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If you change your app launcher by selecting to add a new widget, it won't set the meta key shortcut. The best way is to right click the menu button and select "alternatives". To recover the meta key to opening the app launcher, go into the menu button options and set a new keyboard shortcut. Then select "super key (meta/windows) + space". Apply.
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Note. The Meta key described below is a generic name for the custom key found on many different keyboards. On keyboards designed for Microsoft ® Windows ®, this key is usually called the Windows key, and will have a picture of the Windows ® logo. On keyboards designed for Mac ® computers, this key is known as the Command key and will have a picture of the Apple ® logo and/or the ⌘ symbol.
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It should have older builds available, and since Windows Store version KDE Connect not working - gui all messed up - #15 by rokejulianlockhart only provides an .appx package, the .exe installer might work instead. Try Artifacts of kdeconnect-kde_Release_win64 #1532 : / [Jenkins] first, and older builds after, if none of the new versions work.
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I have my menu come in the bottom left with pressing the Windows/Super key, kind of like on Windows. It seems periodically this stops working and only restarting KDE fixes it. Any idea what would be stopping this from working? KDE Plasma 5.18.5 on Kubuntu 20.04
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Modifier keys like Ctrl, Alt and also the Meta (also called "Super" or "Windows" key, are meant to operate only as modifier keys. This design works its way down to the roots of all the libraries under the GUI you see using KDE: Qt, Xorg, etc. Your exact question is here on the KDE Forums by the way: Super key to load Application Menu. ksuperkey
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by ecarlevaro » 2016-07-23 23:16. After I upgraded from Debian 7 to Debian 8 my Windows (meta) keys on both sides of the keyboard stopped working. If I try xev command without results. When I press META key, I get nothing (no output) even in a real terminal. Keyboard is a Genius KB-220 Multimedia Keyboard PS/2 keyboard.
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The KDE connect application on Windows should work the same as on Linux, otherwise there is no point in using it on Windows. I work a lot with photographs, I need to transfer images from my mobile to the PC and vice versa, transferring photographs from Windows to my mobile 1 by 1 is tedious. On the contrary, from my phone to the PC, several can.
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In KDE 5.24 (Kubuntu 22.04) this worked: Right click the Application Launcher icon in the panel. Choose "Configure Application Launcher". Choose "Keyboard Shortcuts". Click the shortcut input button. Hit Alt-F1, then OK. This restores Alt-F1 as well as the Super key as Application Launcher shortcuts. Share.
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Right-click on the application launcher -> click "Configure application launcher" -> go under "keyboard shortcuts" section -> set the shortcut. EDIT: I can't find the option I was talking about. Sorry about the misinformation. That worked, it was unbound, so binding it back to alt+f1 fixed that functionality, and made the meta key work as.
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qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure. If you have qdbusviewer installed you can follow the path to the method: org.kde.plasmashell > PlasmaShell > org.kde.PlasmaShell > activateLauncherMenu. If you double click the method it will open the launcher. This is just an educational or verification step.
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To disable the feature, put this into ~/.config/kwinrc: [ModifierOnlyShortcuts] Meta=. then reload the window manager (kwin), either by logging out and logging back in, or with with this command: qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure. Equivalently run this. kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "".
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I had a similar issue, but with the ctrl key. What fixed it for me, was selecting the correct keyboard model. In settings->input devices->keyboard there is a setting called "keyboard model" (the first one). It wasn't set right, and after fixing it, and reapplying the default keybinds, it all just worked. You may have selected the wrong keyboard.
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Then I tried to manually bind that key to Meta in KWin config with: kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "Multi_key". So this command is just adding the following lines to ~/.config/kwinrc. [ModifierOnlyShortcuts] Meta=Multi_key. PS: I also tried with 0xff20 instead of Multi_key.
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As discussed in an older question , if you have mapped it to something else, setting the shortcut key to Alt-F1 automatically enables the super key as a shortcut to open the application launcher. Here it is for kickoff (a.k.a. Application Launcher): and here it is for kicker (a.k.a. Application Menu):
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It will ask you to overwrite the shortcut because the super key is already used by the application launcher. Now go to the Action section of the shortcut and type krunner and save the changes. Now whenever you press the super key you'll get krunner. Hope this helps. This topic was automatically closed 15 days after the last reply.
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I have the same problem in KDE on Fedora 32. I have to keep shortcut at Alt+F1 - that recognizes Super key as well. If I disable Alt-F1, Super stops working. 1. Reply. Neko-san-kun • 3 yr. ago. For me, even with ALT+F1 as the shortcut, Super doesn't work at all (which is the opposite of what you're saying). -1.