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I use XFCE, a lightweight Win95 style DE. My XFCE start menu ("whisker menu") is bound to Start+Space, which lets me find apps by name. For apps I use frequently, they are bound to Start+[Key], eg, Start+F for the file manager, Start+S for Sublime Text (also used to open new windows in each app).

I do miss the Expose from macOS though, I don't think XFCE has that. (Edit: apparently this can be done with a third party tool.)

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On manjaro (xfce edition), just press start and then type part of the application name.

I just figured it out a few hours ago. :-)

I bound it to Start originally, but then all my Start+[Key] bindings would open the start menu (and leave it open). This was a few years ago though, maybe the current behavior is different.

Add this to Application Autostart in xfce4-session-settings.

xcape -e 'Super_L=Control_L|Shift_L|Alt_L|Super_L|Escape'

Then bind xfce4-popup-whiskermenu to Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Super+Escape in the keyboard shortcuts. You can use another key combination, but that's what I use to avoid any plausible conflict.

The whole XFCE, LXDE, LXQT always leaves me confused but probably just because of the name :D

On Manjaro I've always used XFCE and it's a very nice DE for sure.

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