Turn off the super button when playing games in fullscreen

[AmirHamzah-1Fz]

Is there a setting to turn off the super function or menu button when playing games in fullscreen when I'm accidentally pressing the super button in AnduinOS to prevent window switching?

[samwhelp]

Open Terminal First.

search

run

gsettings list-recursively | grep Super

or run

gsettings list-recursively | grep -i super

-i means ignore-case

get

run

gsettings get org.gnome.mutter overlay-key

show

'Super_L'

set

Execute the following command to disable the Super key to trigger the Start menu

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''

run

gsettings get org.gnome.mutter overlay-key

show

''

reset

run to reset

gsettings reset org.gnome.mutter overlay-key

run

gsettings get org.gnome.mutter overlay-key

show

'Super'

or you can run

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key 'Super_L'

[samwhelp]

schema

run

grep 'overlay-key' /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/*.xml

show

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml:    <key name="overlay-key" type="s">

run

grep 'overlay-key' /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml -A 12 -B 1

show

    <key name="overlay-key" type="s">
      <default>'Super'</default>
      <summary>Modifier to use for extended window management operations</summary>
      <description>
        This key will initiate the “overlay”, which is a combination window
        overview and application launching system.  The default is intended
        to be the “Windows key” on PC hardware.

        It’s expected that this binding either the default or set to
        the empty string.
      </description>
    </key>

manpage

• man gsettings
• man grep

[samwhelp]

Arc Menu

• GNOME Shell extensions / ArcMenu
• ArcMenu / schemas / org.gnome.shell.extensions.arc-menu.gschema.xml
• ArcMenu / src / keybinder.js

Bind Alt + F1

Execute the following command to set Alt + F1 to trigger Arc Menu

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "[]"

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/arcmenu/arcmenu-hotkey "['<Alt>F1']"

[samwhelp]

Via GUI Setting

Prepare

open terminal , run first

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "[]"

The following is an explanation

##
## Make sure it doesn't trigger `gnome shell overview`
##

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''



##
## Avoiding key binding conflicts, originally bound to `Alt+F1`
##

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "[]"

GUI Steps / Bind Alt + F1

Move your cursor to the Start Menu button at the bottom panel,

and Mouse right-click to bring up a function menu.

Mouse left-click on the ArcMenu Settings option.

Press Alt + F1

[samwhelp]

Extra mention

I personally don't like using Super to trigger Start Menu.

So I always chage it, using Alt + F1 to trigger Start Menu,

Because I usually have other key combinations, combined with Super to operate some common Windows functions.

For example:

Keybind	Action
Win + q	to close window
Win + w	to maximize window
Win + f	to let window fullscreen

Super Key means Win Key

Mouse Button Modifier

it was mentioned in another discussion thread that my personal operating habits are as follows.

Keybind	Action
Win + [Mouse Left Button Drag]	to move window
Win + [Mouse Right Button Drag]	to resize window

So I will make the following settings

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences mouse-button-modifier "'<Super>'"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences resize-with-right-button true

Start Menu

Keybind	Action
Alt + F1	Start Menu
Alt + F2	Runner

Execute the following command to set Alt + F1 to trigger Arc Menu

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "[]"

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/arcmenu/arcmenu-hotkey "['<Alt>F1']"

Execute the following command to set Alt + F2 to trigger runner.

This is the default setting.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-run-dialog "['<Alt>F2']"

Overview

Keybind	Action
Win + grave	Toggle Application View
Win + Tab	Toggle Overview

grave key means ` (above the tab key)

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.keybindings toggle-application-view "['<Super>grave', '<Super>Up']"

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.keybindings toggle-overview "['<Super>Tab', '<Super>Down']"

Window Operation

Keybind	Action
Win + q	to close window
Win + w	to maximize window
Win + f	to let window fullscreen

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings close "['<Super>q', '<Alt>F4']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings toggle-maximized "['<Super>w']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings toggle-fullscreen "['<Super>f']"

Quick Switch

Switch Widow

Keybind	Action
Win + a	Switch to Previous Window
Win + s	Switch to Next Window
Alt + Esc	Switch to Previous Window
Win + Esc	Switch to Next Window

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward "['<Super>a']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows "['<Super>s']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings cycle-windows-backward "['<Alt>Escape']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings cycle-windows "['<Super>Escape']"

Switch Workspace

Keybind	Action
Alt + a	Switch to Previous Workspace
Alt + s	Switch to Next Workspace

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "['<Alt>a']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "['<Alt>s']"

Full Script

The above is just a brief introduction to the key bindings I personally use.

I mentioned this in another thread

You can refer to my complete fine-tuning script and cheatsheet.

• gnome-shell-keybind.sh
• hotkey-tips.md