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I have a keyboard with two "Win" keys but without "Menu" key. I'd like to bind my right Win as Menu. I tried do used xev in terminal and get keycode for .Xmodmap file but can't take code of right Win. Just always open system menu of ubuntu. How I can do it?

fossfreedom
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grigoriytretyakov
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This should be do-able using xmodmap.

First, find the keycode for your Win-key: Enter terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T, and type xev. Now press your Win-key and note down the keycode shown.

(If you have problems obtaining the keycode, you may first have to change the Win-key from being a one-key shortcut for Dash. How this can be done has been answered here.

Once you obtain the keycode, say xxx, execute in terminal

xmodmap -e "keycode xxx = Menu"

This should map you Win-key to Menu. You can test it using e.g. xev again: a little after the keycode, it should now write something like (keysym 0xff67, Menu).

To automate setting it on startup, see e.g. this.

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Rasmus
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If you haven't tried the keyboard preference mapping under Gnome, you should give it a look. This doesn't fit your description exactly, but it might work well enough.

From type, type keyboard to go to the keyboard preferences. Select the Layouts tab, then choose Win/Alt behavior.

keyboard preferences

belacqua
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The Win key in Ubuntu is a modifier. It treated just like the Alt and Ctrl keys and as such cannot be used as a standalone key.

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    It is used as a "standalone" key in both 11.04 and 11.10. It does open the "main menu", which is dash in Unity, but it's also used in combination with other keys. Your answer is wrong. -1 – Jo-Erlend Schinstad Sep 11 '11 at 13:40