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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="question"
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard"/>
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<desc>The Super key provides access to the Dash and the Launcher.</desc>
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<revision version="14.04" date="2014-03-07" status="review"/>
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
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<email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
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<title>What is the "Super" key?</title>
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<p>This key can usually be found on the bottom-left of your keyboard,
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next to the <key>Alt</key> key, and usually has a window/squares icon on it. It
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is sometimes called the Windows key, logo key, or system key.</p>
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<p>If you have an Apple keyboard, there will not be a Windows key on your
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keyboard. The <key>⌘</key> (Command) key can be used instead.</p>
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<p>The Super key serves a special function in <em>Unity</em>. If you press the Super key,
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the Dash is displayed. If you press <em>and hold</em> the Super key, an overlay showing
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many of Unity's keyboard shortcuts appears until you release the Super key.</p>
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<p>The Super key can help you do even more than that, though. To learn about more uses for the <em>Super</em> key, see the <link xref="shell-keyboard-shortcuts">keyboard shortcuts</link> page.</p>
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<p>Need to add info on changing the keybinding using the new preferences
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<p>To change which key is used to display the activities overview:</p>
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<p>Click your name on the menu bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Keyboard</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click the <gui>Shortcuts</gui> tab.</p>
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<p>Select <gui>System</gui> on the left side of the window, and
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<gui>Show the activities overview</gui> on the right.</p>
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<p>Click the current shortcut definition on the far right.</p>
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<p>Hold down the desired key combination.</p>