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[Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I click the Dash icon, click More Applications, see:

Used most oftenly see more results >
apps 1, 2, 3...

Installed see more results >
apps 4, 5, 6...

Available for Download >
apps 7, 8, 9...


What if...

you hit Super, type dev, see:

Dash see more results >
KDevelop

HUD see more results >
Firefox -> Web Developer -> Web Console

hit Super+D, opens Dash and after typing, focuses first match
below Dash

hit Super+H, opens HUD and after typing, focuses first match
below HUD

Em 29-03-2012 18:40, Barry Warsaw escreveu:
> Hi.
>
> Mark suggested that this is the right place to discuss the HUD summoning key
> binding problem.  I only just subscribed; I tried to read up only on the
> recent messages in this mailing list, so apologies if I missed some previous
> discussion and for breaking the threading.
>
> Like Jamu, I'm a heavy Emacs users so I remap the physical CapsLock key to
> left-control.  But I actually swap them because, I do occasionally want a
> caps-lock behavior, e.g. to type ALL_CAPS_CONSTANTS_IN_FILES.
>
> Like Jamu, I don't *personally* use right-Alt much, but I can't speak for
> anybody else.  My gut tells me that binding HUD to control-<anything>  or
> alt-<anything>  is going to make Emacs users very sad.
>
> I think Unity has been fairly lucky with taking over the Super key, which on
> one of my desktops gets mapped to the physical Windows key and on another,
> gets mapped to the option key.  A Super-<something>  for HUD seems like a
> natural then.  I think/hope this would allow power users who need to move the
> Super modifier to a different physical key could do that to customize both
> Unity and HUD in one (key)stroke. :)
>
> Ultimately I think keyboard real-estate is so limited and existing use so
> deeply historical that, while it's perfectly fine to make an opinionated
> default choice, it has to be configurable for both Unity 2d and 3d.
>
> Cheers,
> -Barry