Bug 198574

Summary:	Widget's keyboard shortcuts don't work
Product:	[Plasma] plasma4	Reporter:	sp_archer
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	aseigo, asraniel, henryrust89, maarizwan
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description sp_archer 2009-07-01 21:45:45 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

There are a few widgets on desktop. Each of them have assigned keyboard shortcut. But shotcuts don't work. Pressing shortcut don't produce any action. Widget don't bring to foreground.

Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2009-07-01 21:49:25 UTC

please define what you expect to happen when you mean "brought to foreground"?

Comment 2 sp_archer 2009-07-01 22:39:12 UTC

I expect that widget will be visible over all other windows, became active  and I will be able to manipulate it.

Comment 3 Henry Rust 2010-01-02 15:46:22 UTC

I can confirm this bug on KDE 4.3.4 with Qt 4.5.3.
This Bug seems to be bound to widgets, which haven't any action clicking on them. In this case the shortcuts are useless. Otherwise widgets like the Application Launcher Menu are shown , when using the shortcut for it.

Comment 4 Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan 2010-01-06 06:36:04 UTC

Using KDE Development Platform 4.3.85 (KDE 4.3.85 (KDE 4.4 Beta2); same bug! shortcuts are unusable.

Expected behavior:

Shortcuts should work just like panel widgets like "show desktop"; e.g., adding "ctrl+alt+d" works with show desktop!

shortcut for "quick access" on panel doesn't work!

Comment 5 Beat Wolf 2010-06-11 16:02:52 UTC

I think this is because the shortcut does not what people except it to do.
For example, you can set a shortcut on the clock, and it will pop up the calendar. But setting a shortcut on the systemload viewer will have no effect (because there is no popup to show).

Comment 6 Aaron J. Seigo 2010-06-11 21:37:00 UTC

well, there's pretty much nothing that can be done in a guaranteed fashion. if they are on the desktop, it could always bring up the dashboard if there is a window in the way, but only if the dashboard is following the desktop (separate dashboard == no win).