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[Simos Xenitellis <simos.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried a 'Super' shortcut in gedit and the snippets plugin (Ubuntu
10.04) and I noticed that indeed it does not work.

You can also set up keyboard shortcuts with System»Preferences»Keyboard shortcuts.
I tried setting a shortcut for 'Super'+0 and it worked. Which means that something esoteric might be happening in GTK+ apps and the handling of the key events. I have the feeling that somehow gedit did not receive the shortcut.

In the Keyboard Shortcuts the shortcut description does not say 'Super'
but 'mod4'.

There are other global shortcuts working, such as mod4+s, mod4+w,
mod4+e, mod4+n.

I strongly believe the issue is not related to xkeyboard-config but
rather to keyboard event handling. Some application either does not
propagate key events or gedit is not able to capture all key events.

I'll mark this as a gedit or gtk+ issue.
You can search the gtk+ and gedit bugzilla servers for posibble issues,
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gtk%2B
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gedit

I strongly suggest to file a bug report for gedit on bugzilla.gnome.org
so that the gedit developers have a good look at this.

Also check with compiz disabled whether mod4 is OK; even if 3D effects
have little to do with keyboard handling, compiz makes use of shortcuts
and it may somehow interfere with the key handling.

** Also affects: gedit
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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1.8 breaks Super (Win) key shortcuts in Gtk apps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577532
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