Hotkey not configurable

[Michael Tiedtke]

It is not possible to reconfigure or turn off the hotkey (keysym 134, Meta_R on my machine) to open the unity-2d-shell half-transparent search window.

In fact, there are two problems
 1. because it is bound to the keysym 134, I guess, it ignores changes made with xmodmap (1)
 2. on the other hand it is not available as an option in the "System Preferences/Keyboard Pane/Hokeys Tab"

Please fix the two problems in a future release.

Regards,
Michael

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic-pae 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
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CompositorRunning: None
Date: Tue Oct 9 11:14:30 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: No
GraphicsCard: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.1)
Lsusb:
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 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
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Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
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version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

Dear Michael,
thanks for the report. Unfortunately Unity2D is not actively developed any more, so only security critical fixes will be applied.

It's been ages since I looked at the code, but I don't see any evidence of hotkeys being hardwired.

I think by "half-transparent search window." you mean the HUD (let's you search for items in window menus and indicators)? If so, this should help:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/176245/how-can-i-change-the-hud-key-from-the-command-line
Let me know if that helps
-G