"Windows" key in KDE 3

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I’ve a problem with openSUSE 11.1 (freshly installed and updated). I want “WIN” key to be “META” key (modifier), but it somehow assigned by default to run “K Menu” applet. I cannot assign anything else to WIN + smth combination, it always runs K-Menu.

I was trying to find where I could disable it, but failed. Of course I checked “Keyboard Shortcuts” in KDE settings, but there I have only Alt+1 for “K Menu”.

Searching the web, I’ve found many ways how to ENABLE it, but seemingly they all are different from the way used in 11.1.

It is really annoying, because on other KDE 3 machine with openSUSE 11.0 (updated from 10.3), I don’t have such problem.

I like having a lot of different shotcuts with “WIN” key, so thay don’t interfere with Ctrl and/or Alt key shortcuts. I don’t want having WIN key solely devoted to “K-Menu”!!!

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The main way to set shortcut keys in kde4 is to use menu editor, go the the app you want. Like this eg:
http://thumbnails18.imagebam.com/3283/e9974032827742.gif](http://www.imagebam.com/image/e9974032827742)

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Dear caf4926, as you may have noticed, the topic title is :"“Windows” key in KDE 3".

May be I was not clear enough: I want to disable openSUSE 11.1 KDE3 builtin shortcut on “win” key and make it just an ordinary modifier.

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I’ll login to my kde3 and see

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I can’t see a way to do this. I seem to recall a thread about this not too long ago. Sorry.

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Vayun wrote:

> I’ve a problem with openSUSE 11.1 (freshly installed and updated). I
> want “WIN” key to be “META” key (modifier), but it somehow assigned by
> default to run “K Menu” applet. I cannot assign anything else to WIN +
> smth combination, it always runs K-Menu.
>
> I was trying to find where I could disable it, but failed. Of course I
> checked “Keyboard Shortcuts” in KDE settings, but there I have only
> Alt+1 for “K Menu”.

Open a terminal and type:

cat ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc | grep “Win+”

To find out any reference on this key combo, if any.

You can also take a look in the whole file.

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

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There is only one there:

> cat ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc | grep "Win+"
Comment=After pressing Win+E (Tux+E), WWW browser will be launched and it will open http://www.kde.org . You may run all kind of commands you can run in minicli (Alt+F2).
Key=Win+E

Win+Key combo just does not work, because as soon you press ‘WIN’ K-Menu popups and the next key already go in it.

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Vayun wrote:

> Camaleón;2006943 Wrote:
>>
>> Open a terminal and type:
>>
>> ***
>> cat ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc | grep “Win+”
>> ***
>>
>> To find out any reference on this key combo, if any.
>>
>> You can also take a look in the whole file.
>>
> There is only one there:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> > cat ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc | grep “Win+”
> Comment=After pressing Win+E (Tux+E), WWW browser will be launched and
> it will open http://www.kde.org . You may run all kind of commands you
> can run in minicli (Alt+F2). Key=Win+E
> --------------------
>
>
> Win+Key combo just does not work, because as soon you press ‘WIN’
> K-Menu popups and the next key already go in it.

Does it happen when you login with all users or just with your standard one?

In fact, it is quite difficult to get just one key (i.e., windows key)
associated with any event as the standard way to achieve this is using a
combination of two keys (Win+key) :-?

Look:

5.7. How do I use the Windows® key to open the K menu?
http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/kdebase/faq/panel.html#id2532341

Review your options under kde control center / regional and accessibility /
keyboard layout (“xkb options” tab) and keyboard shortcuts (“keyboard
shortcut layout” tab).

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

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Yes I know that it should be difficult. Your hint to try a new user helped.

I’ve found the source of the problem.

It was Compiz plugin Workarounds, which has innocent looking option “Show main menu” and it is by default “Meta_L”