The only way to avoid the launcher from being shown is to change the launcher unhiding keybinding. The intended behavior by design is to make the launcher show when the super key is pressed.
As for unity stealing the super key, its bug #704231 . ** Changed in: unity Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion ** Changed in: unity Status: Invalid => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784263 Title: Windows (Super) Key Combinations Show Launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/784263/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs