Bug 449959 - No obvious way to unbind Meta key from opening Application Launcher
Summary: No obvious way to unbind Meta key from opening Application Launcher
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 371560
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.24.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-02-10 18:13 UTC by shenlebantongying
Modified: 2023-07-25 19:55 UTC (History)
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Description shenlebantongying 2022-02-10 18:13:52 UTC
SUMMARY

Currently, to disable the meta key, users must use a hack like this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/55udc1/how_do_i_stop_the_meta_key_from_opening_the/
https://superuser.com/questions/1156130/kde-disable-super-l-windows-key-key-shortcut-as-menu-launcher

This question reemerges due to some wanting to bind Meta to an open overview.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/sogvgf/is_there_a_way_to_map_the_new_overview_effect_to/

Google "KDE meta shortcut" will pop up more similar questions...

The hacks works, btw. That's probably also why it never becomes a bug report.

OBSERVED RESULT

Users cannot replace other actions' shortcuts with a single press of Meta. Meta is slightly different from ctrl/shift/alt because it will open kickoff/startmenu/launchpad on all modern systems, some users do want to change single press action to something else.

EXPECTED RESULT

1. Put "Open kickoff/launcher" inside Settings -> ShortCut -> Plasma/Kwin, so that the user can turn it off by simply unselecting it or deleting the shortcut.
2. Enable user to set an action's shortcut as Meta. (as it is practically allowed by Meta using some hack)
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-02-11 22:45:28 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 371560 ***
Comment 2 Andrew Shark 2023-07-20 10:27:21 UTC
Reopening, due to Bug 371560 is invalid.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-07-25 19:55:32 UTC

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