I use the keyboard shortcut CommandOptionL to lock my machine. For the most part this works, but not if Chrome is in focus. In Chrome, when I use that combination, it opens the "Downloads" page in a tab. I have tried everything I can think of to prevent this.
There is a menu item for "Downloads": Window -> Downloads. I have used the System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts to attempt to set it to something else, but it doesn't seem to matter, I can add a new shortcut for Downloads, but no matter what I do CommandOptionL still opens Downloads. The only difference is the shortcut I configure highlights "Window" in the menu bar momentarily, while CommandOptionL does not. Although it does highlight if I set the shortcut to CommandOptionL.
I have even gone so far as to set defaults write com.google.Chrome NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add 'Downloads' '\0'
.
When I read:
defaults read com.google.Chrome NSUserKeyEquivalents
{
Downloads = "";
}
and yet CommandOptionL still opens the Downloads page.
Global keyboard shortcuts in macOS have always been frustrating, but it was possible to override each conflicting app, but this one is driving me crazy.
EDIT: I also went through the chrome extensions and no keyboard shortcut was set to CommandOptionL. I also tried disabling all extensions; it did not work.