Controlling Unity without a Windows key

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 29 15:23:38 UTC 2011


On 04/29/2011 07:19 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Liam,
> 
> On 29 April 2011 14:28, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I favour IBM keyboards. Therefore, I don't have a Windows key, not on
>> my desktops (all IBM Model M keyboards from the 1980s and 1990s,
>> including the Macs) or on my Thinkpad notebook. Is it possible to
>> remap a different key for controlling Unity?
>>
>> And what exactly does the Windows key do, anyway, as I have obviously
>> not been able to try it in the betas...
>>
> 
> I've seen this question come up a lot but don't know the answer, so I
> asked on AskUbuntu here:-
> 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/37987/how-do-you-navigate-without-a-windows-key/612
> 
> I understand the developers are monitoring the Unity category for
> questions such as these.
> 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity
> 
> Al.
> 

I see Jorge has answered. Others may also find these helpful:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity?sort=faq
 http://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts

<http://askubuntu.com/questions/19558/what-are-the-meta-super-and-hyper-keys>





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