Bug 145880

Summary:	ctrl-shift-W does not respect configurability
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	Mats Ahlgren <ahlgren>
Component:	Main Application	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Mats Ahlgren 2007-05-24 06:12:03 UTC

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

Comment 1 Paul Sleigh 2007-12-30 11:58:23 UTC

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.

Comment 2 Dennis Nienhüser 2008-06-08 00:50:26 UTC

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.