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  • Does it work if you use something like xbindkeys to set the Win -> xfce4-popup-whiskermenu shortcut? Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 12:34
  • @terdon Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work (I hope just running xbindkeys from a running session is sufficient, I didn't modify .Xsession and relog: "*** Warning *** Please verify that there is not another program running which captures one of the keys captured by xbindkeys. It seems that there is a conflict, and xbindkeys can't grab all the keys defined in its configuration file." Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 12:47
  • Try again after disabling the shortcut from the window manager. That error means that both the window manager and xbindkeys are trying to bind the same key. If you disable the WM one, you can at least use xbindkeys and then you can see whether this actually helps or not. Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 12:50
  • @terdon I did, to no avail - I'd probably have to eliminate any shortcut involving the Win-key, and then use xbindkeys to control the Window manager as well :-/ Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 12:54
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    Install xcape from the arch repositories and follow the instructions on this SE question. While this question was meant for openbox, it works completely fine in xfce, too. Commented Jun 2, 2018 at 20:13