Start key == Windows key. Maybe I didn't use the right name, but I've always called it the Start key since it opens the start menu. It's called Meta in Qt and Super in GTK.
On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 5:37 PM <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, May 06, 2020 03:41:16 PM Noah Davis wrote: > > Hello, KDE is currently trying to standardize on reserving the > > Meta/Super/Start/Command key for global/desktop environment shortcuts. > > It seems to me that it would be in the interest of every desktop > > environment to standardize on this in order to prevent global/shell > > shortcuts from conflicting with Linux apps. For instance, Alt + Left > > Click is an old shortcut for dragging windows around that is still > > used by KWin, but it conflicts with Blender, GIMP, Inkscape and Krita. > > Many creative workflow apps need modifier+mouse button shortcuts to be > > fast and easy to use and apps generally avoid using Meta/Super > > already. > > > > Any thoughts? > > Of course! ;-) > > It would help me to know which key(s) you're talking about on a "standard" > (Dos / Windows?) 104-key keyboard (well, I didn't count them, but I'm pretty > sure it's 104 keys. > > The bottom row of my keyboard (the row with the spacebar in it) has keys from > left to right: > > <ctrl> <win*> <alt> <spacebar> <alt> <win*> <command*> <ctrl> > > win* is a key with no letters but what looks like the Windows logo > > command* is a key with no letters but a logo that might be intended to depict > a menu > > Which key(s) are you talking about, and what is the (your?) preferred name (or > set of names) for that (those) key(s)? > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > xdg mailing list > xdg@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
