Bug 337731

Summary:	cant use shortcuts (Alt+E) which conflict mnemonics (&Erstellen (German))
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	sleepywitti
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ilmari.lauhakangas, sleepywitti
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.04.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description sleepywitti 2014-07-23 13:15:14 UTC

It is possible to set a shortcut like "Alt+E", but it is not possible to use it, because the mnemonics are always active as long as the menu is visble (if it is hidden, it will work)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set up a shortcut like Alt+E
2. press shortcut
Actual Results:  
an error about double bound shortcuts will appear

Expected Results:  
it should be possible to disable the use of mnemonics

Altough the use of mnemonics for menu items is common, it is a not user-friendly to predefine the hotkeys. Approaches like the HUD menus of Canonical or the Command Palette of SublimeText are nice tries to improve the way of how to execute commands. 
Furthermore the "Alt" key was introduced for "alternatives". So it makes more sense to use it for executing certain commands instead of open menus.

Comment 1 Buovjaga 2016-06-19 12:41:04 UTC

Confirmed.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Kate 16.04.2
KDE Frameworks 5.22.0
Qt 5.6.1
xcb wm

Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2019-05-19 15:02:00 UTC

Dear user, this wish list item is now closed, as it wasn't touched in the last year and no contributor stepped up to implement it.

The Kate/KTextEditor team is small and we can just try to keep up with fixing bugs.

Therefore wishes that show no activity for a years or more will be closed from now on to keep at least a bit overview about 'current' wishs of the users.
If you want your feature to be implemented, please step up to provide some patch for it.

If you think it is really needed, you can reopen your request, but keep in mind,
if no new good arguments are made and no people get attracted to help out to implement it,
it will expire in a year again.

We have a nice website https://kate-editor.org that provides all the information needed to contribute, please make use of it.

Patches can be handed in via https://phabricator.kde.org/differential/

Greetings
Christoph Cullmann

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2023-04-16 16:41:45 UTC

Dear user, this wish list item is now closed, as it wasn't touched in the last two years and no contributor stepped up to implement it.

The Kate/KTextEditor team is small and we can just try to keep up with fixing bugs.

Therefore wishes that show no activity for a years or more will be closed from now on to keep at least a bit overview about 'current' wishs of the users.
If you want your feature to be implemented, please step up to provide some patch for it.

If you think it is really needed, you can reopen your request, but keep in mind,
if no new good arguments are made and no people get attracted to help out to implement it,
it will expire in a year again.

We have a nice website https://kate-editor.org that provides all the information needed to contribute, please make use of it.

e.g. see the information at https://kate-editor.org/join-us/ for details

Greetings
Christoph Cullmann