Keyboard conflict between KDE and Gtk apps?

[czheng]

Hey all,

Just did a fresh install of 10.04. I use Gedit as my primary text editor. When I was running 9.10, I was able to map shortcuts in Gedit for code snippets and use them without any problems.

Now, in 10.04, when I map shortcuts in Gedit, as expected my WIN key is recognized as SUPER (which is how it was in 9.10). But for some reason, KDE now has that key mapped as META. Which means I can set the correct shortcut in Gedit, but can't ever use it because KDE seems to think there is no SUPER key.

I've tried every conceivable option in System Settings > Regional & Language > Keyboard Layout > Advanced > Alt/Win Key Behavior. Nothing works. I've also tried various combinations of enabling/disabling keyboard layouts altogether, and switching keyboard models. No luck so far...

What's so mind-boggling is that this all worked flawlessly in 9.10. I must've screwed something up recently, but I have no idea where to look...

Any guidance or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[czheng]

Re: Keyboard conflict between KDE and Gtk apps?

So running xev, I see that the WIN key is indeed recognized as SUPER_L... But if I try to use it to assign keyboard shortcuts in KDE, it is interpreted as META. So, if I understand correctly, somehow KDE is changing the mapping from SUPER_L to META.