<div dir="ltr">For what it's worth: I'm using the plasma Application Launcher and set the activation shortcut to meta+esc, which automagically launches the launcher on meta.<div><br></div><div>Martin</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 11:01 PM Soulfire J Backblaze <<a href="mailto:soulfire-the-wolf@protonmail.com">soulfire-the-wolf@protonmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
The KDE team should really improve this. It is really obnoxious how you can’t set the Meta key alone. Making tinkering with your interface much more difficult<br>
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> On May 2, 2022, at 05:41, Duncan <<a href="mailto:1i5t5.duncan@cox.net" target="_blank">1i5t5.duncan@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Peter Humphrey posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:11:21 +0000 as excerpted:<br>
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>> Hello list,<br>
>><br>
>> While playing with task bars etc. I've managed to lose the Left Windows<br>
>> key shortcut to open the task manager.<br>
>><br>
>> How can I get it back?<br>
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> I think this is what you're after.<br>
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> <a href="https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Tips#open-start-menu-with-windows-meta-key" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Tips#open-start-menu-with-windows-meta-key</a><br>
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> Tho FWIW, there's some entirely understandable naming confusion going on.<br>
> No big deal here as (I think) I figured out what you were referring to,<br>
> but if you have reason to mention the same things in other posts knowing<br>
> what they're called can avoid some reader confusion trying to figure out<br>
> what you're referring to, and similarly, should help if you end up wanting<br>
> to try some of the other tips on the page linked above, as well.<br>
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> The individual widgets are sometimes called plasmoids because they run in<br>
> the plasma shell, altho widgets is the more generic term, and what the<br>
> labels in plasma call them in for instance the "Add Widgets" entry. These<br>
> are contained in, in this case, the panel, tho the desktop itself can<br>
> contain widgets/plasmoids as well.<br>
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> "Task manager" generally refers to the specific "task manager" plasmoid,<br>
> that is, the widget that displays the running application windows, not the<br>
> whole "panel" container.<br>
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> Meanwhile, the K-menu aka Start-menu aka application launcher plasmoid is<br>
> what normally has the Windows aka super aka hyper key assignment, altho<br>
> activating it should popup the entire panel it's on, if it was hidden<br>
> (autohide mode or windows can cover), and that panel normally contains a<br>
> task manager plasmoid, a digital clock plasmoid, and others.<br>
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> And FWIW, there's several alternatives for most of these, an icons-only<br>
> task manager, for instance, some clock alternatives (analog, fuzzy...),<br>
> several different app-launcher styles, ..., all available either as part<br>
> of KDE Plasma itself (there's a package called kdeplasma-addons with<br>
> more), or for download using the Get New Widgets functionality under Add<br>
> Widgets. Available alternatives for individual widgets are available in<br>
> the the context (aka right-click) menu under Show Alternatives. Here,<br>
> under alternatives for the Application Launcher, for instance, I have it<br>
> listed, as well as Application Dashboard and Application Menu, with all<br>
> three being (I believe) built-in options. There's probably others<br>
> available for download but I've never found the need to look, tho I've<br>
> downloaded widgets/plasmoids for other things.<br>
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> --<br>
> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.<br>
> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --<br>
> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">If 'but' was any useful, it would be a logic operator</div>