Bug 273817

Summary:	Impossibility to use french localised lowercase characters in shortcuts
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	vrac
Component:	kcm_khotkeys	Assignee:	Michael Jansen <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	minor	CC:	gasp.janko, mcorteel, moviuro+kde, vrac
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description vrac 2011-05-21 20:44:47 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.3) 
OS:                Linux

It is impossible to use french localised lowercase characters (like "é", "à", "ç" or "è") in shorcuts.

When typing a combinaison, like Alt + é, for example, KDE set the shortcut to the uppercase character. In that example, it selects Alt + É.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Maxime Corteel 2011-09-01 18:36:59 UTC

I can confirm that bug on KDE SC 4.7.

Comment 2 gasp.janko 2011-10-17 06:41:09 UTC

I also have this problem using Fedora 15 (KDE 4.6.5).

Comment 3 vrac 2012-05-09 08:25:57 UTC

Still here in KDE SC 4.8.3

Comment 4 Moviuro 2014-10-05 15:00:46 UTC

Still here on 4.14.1

Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 07:29:34 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 6 vrac 2021-04-26 19:37:24 UTC

(In reply to Justin Zobel from comment #5)
> Thank you for the bug report.
> 
> As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can
> please confirm that the issue still persists.
> 
> If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to
> resolved.

I've just cheked on Plasma 5.21.4, on Arch Linux, the bug is still there. I tried assigning Super+é using the azerty layout (fr locale/layout) and the bahavrior is the same up to every little detail. The shortcut defining GUI still displays a capital É character and pression Super+é after saving the shortcut still doesn't produce any results.

Comment 7 vrac 2021-04-26 20:16:22 UTC

As an addition to my previous comment, the "é" key is located where the numrow 2 key is on a qwerty US keyboard.

Comment 8 Nate Graham 2024-03-04 19:41:54 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.