[Bug 632581] [NEW] Unity cannot map the Super (Windows) key

[Jerone Young]

Public bug reported:

Currently Unity is mapping the Windows key to display numbers for icons.

There are big issues doing this:

1) Video Out hotkeys are now sending Super (Windows)  + P
*When video out hotkey is pressed Unity

This relates to this bug (which is being fixed upstream to support Super (Windows) + P):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/539477

I also have a video (sorry for the quality) here to demonstrate:
http://people.canonical.com/~jerone/launchpad/unity/IMG_1115.MOV

2) OEMs who ship Windows cannot ship Unity if it maps the Windows (Super Key) and the keyboard has Windows Logo.
* The summary here is that if you are an OEM you cannot ship any other software, but Windows that uses the Windows Key, if the Microsoft Windows Logo is on the keyboard. 

So if OEM does not have the Windows Logo on the keyboard (where super
is) it is fine. But all OEMs at this point in time have Windows Logo on
the keyboard.

* If you would like more information on this please contact Pat in
Canonical OEM services.

** Affects: oem-priority
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: unity
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: oem-priority
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: oem-priority
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: oem-priority
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Unity cannot map the Super (Windows) key
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/632581
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