Some applications (mostly graphics) use alt-click and alt-drag for actions, which conflicts with the current default; change the default modifier to <Super>, which is already prominently used as overview key, so using it for other window manager functionalities is pretty reasonable.
Upstream changed it in that commit: git.gnome. org/browse/ gsettings- desktop- schemas/ commit/ ?id=19fe99f2f9e d8ebc77fd284659 06db33c4782604
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"wm-schemas: Change default mouse-button- modifier
Some applications (mostly graphics) use alt-click and alt-drag for actions, which conflicts with the current default; change the default modifier to <Super>, which is already prominently used as overview key, so using it for other window manager functionalities is pretty reasonable.
https:/ /bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 607797 "