The problem, as I understand it, is that the <Super> key is considered a modifier to X11, but we want it to do something when you press it, so we do some dirty magic... which unfortunately makes it not a modifier anymore.
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Eduardo Dobay <[email protected]> wrote: > Had I searched for just one more couple of minutes, I would have found > this question at SuperUser: > > > http://superuser.com/questions/278999/problem-mapping-keyboard-shortcuts-in-gnome3 > > I got my shortcuts to work doing what is described there (mapping Left > Win key to Meta under 'Region and Languages'); I believe that I didn't > need that in GNOME 2. > > Regardless of that, would it be plausible to make the Win key do both > things -- work as a modifier and as a 'standalone' key, just like in MS > Windows (pressing the Win key alone opens up the Start menu, but the > Win key can also be used as a modifier for some actions)? Or does it > depend on something deeper, not just on GNOME Shell? > > > On 6 May 2011 22:45, Eduardo Dobay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today I updated to GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell, and after a while I noticed > > that some of my keybindings, made via xbindkeys, didn't work anymore -- > > namely the key combinations that involved a Mod4 (the Super_L, or > > "Windows logo" key). In GNOME Shell, the Windows Logo key alone is bound > > to the "desktop overview" activity, and it seems that it is shadowing > > all the shortcuts that involve it as a modifier (for example, I use Mod4 > > + Arrow keys for controlling my media player all the time, or Mod4 for > > launching Firefox). I also tried setting some of those launcher > > shortcuts in the 'Keyboard > Shortcuts' GNOME Control Center applet, but > > those weren't triggered either. > > > > In the fallback interface (that is, without the GNOME Shell) both kinds > > of shortcuts (GNOME shortcuts and xbindkeys shortcuts) work as they > > should. This is really annoying to me; has it been reported already? Is > > there a workaround, such as disabling the Windows key as a shortcut for > > the desktop overview (there are at least two other ways to do the same > > thing)? > > > > Cheers, > > Eduardo > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >
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