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Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069158
Title:
Unity Shortcuts: Key to display the keyboard shortcuts overlay (Hold
Super) conflicts with many other shortcuts, it should be changed
Status in Ayatana Design:
New
Status in Unity:
Incomplete
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Problem:
The Super key is currently quite overloaded with functions as tapping
it makes the Dash appear (which is good and intelligent design), but
holding it makes not only the Launcher plus its shortcuts appear, but
also the "Keyboard Shortcuts" overlay.
This conflicts with many other standard shortcuts, like all the
Super+Key combinations and also standard Compiz combinations like
Screenshot (Hold Super+Left Mousebutton), Enhanced Zoom Desktop (Hold
Super+Mousewheel Up/Down) and many other Super+* combinations making
the great idea and helpful solution of an easily accessible keyboard
shortcut info pop up annoyingly often and very often unwanted by the
user.
Current Implementation:
I know that there is a possibility to change the shortcut key for all of the
options (Dash appear, Launcher+shortcuts appear, Help Overlay appear) at once,
but this makes just another key be overloaded.
I know that there is a possibility to turn the overlay off completely, which
is a good thing also and fixes the problems mentioned above. But it also
removes all of it's great functionality for newbies.
Nevertheless there unfortunately exists no possibility at the moment to
assign another key/key-combination to make the "Keyboard Shortcuts" overlay
appear and detach it from the others (Dash, Launcher).
Desired Solution:
We could keep it's full functionality and accessibility and fix all of
the problems mentioned above without removing the overlay completely
by detaching it and assigning a configurable shortcut exclusively for
showing the "Keyboard Shortcuts" overlay.
My suggestion here would be to use holding "Ctrl+Super+Alt" to make it
appear. This would not interfere with anything and would still be easy
to remember and easy to access.
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