Talk:Super key (keyboard button)

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interesting http://digg.com/design/Any_languages_keyboard super key —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.185.160.36 (talk) 09:34, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Compiz

is this really notable? also you can change any binding to any key (no, not the fictional any key) Ms.henrick (talk) 16:55, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to expand the article in terms of current usage, there is so little that super is used for by default. Compiz is all I found/know of.The Sanest Mad Hatter (talk) 00:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Diamond symbol?

The first sentence here has the parenthetical "❖" symbol. Where does this come from? There's no mention of it in the article. None of the linked keyboards (Space Cadet, Knight, Symbolics, etc) uses this symbol. The Unicode codepoint (U+2756 "BLACK DIAMOND MINUS WHITE X") makes no mention of its use for the Super key. It's not in the "Miscellaneous Technical" block, where most of the other modifier key symbols are located. It's not mentioned in the ISO/IEC_9995 article.

I thought this might be someone trying to mimic the Windows logo with a standard Unicode codepoint, but in the Windows key article it says Wikipedia uses U+229E SQUARED PLUS for this.

Did this symbol get invented by Wikipedia? It was added in a lone edit on 12 May 2022, with no comment. 2601:602:A080:1240:F2CC:3E1F:5C4F:D12E (talk) 20:37, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The symbol was not invented by Wikipedia, and existed prior to 2022 (when it was added to this article). When Template:Key cap was created in 2015, ❖ (U+2756: BLACK DIAMOND MINUS WHITE X) was included as the symbol for the Super key. The Windows key was included at the same time with ⊞ (U+229E: SQUARED PLUS) as its symbol, so I doubt the intention was for the Super key to mimic the Windows logo.

I found the ❖ symbol used for the Super key in a 2013 tutorial on how to set Linux keybinds (archived at Wayback Machine), so it has seen limited use representing the Super key for over a decade at least. Additionally, the ❖ symbol was printed on the TrulyErgonomic Keyboard which can be seen in images on this TechCrunch article from 2010 (so it's not just an online thing trying to imitate the Windows logo). – 🚫 Lɪᴠᴇs ⬅️ 〈^Nᴇᴡ _Tᴀʟᴋ〉 07:16, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the diamond symbol in the reference that was added. Spitzak (talk) 14:08, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The symbol appears in the reference's Tool to Bind Key section, where it says

xbindkeys can bind almost any key or key combination. Example: Caps Lock, ScrLk, Pause, F2, number pad keys, multimedia keys, and special app launch buttons, and also standard modifier key combinations such as ▤ Menu, 【Ctrl+3】, 【❖ Super+3】, etc.

In the TechCrunch link, the symbol is near the top and printed in blue. ❖ is also printed on Esrille's physical keyboards (seen here) and used in their layout diagrams. – 🚫 Lɪᴠᴇs ⬅️ 〈^Nᴇᴡ _Tᴀʟᴋ〉 00:17, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]