Bug 177619

Summary:	Shortcut problem: CTRL + SHIFT + N
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Anders Lund <anderslund>
Component:	keys and menus	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christophe, dominik.tritscher, finex, kde, rmatov101
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version:	1.10.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Anders Lund 2008-12-12 20:24:32 UTC

Version:           1.10.3 (using 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3), Arch Linux)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.27-ARCH

The Kmail shortcut for  the well hidden'new message to mailing list' is not working is conflicting with the kontact shortcut for 'new popup note', resulting in neither working.

Comment 1 Jaime Torres 2008-12-15 17:07:15 UTC

In svn trunk revision 896776, the new message to mailing list default shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+N, in kontact, the shortcut for new popup note is Ctrl+N, the same as New Message in kmail.

In any case, I see the window:
The key sequence Ctrl+N is ambiguous. Use configure shortcuts from the settings menu to solve the ambiguity.
No action will be triggered.

Comment 2 Dominik Tritscher 2009-03-15 17:20:04 UTC

I just checked this with kmail 1.11.1:
Hitting Ctrl+Shift+N creats a new popup note, Ctrl+N a new mail message.

Comment 3 Anders Lund 2009-03-15 17:40:06 UTC

Me too, if I am in the kmail view in kontact. In other views, c-n gives the annoying message.

Comment 4 Jaime Torres 2009-03-18 13:33:49 UTC

In svn trunk r939757 (kde 4.2.66), inside kontact Ctrl+Shift+N is for a new note.
Ctrl+N is for new mail, without the message (in all the views except the notes view).
In kmail alone, Ctrl+Shift+N does nothing.

Comment 5 Rajko M. 2009-04-24 02:12:17 UTC

Similar problem with double definition of Copy shortcut, that triggered complaint by KMail. Reset to Defaults deleted all shortcuts, defaults are missing. It happened after using KMail within KDE PIM. 

I'm not sure about missing defaults, is it packaging problem ie. distro specific, but doubled entry appear as KDE problem. 


openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.2.2

Comment 6 Michael Jansen 2009-12-07 22:29:59 UTC

There are different problems at work here.

1. It is not possible to configure the shortcuts for the syncActions and newActions of KontactInterface::Plugin instances. They are added to the kontact mainwindow by putting them into the appropriate KActionMenus but they are not added to the KShortcutsEditor for kontact. Only the parts shortcuts are added. Not those of the plugin.

2. The default shortcuts clash. CTRL+Shift+<some key> is used for all those "new <whatever>" shortcuts so the rest  of the application should use them sparingly.

I have currently no idea to solve that problem. I would have to discuss with david to refresh my knowledge how to do it. It depends on when kontact loads its plugins. Whoever is willing to solve the problem may contact me.

Comment 7 FiNeX 2010-08-17 23:22:58 UTC

Something new about this issue???

Comment 8 Laurent Montel 2015-04-12 10:07:03 UTC

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2.

We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.