Bug 220114

Summary:	Unclear how to rename shortcut list items
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	JR <zorael>
Component:	kcm_khotkeys	Assignee:	Michael Jansen <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	minor	CC:	caionnew, justin.zobel, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Screenshot

Description JR 2009-12-26 01:57:25 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

Present in KDE 4.4b2, Kubuntu packages.

The KCM module for Input Actions lack any graphical way of renaming new entries. By default they're named 'New Action', and right-clicking one offers a choice of New (action/group), Delete, Export and Import - but no Rename.

By sheer luck I knew of the F2 shortcut that renames files in Dolphin, which seems to do the trick here too, but it's far from obvious. A graphical option doesn't seem to currently exist.

Comment 1 disabled account 2011-05-27 00:32:11 UTC

Confirmed in 4.6.2, it can be given a name on creation, but it can not be renamed.

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2020-11-11 04:01:04 UTC

Created attachment 133214 [details]
Screenshot

Comment 3 Justin Zobel 2020-11-11 04:02:12 UTC

JR/Jackob I'm not sure I'm able to determine if the attached screenshot is the thing you were discussing here many years ago.

Can you please confirm if this is it?

Can you please test and confirm if this issue is still occurring or if this bug report can be marked as resolved. I'm setting status to "needsinfo" pending your response, please change back to "reported" when you respond, thanks.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-11-11 14:03:28 UTC

You can also double-click on the list item's text to rename it.

This is still relevant, even though KHotkeys mostly is no longer is.

Comment 5 JR 2020-11-11 14:23:18 UTC

It seems to be the same thing, yes.

As mentioned, double-clicking now works (Arch/Manjaro x86_64 systemsettings5 5.20.5), but there is still no context menu "Rename" option. The Edit button only offers the same menu (so "edit" doesn't lead to "rename").

It's better than only having F2, but it's still arguably unintuitive.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2024-03-04 19:41:59 UTC

As announced in https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/26/what-we-plan-to-remove-in-plasma-6/ and https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Removals, I'm afraid KHotKeys has reached end-of-life in Plasma 6. Accordingly, all bug reports and feature requests for it must be closed now.

Most of what KHotKeys could do can already be done with the newer KGlobalAccel system in Plasma 6. A few features such as mouse gestures and triggering conditions based on changes to window states are not yet implemented in the new system. These will be added in the future if and when resources materialize for them, and/or when a kind soul submits patches to implement them! :) Meanwhile, the 3rd-party "Mouse Actions" app (https://github.com/jersou/mouse-actions) may be usable for implementing your own mouse gestures again.

Thanks for your understanding, everyone.