i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 04 May 2014 17:43:15 +0000summon gnome-do with default super-spacehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3754/summon-gnome-do-with-default-super-space/hi, I'd like to use gnome-do launcher on my i3 desktop. The default shortcut is super-space, and since my mod key is super, it doesn't work by default. I added the line bindsym $mod+super gnome-do to my config, but I have the feeling that all it does is launching a new instance of gnome do, instead of just opening the launcher. I'd really like to keep the mod+space shortcut to be consistent with the rest of the WM. The man page of gnome-do doesn't help much, any idea what I should put on my config file to use super+space as default gnome-do behaviour?Thu, 01 May 2014 18:03:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3754/summon-gnome-do-with-default-super-space/Comment by Adaephon for <p>hi, I'd like to use gnome-do launcher on my i3 desktop. The default shortcut is super-space, and since my mod key is super, it doesn't work by default.</p> <p>I added the line</p> <pre><code>bindsym $mod+super gnome-do </code></pre> <p>to my config, but I have the feeling that all it does is launching a new instance of gnome do, instead of just opening the launcher. I'd really like to keep the mod+space shortcut to be consistent with the rest of the WM. The man page of gnome-do doesn't help much, any idea what I should put on my config file to use super+space as default gnome-do behaviour?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3754/summon-gnome-do-with-default-super-space/?comment=3755#comment-3755I do not use `gnome-do`, so I wouldn't know how to get it to work properly: it seems it may need a running gnome-session. In any case, your binding should be `bindsym $mod+space exec gnome-do`, assuming `$mod` is `Mod4`, else you could always bind to `Mod4+space`.Fri, 02 May 2014 07:11:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3754/summon-gnome-do-with-default-super-space/?comment=3755#comment-3755Answer by rosskarchner for <p>hi, I'd like to use gnome-do launcher on my i3 desktop. The default shortcut is super-space, and since my mod key is super, it doesn't work by default.</p> <p>I added the line</p> <pre><code>bindsym $mod+super gnome-do </code></pre> <p>to my config, but I have the feeling that all it does is launching a new instance of gnome do, instead of just opening the launcher. I'd really like to keep the mod+space shortcut to be consistent with the rest of the WM. The man page of gnome-do doesn't help much, any idea what I should put on my config file to use super+space as default gnome-do behaviour?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3754/summon-gnome-do-with-default-super-space/?answer=3766#post-id-3766I think your solution is fine-- At the command line, I ran gnome-do a couple of times, and then did ps ax | grep gnome-do and there was only one instance running.Sun, 04 May 2014 17:43:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3754/summon-gnome-do-with-default-super-space/?answer=3766#post-id-3766