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How can I make my Super keys (Windows Key) behave more like Ctrl/Alt/Shift in Linux

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Mar 15, 202617526 views
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After using the Ctrl + "arrow keys" for 13 years to switch virtual desktops in X windows, I've been convinced recently to change to using the Super keys instead (the windows key and the context menu key, which I've remapped). This all works fine for the most part. However, something is still pickin…

Error Output

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8200001,
    root 0x15d, subw 0x0, time 2428849342, (177,174), root:(182,228),
    state 0x10, keyc…

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Fix for: How can I make my Super keys (Windows Key) behave more like Ctrl/Alt/Shift in Linux

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Non XFCE-related stuff It won't be exactly an answer to your problem, sorry for that, but still should be useful for someone at least. In Gnome it was fixed in recent Ubuntus. By it I mean treating Win not as a modifier key. In the old days, e.g. in…

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