This is a regression bug. Definitions: CTRL := The physical left control key (on the keyboard) ALT := The physical left alt key (on the keyboard) WIN := The physical left win key (on the keyboard) Control_L := The event for the left control key (X-Server) Alt_L := The event for the left alt key (X-Server) Super_L := The event for the left super key (X-Server) I'm using a standard laptop keyboard. With the Keyboard model set to ("System Settings" -> "Input Devices" -> Keyboard -> Hardware): "Generic | Generic 101-key PC". Setting the scene: Under "System Settings" -> "Input Devices" -> Keyboard -> Advanced nothing is checked. Running xev gives me the following key-event combinations: CTRL -> Control_L ALT -> Alt_L WIN -> Super_L The kickoff menu opens when I hit WIN. Next steps Under "System Settings" -> "Input Devices" -> Keyboard -> Advanced -> "Ctrl position" check the "Left Alt as Ctrl, Left Ctrl as Win, Left Win as Alt"-box. Hit apply. Logout, reboot or do nothing. What now happens Running xev gives me the following key-event combinations: CTRL -> Super_L ALT -> Control_L WIN -> Alt_L The kickoff menu STILL opens when I hit WIN and does not open when I hit CRTL How it worked in the past (probably plasmashell 5.9.x) and how it should work All key-event combinations were the same as of now. The kickoff menu was bound to the Super_L event and not to the WIN key
This is not a regression. On X11 the modifier only shortcuts never supported advanced keyboard mappings.
That is strange! I just (5 minutes ago) downgraded kwin and some other packages (plasma-desktop, plasma-integration, plasma-sdk, plasma-workspace, and plasma-nm just so stuff would not break) from 5.10.3 to 5.8.2 and now it works as I described it in the bug report. Just to clear things up I first downgraded the plasma stuff then tested it (it didn't work) and then kwin to make sure that kwin is the relevant part. I didn't change anything else.
We had bugs in the implementation and it's quite likely that it worked for you as expected due to bugs breaking the feature. But yeah, quite now we don't honor the actual xkb mapping on X11 at all.
*** Bug 383056 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
+1 after update it is very annoying. I hope it will be fixed next update and launcher will not open anymore on clicking super_l
I have this problem too. I used to use <Win> key for keyboard layout switching for a long time, now it also opens the Kickoff. And this is very annoying. Easiest workaround for me is to remove that goddamn launcher widget from panel, so it will not open every time <Win> key is pressed.
This issue seams to be fixed since 5.15.x. @Martin Flöser do you know if some one worked on this or is it just a glitch? @Dmitry is it also fixed for you?
Yes, there's https://cgit.kde.org/kwin.git/commit/plugins/platforms/x11?id=0f489c3521eb5f19459b4210911548237e0655b6 the commit could explain it.
marking as worksforme per comment 7.