How can I stop the super key from opening the Application launcher

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Hello

I have 2 panels, top and a ‘dock’ like at the bottom, in both I have a application launcher. the default kde at the top panel and Andromeda launcher in my ‘dock’

In the settings of the application launcher I have ‘None’ as the keyboard shortcut, but still if i press the ‘meta/super/windows’ key the launcher is activated. Even if I assign another key, then the new key assignment does not work.

I’m running on Fedora 44 Beta with KDE Plasma 6.6.3 - I have the same behavior on Arch Linux with the same KDE version, so I think it is a KDE issue.

How do I stop this behavior ?

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In the System Settings, go to Keyboard >> Shortcuts, then click “Plasma Workspace” under the “System Services” category.

By default you see that “Activate Application Launcher” has shortcuts for Meta and Alt+F1.

Click the down arrow next to “Activate Application Launcher”, uncheck the Meta box, and click “Apply” at the bottom right of the window.

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Thanks a lot!

IMO it’s confusing that one can configure shortcuts for the same app several places - I assume it’s part of the learning when switching to Linux

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As a side note, a keyboard shortcut configuration tool / page should be in every desktop environment.

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yes - but what I find a little confusing is that if I am in edit mode, right click and select the configuration for the Application launcher, then what ever shortcut I set will never work.

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maybe the shortcut set in system settings is supposed to override what the application prefers I guess… (not sure how it works)