I agree that it should at least have an option to use it as a function key instead of a modifier key.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Boyan Tabakov</b> <<a href="mailto:blade.alslayer@gmail.com">
blade.alslayer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 14.12.2006 16:53, Gary L. Greene, Jr. wrote:
<br>> On Thursday 14 December 2006 10:01, Boyan Tabakov wrote:<br>> > On 14.12.2006 16:49, Justin Denick wrote:<br>> > > Sure, you can map the key using the KDE Control Center > Regional &<br>> > > Accessibility > Input actions.
<br>> > ><br>> > > On 12/14/06, John Meyer <<a href="mailto:john.l.meyer@gmail.com">john.l.meyer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > Is there anyway to tie the FlyingWindows key to a particular event,
<br>> > > > such as raising the kde menu or opening up konquerer?<br>> ><br>> > Here (SuSE 10.1 KDE 3.5.5) I am allowed to use the Win key only in<br>> > combination of another one. (In the shortcuts dialog a = sign appears
<br>> > after the Win, not allowing me to set ONLY win to some action/shortcut).<br>> > Know a workaround? I remember that I saw this working once on some<br>> > Mandriva release, but didn't look into any kde settings back then...
<br>><br>> While I disagreed with this change by the core devs, they removed the<br>> ability to set a single key to be used to trigger actions (a la Win key)<br>> unless they are Function keys. This is why I've at this point mapped the
<br>> left and right Win keys to F13 and F14 and the context menu key to F15.<br>> Unfortunately this makes it impossible to have the Win key bind in<br>> combination for events, like the Win+R shortcut in Windows. If I have the
<br>> time, I'll likely patch that again to re-introduce this aspect for my<br>> builds.<br><br>To be honest, it is not so important to me to set actions to Win key alone<br>(Win+R for Run is something I use really often, though). There are enough
<br>keys around. But since it looks more like a 'function key' rather than<br>a 'modifier key', it feels right to be able to do so. Anyway, I don't use it<br>to bring the KMenu:) I barely use KMenu at all!<br><br>--<br>Blade hails you...
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