Version: 0.12.4 (using KDE 3.5.6 "release 64.1" , openSUSE ) Compiler: Target: x86_64-suse-linux OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.20-rt8-default *All global shortcuts should be configurable.* Ctrl-alt-W is a global shortcut which has been usurped by Kopete (I think). Whenever I hit it, it toggles the away status. This prevents other programs from using ctrl-shift-W Reproducibility: Easy Fixability: Probably easy -- if the problem is with Kopete, the solution is: add the shortcut to Settings > Configure Global Shortcuts
This bug is made more serious by the fact that it's spread out across the bug reports of every OTHER piece of software a Kopete user might be using. I thought it was a bug in either Kubuntu Gutsy or Firefox, because the Ctrl+Shift+W key no longer closed the Firefox window as it used to. It was only when I noticed the subtle change to the Kopete icon in the system tray that I realised the real cause of the problem. To reproduce: Close Kopete. Open Firefox. Confirm that Ctrl+Shift+W closes the Firefox window. This is the correct behaviour. Now open Kopete and Firefox. Ensuring that Firefox definitely has the focus, try Ctrl+Shift+W again. The window doesn't close; instead, Kopete toggles its Away status. There's nothing in any Kopete menus to change (or even admit to) these keyboard settings. This is a bit like drinking your room mate's last beer without asking: it's impolite. Because it's making other software look bad, it's even a bit un-neigbourly.
I have this option in "Configure Global Shortcuts" in 3.5.9 (Kopete 0.12.7). Please reopen if updating to a recent Kopete version (from KDE 3.5.9 or 4.x) does not help.