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Subject:    Re: [Kwin] Bug#47277: marked as done (win key does not work as a modifier) by Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@s
From:       Eric Christopherson <rakko () charter ! net>
Date:       2002-09-03 8:40:19
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On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 09:11:21AM +0200, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> On Monday 02 September 2002 21:46, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:03:01AM -0000, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > > Your message with subj: win key does not work as a modifier
> > >
> > >  The win key does work as a modifier, you just have to setup your
> > > keyboar= d 
> > > properly. If you use the KDE keyboard layout switcher, make sure you use
> > > = the 
> > > pc105 keyboard, not just pc102. Or use your distribution specific tool
> > > to=  
> > > configure the keyboard for XFree86.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Lubos Lunak
> > > KDE developer
> >
> > This doesn't cause the functionality to work as we (the original poster and
> > I, at least) would like; the behavior we're looking for is like under
> > Windows, where just pressing Win brings up the Start menu, but it can also
> > be pressed with other keys as a modifier. It seems that in KDE, if it's set
> > as a modifier, it can't be bound to anything by itself - for example, the K
> > menu. Or is there a way to do that that we're missing?
>
>  That would be quite problematic, just like alt_alone_selects_menu is (if you
> e.g. press Ctrl+Alt+K to change keyboard layout, the current app will also
> have its menu activated - I really hate this, and I even disable this in my
> Qt copy). In short: It's better this way.

The alt problem you mention is faulty implementation, not a faulty idea. I
remember that I used to use alt-shift in Windows to switch keyboards, and it
didn't get confused by it. The same should go for KDE, whether it be alt or
win or whatever.

I don't know exactly how Qt handles alt_alone right now, but it seems to me
there should be no problem if it just waits until you release alt. If you
didn't press any other key with the alt, the menu gets highlighted. If you
pressed another key, no menu highlight.

And mod4 (meta) shouldn't trigger menu highlighting either, darn it ;P

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