Keybindings, specifically using the Super key in IntelliJ Idea

Question

I'm trying to use IntelliJ Idea for some Kotlin development, and coming from Mac, I wanted to use the Mac key bindings. They rely fairly heavily on the Super key as an alternative to the Command key on Mac, and I find that IntelliJ is entirely unable to pick up Super+anything keybindings.

That is to say, if I wanted to, say, undo something, the "Macish" keybinding is set to Super+z, and if I actually press that combination, it just prints a z to the screen. Similarly, if I want to quit a tab, I try Super+w and it just prints a w to the screen.

I tried disabling virtually all the keyboard keybindings in the Elementary OS Keyboard Settings menu that use the Super key. It still seems that the modifier is not reaching the app.

Any ideas on how I might be able to fix this behavior? Thanks!

Answer 1

This is lame but most of linux distros comes with prebuilt keybindings for people who quits windows, so... that explains your problem.

Have you tried using CNTRL key instead of SUPER ? if that doesn't work you should read this. And change the keymaps for your use.

Another solution is to change the keymap of the system for Mac support, maybe the kernel doesnt configure that well, have you checked that? Let me know

UPDATE

So i investigate more and found this method if not try this other one.