Bug 447167

Summary:	Cannot launch krunner with meta (without manual workaround)
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Reuben <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Reuben 2021-12-18 13:08:44 UTC

Binding Alt+f1 to any of the application launchers is enough to get meta to launch them. However, this doesn't work with krunner.

There is a workaround, which is to run: 

kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "org.kde.krunner,/App,,toggleDisplay"

Please a) allow meta to be associated with krunner as a shortcut via the UI; b) perhaps more generally provide a way in shortcuts for "meta" to be _the_ shortcut, without needing the alt+f1 workaround.

Comment 1 Vlad Zahorodnii 2022-01-11 09:15:46 UTC

> without needing the alt+f1 workaround.

It's not something decided by kwin, but plasma.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-01-13 02:58:27 UTC

I think it's reasonable for there to be a generic way to make the Meta key a shortcut for anything, as requested here.

The weird Alt+F1 redirection for Kickoff is strange and unintuitive.

Comment 3 David Edmundson 2022-02-24 00:00:36 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 371560 ***