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how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:53 pm
by longtth
Dear all,
I want to bind the "Super key" to open LXDE Menu (img below) but cant find the action in
Openbox help
Anyone know what action is it? Please give an advice! Many thanks!
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:57 pm
by M_Mynaardt
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Some bozos have put spam, including that one, in pretty well every topic in the last day or two.
Pretty annoying, really...
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:38 am
by Rex Bouwense
It seems a shame since there are so few of us that are active in this forum that some knuckle-head(s) have to SPAM the forums for no reason other than they can. Where are the moderators when you need them?
Getting back to the subject, the super key is already binded (is that a word) to the start menu in Lubuntu 11.10. What distro are you using?
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 1:49 am
by M_Mynaardt
Rex Bouwense wrote:It seems a shame since there are so few of us that are active in this forum that some knuckle-head(s) have to SPAM the forums for no reason other than they can. Where are the moderators when you need them?
Getting back to the subject, the super key is already binded (is that a word) to the start menu in Lubuntu 11.10. What distro are you using?
I sometimes think posting spam should be a capital offence.
If it inconveniences
me, of course!
But, seriously... I am using Lubuntu 12.04 on my ageing laptop (a Toshiba Satellite A100). I seem to have the opposite problem you do; the super key always brings up the LXDE main menu on the panel. I don't want it to, though. I'd like to use the super key for hot key combinations. For instance, I'd like to have super-w to open my web browser, or super-e to open my text editor, etcetera. I've tried making keybindings with hot-key combinations using the super key but the only thing that happens is the LXDE menu on the panel opens up.
I've managed to make hot-key combinations using ctrl-alt instead of super. I just wish I knew how to turn off the keybinding for the super key. If there is a way to turn it on or off, I'm not knowledgeable enough to figure that out from the oepnbox xml file.
Anyone out there reading this able to tell us how to turn on/off the super key in the openbox keybindings?
Thanks!
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 6:31 am
by gymka
BIND:
in ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml, keyboard section
add:
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<keybind key="Super_L">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxpanelctl menu</command>
</action>
</keybind>
UNBIND:
in ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml, keyboard section
remove:
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[code]<keybind key="Super_L">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxpanelctl menu</command>
</action>
</keybind>
[/code]
it's explained in lxde wiki...
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:16 am
by huihs
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Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:08 pm
by M_Mynaardt
gymka wrote:BIND:
in ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml, keyboard section
add:
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<keybind key="Super_L">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxpanelctl menu</command>
</action>
</keybind>
UNBIND:
in ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml, keyboard section
remove:
Code: Select all
[code]<keybind key="Super_L">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxpanelctl menu</command>
</action>
</keybind>
[/code]
it's explained in lxde wiki...
Right on!
Thanks for that!
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 5:08 pm
by M_Mynaardt
Right!! Got it all sorted out now, thanks to the posts here from
gymka!
I found this section in the defaults in
~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml for turning on the Super Key (usually has the Windoze logo on it). I commented this out, so pressing the super key would
not open the LXDE menu and allow me to use the super key for hot-key combinations:
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<keybind key="Super_L">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxpanelctl menu</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="Super_R">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxpanelctl menu</command>
</action>
</keybind>
I then added these things to make the hot-key combinations I wanted to have:
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<!-- My own personal keybindings -->
<!-- Super-L to lock the screen with the screen saver -->
<keybind key="W-l">
<action name="Execute">
<command>xscreensaver-command -lock</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Super-x to execute the logout command -->
<keybind key="W-x">
<action name="Execute">
<command>
lxsession-logout --banner=/home/user/.extra-icons/1204-logout-banner.png --side=top
</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Super-w to execute my prefered browser; Opera -->
<keybind key="W-w">
<action name="Execute">
<command>opera</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Super-m to execute my prefered email client; Sylpheed -->
<keybind key="W-m">
<action name="Execute">
<command>sylpheed</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Super-e to execute my prefered text editor; gedit -->
<keybind key="W-e">
<action name="Execute">
<command>gedit</command>
</action>
</keybind>
These all work fine, using the super key as part of a hot-key combination. And all is right with the world. Or at least my laptop using Lubuntu, anyway! I'm just including all these keybinding statements I've used (
successfully) in case anyone reading this wants some idea how to do their own key-bindings with the Openbox configuration
stuff...
Thanks again, for the information
gymka!
Re: how to bind "Super key" to "LXDE menu"
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 5:12 am
by gymka