Add support for the "windows menu" key for shortcuts #10128

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opened 2026-01-31 02:13:13 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
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Originally created by @jtnord on GitHub (Aug 13, 2020).

Add support for the "windows menu" key for shortcuts

#6635 introduced the commandPalette command. I would really like to be able to bind this to the "windows menu key" however this does not seem to be possible.

Either it is possible and the keyname is not documented, or the documentation is correct and this is not possible.

As a user I expect to be able to use any key on my keyboard in order to bind commands (including keys that may be special for example some extended MS keyboards with a calculator button) by specifiying a keycode if required and the key does not have a common name.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #3184 for more discussion.

/dup #3184

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #3184 for more discussion. /dup #3184
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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@jtnord commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2020):

@zadjii-msft is this a duplicate? on reading #3184 it seems to only be talking about the winkey and it appears there may be issues with that. here I am talking about the win-menu (on the right in the following image)

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happy if they are to be handled together that they are merged but it sounded like technically there may be issued to do so.

@jtnord commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2020): @zadjii-msft is this a duplicate? on reading #3184 it seems to only be talking about the winkey and it appears there may be issues with that. here I am talking about the win-menu (on the right in the following image) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/494726/91346884-64021900-e7d9-11ea-8248-103e7cb2e432.png) happy if they are to be handled together that they are merged but it sounded like technically there may be issued to do so.
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@jtnord commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2020):

incorrect dupe - more likely #7144 now implemented

@jtnord commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2020): incorrect dupe - more likely #7144 now implemented
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2020):

Yes - you're right about that. My bad for not catching the difference earlier!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2020): Yes - you're right about that. My bad for not catching the difference earlier!
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Reference: starred/terminal#10128