fix(keybinds): SUPER+? never fired — shifted keysym needs SHIFT in the modmask

? is typed as Shift+/, so Hyprland saw mods SUPER+SHIFT with keysym
`question` and the exact-modmask match skipped the `$mod, question`
bind — the keypress fell through to the focused window (caught on the
Latitude, BACKLOG item 26; the menu itself was fine from a terminal).

- keybinds.nix: bind is now `$mod SHIFT, question`.
- rofi.nix prettyKeys collapses "SHIFT + ?" back to "?" so the
  cheatsheet row keeps the documented SUPER + ? label.
- MEMORY.md gotcha: shifted keysyms need SHIFT in mods — invisible to
  eval-tier tests.

Verified: V0 (flake check --no-build); V1 both surfaces (eval'd
settings.bind renders `$mod SHIFT, question, exec, nomarchy-menu
keybinds`; built nomarchy-menu's cheatsheet renders `SUPER + ?`).
V3 queued: SUPER+? on the Latitude after home-update + relogin.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

agent/BACKLOG.md

@@ -25,20 +25,6 @@ next, in what order*.
 *Items 21–26: real-hardware QA findings from the Latitude 5410
 (Bernardo, 2026-07-04) — bugs found on metal outrank the queue.*
 
-### 26. SUPER+? cheatsheet bind never fires on hardware
-Reported (Latitude sweep #2): SUPER+? does nothing — the ? reaches the
-focused terminal. Cause: keybinds.nix binds `$mod, question`, but
-typing ? holds Shift, so Hyprland sees mods SUPER+SHIFT with keysym
-`question` and its exact-modmask match skips a bind declaring SUPER
-only (the "question already implies Shift" comment doesn't hold on
-real input; headless V1/V2 never pressed the key). Fix: `$mod SHIFT,
-question` (user-facing label stays SUPER+?); while there, audit the
-bind list for other shifted keysyms (none today — letters carry
-explicit SHIFT mods). Confirmed bind-only: `nomarchy-menu keybinds`
-from a terminal opens the cheatsheet fine (Latitude, 2026-07-04).
-**Verify:** V1 (rendered bind string in the HM generation); V3 retest
-on the Latitude.
-
 ### 25. swaync text unreadable on summer-day (light-theme contrast)
 Reported: on summer-day, notification/control-centre text is invisible
 (contrast). Root cause (traced 2026-07-04): swaync.nix renders `.body`

agent/HARDWARE-QUEUE.md

@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ QA machine), the **T14s** (webcam case).
       no comma layout was configured, so the bind wasn't rendered (the
       gate working as designed, not a failure) — retest after setting a
       comma layout + rebuild + relogin. The SUPER+? no-op found en
-      route IS a real bug → BACKLOG item 26.
+      route IS a real bug → BACKLOG item 26 (fix shipped — see the
+      dedicated SUPER+? entry below).
+- [ ] **SUPER+? opens the cheatsheet** (item 26 fix) — after
+      `home-update` + relogin (or `hyprctl reload`), SUPER+? must open
+      the keybindings cheatsheet, whose row still reads `SUPER + ?`
+      (not `SUPER + SHIFT + ?`).
 - [ ] **Keyboard hotplug picker (re-verify after in-flake graduation)** —
       plug an external keyboard post-login, pick a layout in rofi, confirm
       it applies per-device only, persists in `settings.keyboard.devices`,

agent/JOURNAL.md

@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ Template:
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-07-04 — SUPER+? bind fix (iteration #8, item 26)
+- **Task:** BACKLOG NOW#26 — cheatsheet bind never fires on hardware.
+- **Did:** keybinds.nix: `$mod, question` → `$mod SHIFT, question`
+  (? is Shift+/, Hyprland matches the exact modmask); rofi.nix
+  prettyKeys collapses "SHIFT + ?" → "?" so the row stays SUPER + ?.
+  Gotcha added to MEMORY.md (shifted keysyms need SHIFT in mods).
+- **Verified:** V0 (flake check --no-build); V1 both surfaces — eval'd
+  hyprland settings.bind renders `$mod SHIFT, question, exec,
+  nomarchy-menu keybinds`, and built nomarchy-menu's cheatsheet file
+  renders `SUPER + ?`. No other shifted keysyms in the bind list.
+- **Pending:** V3 queued (SUPER+? on the Latitude after home-update +
+  relogin).
+- **Next suggestion:** item 25 (swaync contrast on summer-day).
+
 ## 2026-07-04 — Latitude hardware sweep #2 (Bernardo; results booked, no code)
 - **Task:** V3 sweep on the Latitude after pulling ≥18b8545 + reboot.
 - **PASS:** waybar supervisor (theme switches clean; `pkill -x waybar`

agent/MEMORY.md

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ iteration would otherwise rediscover.
   split (BACKLOG LATER) is the decided fix (§ Faster switches).
 
 ## Gotchas (cost a debugging session once)
+- Hyprland binds match the exact modmask: a shifted keysym (`question`)
+  needs SHIFT in `mods` or the bind never fires — the keypress falls
+  through to the focused window (§ item 26; caught on hardware, invisible
+  to eval-tier tests).
 - Never kill a Wayland session-lock client (hyprlock): its crash
   failsafe drops to a tty instead of unlocking (§ Hibernate
   double-unlock).

modules/home/keybinds.nix

@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@
     { mods = "$mod";        key = "X";      action = "exec, nomarchy-menu power";     desc = "Power menu"; }
 
     { mods = "$mod";        key = "N";      action = "exec, swaync-client -t";        desc = "Notification centre"; }
-    # SUPER+? (the "question" keysym already implies Shift on most layouts).
-    { mods = "$mod";        key = "question"; action = "exec, nomarchy-menu keybinds"; desc = "Keybindings cheatsheet"; }
+    # SUPER+? — ? is typed as Shift+/, so SHIFT must be in the bind's
+    # modmask or Hyprland's exact-modifier match never fires (the key then
+    # falls through to the focused window; caught on hardware, item 26).
+    # The cheatsheet still renders this row as SUPER + ? (rofi.nix).
+    { mods = "$mod SHIFT";  key = "question"; action = "exec, nomarchy-menu keybinds"; desc = "Keybindings cheatsheet"; }
 
     # Menu functions — SUPER+CTRL+<mnemonic> jumps straight to a
     # nomarchy-menu module (all also reachable from the SUPER+M picker).

modules/home/rofi.nix

@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ let
     let m = lib.replaceStrings [ "$mod" ] [ "SUPER" ] b.mods;
         prefix = if m == "" then "" else lib.concatStringsSep " + " (lib.splitString " " m) + " + ";
         key = lib.replaceStrings [ "question" "slash" ] [ "?" "/" ] b.key;
-    in prefix + key;
+        # ? already implies Shift — the bind needs SHIFT in its modmask
+        # (keybinds.nix), but showing it would read double, so collapse
+        # "SHIFT + ?" back to the documented "?".
+    in lib.replaceStrings [ "SHIFT + ?" ] [ "?" ] (prefix + key);
   cheatRows =
     map (b: padRight 22 (prettyKeys b) + b.desc) (keybinds.binds
       ++ lib.optionals (lib.hasInfix "," cfg.keyboard.layout)