{"id":671,"date":"2008-08-21T18:33:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T22:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/?p=671"},"modified":"2008-08-21T18:33:14","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T22:33:14","slug":"windowsmodifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/windowsmodifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Windows key as a modifier key in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my experience, by default Ubuntu seems to make the Windows key on keyboards a single key for the purposes of keyboard shortcuts. In other words, if you want to set a keyboard shortcut for an action to be Windows+D (for example, to have the desktop shown and all windows minimized when you hold down the Windows key and press the D key), Ubuntu will interpret this to mean you want the keyboard shortcut to be the Windows key itself (D doesn’t even enter into the picture). <\/p>\n

So if you’re a Ubuntu user like me—you love keyboard shortcuts and don’t want the Windows key as a modifier key to go to waste—this simple tutorial should make you happy. <\/p>\n

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First, go to System<\/b> > Preferences<\/b> > Keyboard<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Then, under the Layouts<\/b> tab, select Layout Options<\/b><\/p>\n

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Under Alt\/Win key behavior<\/b>, select Super is mapped to the Win-keys.<\/b> And then click Close<\/b>. <\/p>\n

You should now be able to go to System<\/b> > Preferences<\/b> > Keyboard Shortcuts<\/b> and use combinations of keys with the Windows key for keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my experience, by default Ubuntu seems to make the Windows key on keyboards a single key for the purposes of keyboard shortcuts. In other words, if you want to set a keyboard shortcut for an action to be Windows+D (for example, to have the desktop shown and all windows minimized when you hold down… Continue reading Using the Windows key as a modifier key in Ubuntu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,24],"tags":[416,911,919,921],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-ubuntu","category-windows","tag-keyboard-shortcuts","tag-linux","tag-ubuntu","tag-windows","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":687,"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psychocats.net\/ubuntucat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}