Bug 208559

Summary: Unable to make a shortcut on Shift-Backtab
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs Reporter: M G Berberich <kde>
Component: shortcutsAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: finex, kde, marcan, mz-trash, mz
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description M G Berberich 2009-09-25 22:46:17 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

At least on a german system it is impossible to add a shortcut to backtab, because when entering this shortcut it becomes “Shift+Tab” instead of “Shift+Backtab” and is not working.
Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-09-26 20:52:40 UTC
It is the right behaviour: backtab is exactly SHIFT+TAB.

Do you have "backtab" as a standalone key on the german keyboard?
Comment 2 M G Berberich 2009-09-27 00:23:39 UTC
There is no dedicated backtab-key on a german keyboard, to get a backtab you press Shift+Tab.

The problem is: If you press Shift+Tab in the shortcut-dialog, you get Shift+Tab, bat Shift+tab is not working as a shortcut, it has to be Backtab.

In .kde/share/config/kglobalshortcutsrc the line has p.e. to be:

  Walk Through Windows (Reverse)=Alt+Shift+Backtab,…

but if you try to enter it via the systemsettings / kcmshell4 keys it becomes

   Walk Through Windows (Reverse)=Alt+Shift+Tab,…

and it is not working.
Comment 3 Hector Martin 2010-02-28 10:21:16 UTC
Same thing happens here. This is a Spanish keyboard, but I doubt that matters (we have the usual tab key). I suspect this might be related to Qt versions.
Comment 4 Thomas Lübking 2010-07-11 23:18:08 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 179562 ***