Bug#504499: gnome-panel: Start Menu / Windows key doesn't work

[Olaf van der Spek]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Sven Arvidsson <sa at whiz.se> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 19:59 +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
>> In Windows it can be used as a modified key too. But alone, it opens
>> the start menu.
>> Can't X do the same? By default?
>
> KDE used to have a hack to enable this, but not any longer:
>
>        "This feature was removed for reasons of usability and
>        accessibility, as well as keeping the code clean."
>
> http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/kdebase/faq/panel.html#id2532350
>
> I have no idea what's necessary to make this work without hacks, but the
> request for it probably belongs in a wishlist bug for X.

Could you reassign?