Bug 162803

Summary:	Unix-style line editing shortcuts do not work (^H, ^W).
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Peter Rockai <me>
Component:	kdeui	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Unlisted Binaries
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Peter Rockai 2008-05-29 13:37:08 UTC

In 4.1 beta 1 (not available in the version list here), I cannot use ^H for 
backspace anymore (this used to work in 3.5.9, which makes this a regression). 
^W has never worked AFAIR, but would be nice either way.

Comment 1 Peter Rockai 2008-05-29 15:30:17 UTC

This actually appears to be a Qt regression from 3.x to 4.x, wrt. ^H. If anyone more knowledgeable of how this works in Qt could forward, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

Comment 2 Guillaume Pujol 2008-05-29 16:49:16 UTC

^W (Ctrl+W) is already used to close the current document in most KDE apps, so it is not a good idea to make it erase the last word.

But it would be nice to have ^U to erase the current line when typing in a simple TextBox.

Comment 3 Peter Rockai 2008-07-02 16:06:49 UTC

How come? Application shortcuts take precedence, so I don't think that is a problem, really.