Fluxbox and the Win key

Gullible Jones · 2005-03-02 00:08:00

Alright... Having just dumped GNOME 2.8 for Fluxbox and ROX, I have a little question about Fluxbox: can its keys file be configured so that pressing the Win key alone, with no other key, will bring up the menu? I suppose I could just use some other combo as usual, but I'd like the Win key to have some use...

Dusty · 2005-03-02 00:10:18

I don't know fluxbox internals, but does it help if you know that the Windows key is usually called Mod4 on Linux? Now you just need to associate Mod4 with the 'show menu' command.

Dusty

Gullible Jones · 2005-03-02 01:39:25

Thanks... I was wondering what the number was.

The problem is, the Win key seems to require a key to modify... Any way to make it so it doesn't need a modifier?

skoal · 2005-03-03 02:41:37

Gullible Jones wrote:

The problem is, the Win key seems to require a key to modify... Any way to make it so it doesn't need a modifier?

Hmm...good question. I used the "mod4" key with another key to pull up a menu in fluxbox. But, I guess your asking if you can just use the "mod4" (win) key alone by itself without pressing another button with it? I never tried that.

phrakture · 2005-03-03 03:06:06

Gullible Jones wrote:

The problem is, the Win key seems to require a key to modify... Any way to make it so it doesn't need a modifier?

I think that's correct... IIRC when X sends an event, it has the keycode and then the modifier keys (alt, ctrl, shift, mod4) - I don't know if the modifiers generate events themselves

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Fluxbox and the Win key

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