For what it's worth: I'm using the plasma Application Launcher and set the activation shortcut to meta+esc, which automagically launches the launcher on meta.
Martin On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 11:01 PM Soulfire J Backblaze < soulfire-the-w...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > The KDE team should really improve this. It is really obnoxious how you > can’t set the Meta key alone. Making tinkering with your interface much > more difficult > > > On May 2, 2022, at 05:41, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > Peter Humphrey posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:11:21 +0000 as excerpted: > > > >> Hello list, > >> > >> While playing with task bars etc. I've managed to lose the Left Windows > >> key shortcut to open the task manager. > >> > >> How can I get it back? > > > > I think this is what you're after. > > > > > https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Tips#open-start-menu-with-windows-meta-key > > > > > > Tho FWIW, there's some entirely understandable naming confusion going on. > > No big deal here as (I think) I figured out what you were referring to, > > but if you have reason to mention the same things in other posts knowing > > what they're called can avoid some reader confusion trying to figure out > > what you're referring to, and similarly, should help if you end up > wanting > > to try some of the other tips on the page linked above, as well. > > > > The individual widgets are sometimes called plasmoids because they run in > > the plasma shell, altho widgets is the more generic term, and what the > > labels in plasma call them in for instance the "Add Widgets" entry. > These > > are contained in, in this case, the panel, tho the desktop itself can > > contain widgets/plasmoids as well. > > > > "Task manager" generally refers to the specific "task manager" plasmoid, > > that is, the widget that displays the running application windows, not > the > > whole "panel" container. > > > > Meanwhile, the K-menu aka Start-menu aka application launcher plasmoid is > > what normally has the Windows aka super aka hyper key assignment, altho > > activating it should popup the entire panel it's on, if it was hidden > > (autohide mode or windows can cover), and that panel normally contains a > > task manager plasmoid, a digital clock plasmoid, and others. > > > > And FWIW, there's several alternatives for most of these, an icons-only > > task manager, for instance, some clock alternatives (analog, fuzzy...), > > several different app-launcher styles, ..., all available either as part > > of KDE Plasma itself (there's a package called kdeplasma-addons with > > more), or for download using the Get New Widgets functionality under Add > > Widgets. Available alternatives for individual widgets are available in > > the the context (aka right-click) menu under Show Alternatives. Here, > > under alternatives for the Application Launcher, for instance, I have it > > listed, as well as Application Dashboard and Application Menu, with all > > three being (I believe) built-in options. There's probably others > > available for download but I've never found the need to look, tho I've > > downloaded widgets/plasmoids for other things. > > > > -- > > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman > > > > > -- If 'but' was any useful, it would be a logic operator