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[Bug 1551986] Re: [FFe][UIFe] HUD hotkey assignment is suboptimal

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From: Adam Conrad <adconrad@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:52:59 -0000
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FWIW, despite the lateness in the cycle, I'm 100% supportive of moving
the HUD away from Alt.  That was (as has been pointed out) a pretty poor
decision from the get-go, and it's the one key I've always had to remap
locally to fix.

What I'm not okay with is fixing ONE bad binding by moving TWO.  Alt-
Space is a well-known binding that people have been using literally for
decades.

If you want something that has a comfortably similar feel to Alt-Space,
Super-Space is just one key over, and doesn't appear to currently do
anything, but please don't break two bindings to fix one.  Pretty
please.  With sugar on top.

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Title:
  [FFe][UIFe] HUD hotkey assignment is suboptimal

Status in bamf package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in hud package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in libwnck3 package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in bamf source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in compiz source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in hud source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in libwnck3 source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in unity source package in Xenial:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  = Proposed Change =
  The suggestion (subject to Design approval) is to remap HUD to alt-space and also expose window controls in to the HUD such that people used to using "alt-space n"to minimize a window still can.

  = Motivation =
  Having HUD trigger on alt tap is not working so this is a request to change it. It conflicts with several other applications such as full screen games, etc.

  = Potential Regressions =
  * Hud fails to open on alt+space
  * Hud fails to show normal menu entries for gtk applications
  * Hud fails to show normal menu entries for qt applications

  == Links to mailing lists ==
  * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2016-April/007138.html
  * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2016-April/019870.html

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