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Althorion

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Registered: 2014-03-20

Posts: 11

[SOLVED] Unbind right Meta as a shortcut for KDE application launcher

I’m trying to bind the right Meta to Compose key, but it conflicts with the shortcut for the application launcher (the Start Menu-like thingy in the lower left corner)—I can put the Compose to be anything else (like Menu, or even ‘3rd level of Right Win’) and it works, but once it’s on Right Win (right Meta), it instead invokes the launcher.
I’ve searched the Shortcuts in the System Settings, but I’ve not found anything. Right click → Configure Application Launcher does show a keyboard shortcut… but a different one (Alt+F1), disabling which doesn’t change anything for me.

Last edited by Althorion (2023-11-04 19:02:18)

Althorion

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Registered: 2014-03-20

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED] Unbind right Meta as a shortcut for KDE application launcher

Running:

kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta ""
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure

did what I was looking for.

sonicvrooom

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Registered: 2025-10-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Unbind right Meta as a shortcut for KDE application launcher

Your're the man of the hour.

kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta ""
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure

Works on Kubuntu (grrr), too.

Thanks!

Last edited by sonicvrooom (2025-10-04 05:21:35)