I use Ubuntu 16.04, and would like to change the shortcut for Redoing a certain action (i.e., to counteract the previously used Ctrl+Z) from Ctrl+Shift+Z to Ctrl+Y, as it is standard in Windows and therefore in my subconscious typing.
I followed these instructions but could not find how to specifically change this shortcut, as I could not find it in the Keyboard settings.
Since you explicitly ask for a system- or at lease session-wide solution in the comments: this cannot be done in a way that doesn't break lots of other things.
The Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y, and Ctrl+Shift+Z shortcuts that you mention are handled on the application level. Although it's possible to intercept and “translate” them before they ever reach an application it would interfere with many other things, e. g. applications that bind these to unrelated actions.1
Instead I recommend that you change the on the application level. Many applications without a distinct interface to change keyboard shortcuts still allow changes to them through their toolkit configuration, e. g.
1 If you still want to try it please look at xmodmap or xdotool. Relevant questions are:
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