Zorin menu won't open with right super, left super is not an option

Hi @mwthomas, welcome to the forum.

Sometimes shutting down doesn't save your session information (settings, background changes, custom keyboard shortcuts). Try setting things the way you want and logging out. Then log in and restart. Let me know if this helps.

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Sadly, this does not solve the problem. After making the changes, logging out and logging back in the 'change overview shortcut' tweak has flipped again from Right to Left Super. Restarting also made no difference.

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Hi!

Same here; my keyboard has only a right-super (windows) - key. So I experience the same problem as mwthomas... I hope this can be fixed or a workaround for this, please.

Did you try Super + A?
It always works for me in Zorin 16 Core/Pro.

I use the Win11-like menu and with SUPER+A I get the Ubuntu-menu. But it is a very good alternatieve (works almost the same). Only super-r is not an option, I guess...
Thanks!!

Glad to hear that it does almost what you wanted :slight_smile:
As a former OSX (Hackintosh) user, I use a mac-like menu.

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In Zorin 15, or perhaps 12, alternate option was Alt+ F1. No such issues with KDE Plasma (it isn't Gnome). I have left and right 'meta keys' and both launch whatever KDE Plasma Menu I am using at the time! :wink:

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Nope, that's the activities-switcher (now). More ideas??? :smirk:

There used to be an option to switch between Activity Manager and Menu option. :wink:

It is still there.
In Zorin Appearance > Interface > Left Super Key
and click the drop down menu to change it from Activities Overview to Zorin Menu or the reverse.

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Thanks for the confirmation! :wink:

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Tried that, but still activities on both settings when pressing ALT + F1... :man_shrugging:

But that was not the solution for my problem, I guess...

Hmmm... I guess not. You are looking for a solution in regards to the Keyboard Shortcut.

Funny... on my desktop, alt+F1 brings up the right-click context menu.
On Zorin Gnome, what does the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog window show?

Actually no matter what I do, I never be able to make Super key to open application menu. It always requires Super +A.

Instead of torturing myself, I decided to customise my brain and now I've got accustomed to this key combination :nerd_face:

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I agree, but I have to use 2 hands for it. Wow, am I lazy or what...?! :laughing:


OUCH!

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Oh, you got Super key on the right!
I did not know there is such thing.
All my keyboards have Super key on the left pretty close to A.
This is what I use everyday.

Yup. That's why I asked for help. Zorin sees it as a right-super-key. There is no way to permanent set is as a left-super-key...

I wonder if you can change the alphabet A with other letters which is closer to this right Super key, such as L or K.

Great idea! Didn't think of that. But what is de command to open the zorin-menu?

Since I decided not to bother changing the shortcut, I cannot remember. I will as @Aravisian.