A standard for global/desktop environment shortcuts to prevent conflicts with Linux apps

[Noah Davis]

Thanks for replying. I was already aware of GNOME's usage of Super,
but I'm glad you brought it up in case others didn't know.

On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 6:03 PM Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi;
>
> On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 20:41, Noah Davis <noahadvs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, KDE is currently trying to standardize on reserving the
>> Meta/Super/Start/Command key for global/desktop environment shortcuts.
>
>
> GNOME has already moved most of the desktop/window manager shortcuts to the Super key precisely for this reason.
>
> Typical system shortcuts are:
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>  - Super + L: screen lock
>  - Super + Home: move to first workspace
>  - Super + End: move to last workspace
>  - Super + PgUp: move to previous workspace
>  - Super + PgDown: move to next workspace
>  - Super + Tab: switch between applications
>  - Super + Up: maximize window
>  - Super + Down: restore window
>
> GNOME has additional shortcuts that make sense within GNOME, like tiling left/right; opening the applications launcher; opening the overview (exposé); or opening the list of notifications. All of them use the Super key.
>
> Ciao,
>  Emmanuele.
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