ubuntu-22-04-desktop?ref=becomingjj.com)