Personally nothing but when I look at it I wonder if the big bang could actually have been a white hole.
- Meta by itself just opens the launcher thingy in KDE so I can search for an app.
- Meta + T = Open terminal
- Meta + E = Open Dolphin (this is a Windows holdover, Meta + E opened Explorer but it’s kind of hard-coded into my brain now)
- Meta + F = Open Firefox
I think that’s all of them.
Meta+T opens a terminal about once every 5 minutes on my machine.
To open the App Menu, and for a mod key, same as in Windows
The default for Gnome. It’s a really useful app switcher.
Came here to say this. Basically, the same way it’s used in Windows. I hit the key, type a few characters and I launch the app I seek.
Exactly. I love Gnome for this.
Use as
$metain my .i3/config, so … lots of things.I map it to the panel menu that most DEs still include. Unless you’re Gnome, in which case you may as well use a joy stick to navigate that GUI.
meta and ctrl switched, because if there’s something apple did right it’s using the thumb as modifier key for copy/paste/etc instead of pinkie finger which is far FAR less able to deal with repeat strain
but i also type programmers dvorak because i got pretty horrible wrist pain at one point so anything to stop me damaging my wrists :p
I used to have bunch of key maps, now it’s just: tap it to pull up the start menu and type software I want to open, and meta + space to change language input on my keyboard.
I guess pretty much it.
Bazzite KDE default seems fine for me.
Switched the cap so I wouldn’t have to see that ugly logo… mapped it to the super key for Hyprland
I did the same on my desktop. I haven’t bought a laptop in forever though and idk what to do about them all having an AI key now.
awesome cap!
Just general command key for shortcuts?
It is probably my most pressed button because of this, also i changed the keycap to eye of horus.
I use my context menu key as the chording key to control any keyboard macro profiles, so that I can terminate, reload, summon for editing or summon a help file as needed.
I have lots of shortcuts bound to it except I never press it because I have the caps lock key mapped to the same keycode and that’s easier to press
I always just remapped it to the super button, and most applications actually automatically map it to the super button.
by holding it i can grab a window anywhere to drag it
Hold super and right-click a window to resize it. Ymmv
Oh, yeah, and holding the right mouse and dragging to resize the window.









