<Super>-Hotkeys of unity independent application do not work

Bug #715760 reported by Oliver Sauder
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This bug affects 39 people
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Unity
Fix Released
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unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Hotkeys which use the <Super> key (e.g. for gnome-do (<Super><Space>) or the session menu in the indicator applet (<Super>S)) do not work in unity. However, in the Ubuntu Classic Edition they work as expected.

Steps to reproduce this issue:
1. Press <Super>-S
2. launcher opens, but not the session menu in the indicator applet

It somehow seems that all <Super> hotkeys are handled by unity/compiz. However when I change the <Super> key in the CompoizConfig for the launcher to e.g. <Ctrl> I still cannot open the session menu with <Super>-M.

David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → 3.6
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.6 → 3.6.2
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.6.2 → 3.6.4
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.6.4 → 3.6.6
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.6.6 → 3.6.8
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.6.8 → 3.8
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8 → 3.8.2
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.2 → 3.8.4
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Nikolaus Filus (nfilus) wrote :

I hope this will be not rescheduled again and fixed before natty release, as unity + gnome-do together are very sexy, but not working as expected until this is fixed

Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.4 → 3.8.6
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.6 → 3.8.8
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.8 → 3.8.10
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.10 → 3.8.12
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.12 → backlog
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Ingy döt Net (ingy) wrote :

I have many shortcuts (all my shortcuts in terminal) that use Super. Until this is fixed, there is no way I can use Unity.

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Adolfo R. Brandes (arbrandes) wrote :

I'd also like to see this fixed. Even a workaround would be sufficient.

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Paudi Moriarty (pmoriarty) wrote :

+1
It's difficult enough to find usable shortcuts but without Mod4 it's almost impossible!

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Robert Carr (robertcarr) wrote :

There is a fix for this in compiz core now. Fix released :)

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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FlashBuster (flashbuster) wrote :

I still can't assign Mod4 + something for other screenshots: In general i want to have Mod4 + S for Shell and Mod4 + X for eXecute dialog. Entered it in the keyboard program, doesnt work. :(
It worked in Natty!

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