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[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069158

Title:
  Unity Shortcuts: Key to display the keyboard shortcuts overlay (Hold
  Super) conflicts with many other shortcuts, it should be changed

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in Unity:
  Incomplete
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Problem:

  The Super key is currently quite overloaded with functions as tapping
  it makes the Dash appear (which is good and intelligent design), but
  holding it makes not only the Launcher plus its shortcuts appear, but
  also the "Keyboard Shortcuts" overlay.

  This conflicts with many other standard shortcuts, like all the
  Super+Key combinations and also standard Compiz combinations like
  Screenshot (Hold Super+Left Mousebutton), Enhanced Zoom Desktop (Hold
  Super+Mousewheel Up/Down) and many other Super+* combinations making
  the great idea and helpful solution of an easily accessible keyboard
  shortcut info pop up annoyingly often and very often unwanted by the
  user.

  
  Current Implementation:

  I know that there is a possibility to change the shortcut key for all of the options (Dash appear, Launcher+shortcuts appear, Help Overlay appear) at once, but this makes just another key be overloaded.
  I know that there is a possibility to turn the overlay off completely, which is a good thing also and fixes the problems mentioned above. But it also removes all of it's great functionality for newbies.
  Nevertheless there unfortunately exists no possibility at the moment to assign another key/key-combination to make the  "Keyboard Shortcuts" overlay appear and detach it from the others (Dash, Launcher).

  
  Desired Solution:

  We could keep it's full functionality and accessibility and fix all of
  the problems mentioned above without removing the overlay completely
  by detaching it and assigning a configurable shortcut exclusively for
  showing the "Keyboard Shortcuts" overlay.

  My suggestion here would be to use holding "Ctrl+Super+Alt" to make it
  appear. This would not interfere with anything and would still be easy
  to remember and easy to access.

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