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Idea #2388: Keyboard Shortcuts - "Super" key

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #2051: Allow Super (Windows) Key combinations from Keyboard Shortcuts.
Written by Dridiot the 2 Mar 08 at 04:56. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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The "super" key is what Windows users know as the "Windows" key (it usually has a Windows logo on it). I like to use it for global, system-related shortcuts. For example, Super+T would open a terminal. However, Ubuntu does not allow you to use it as a modifier (like Ctrl, Alt) so I can't do this.
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Written by Dridiot the 2 Mar 08 at 04:56.
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Klaue wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 06:22
It is actually possible, I just forgot how. I mapped Super-Backspace to xkill at the time i set up my installation of ubuntu, for example
try google, maybe you find an how-to

goodevilgenius wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 07:55
This must be a Gnome problem, because I use it as a mod key in fluxbox no problem.

NonPlusUltra wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 10:08
I never understood why the shortcuts like Win+M and Win+D aren't implemented in Ubuntu.

maix wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 14:43
that is possible: System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layout Options -> Alt/Win key behavior -> Meta is mapped to the win keys

But it should be the default, so +1

slink wrote on the 6 Oct 09 at 14:51
More specifically, it's this:

System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts tab -> Layout Options Button -> Alt/Win key behavior

1+ That super should be a mod key.


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