Super key (keyboard button)

A Super key, located between the Control key and the Alt key, on an ISO style PC keyboard

Super key (❖) is an alternative name for what is commonly labelled as the Windows key[1] or Command key[2] on modern keyboards, typically bound and handled as such by Linux and BSD operating systems and software today.

The Super key was originally a modifier key on a keyboard designed for Lisp machines at MIT.

  1. ^ "Ubuntu using Windows key (Super key) to Launch Gnome Main Menu". ubuntuguide.net. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ "What is the Super key?". help.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.