Ubuntu
gnome-control-center package

  1. Bug #54024
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 54024

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Sam Stenvall (negge) wrote : Re: WIN key <SUPER_L> should be mapped to Applications menu

Currently I have it set up so that when I press the Super key, all windows are minimized. This is ONLY because it is not possible to create a keyboard shortcut like Super+D (which would be the Windows equivalent to minimizing all windows and focusing on the desktop). Thus, I think this is just a wishlist item and not a real papercut bug.

What I, and probably many others too, would like is the ability to create keyboard shortcuts that use the Super key as a combo key (like Super+D to minimize all windows, Super+L to lock the screen etc.). Why couldn't we just make all the standard Windows shortcuts the same on Ubuntu?

I don't know about you guys, but after using Windows for many many years you grow used to hitting Windows+D to minimize your open windows, and when that same command doesn't work in Ubuntu, you get frustrated. On top of that, the fact that you CANNOT mimic the same behaviour is even more frustrating.

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