Bug 343660

Summary:	KStandardShortcut: Shift+Del is ambiguous
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kconfig	Reporter:	Martin Klapetek <mklapetek>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Matthew Dawson <matthew>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdelibs-bugs, nate, salvatore.schimmenti, simon.persson
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Martin Klapetek 2015-02-01 15:49:37 UTC

Currently KConfig has Shift+Del as alternative shortcut for Cut action, however apps that deal with files usually use Shift+Del as "Remove file from disk" (as opposed to plain Delete doing "Move to trash").

This then results in broken functionality in some apps using KStandardShortcut::Cut as pressing Shift+Del to delete a file opens a dialog saying "This shortcut is ambigous, change it in settings".

Given that Shift+Del was the default for "Remove file from disk" throughout kde4 times, I think that it should remain available for this action rather than alternative shortcut for cut action.

Comment 1 Simon Persson 2015-06-30 12:51:13 UTC

To keep things consistent, the alternative shortcuts for copy and paste should also be removed in that case - the three form a  suite. I've never encountered anyone using these shortcuts, don't know how popular they are... would guess that they're not very popular. Can try to remove them and see it there's an outcry... :)

On the other hand, most applications use cut, copy and paste actions but most applications are not general file managers. Those few filemanagers could also make a special case and not use the default shortcut for cut if it is shift+del.

Anyway, the conflict should definitely be resolved.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2017-05-29 22:51:12 UTC

This was recently fixed for Gwenview, see bug 377880.

Are there other applications that need a similar fix?

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-10-23 14:26:11 UTC

Can we just remove the Shift-Delete shortcut for Cut actions? This seems like a really weird, obscure shortcut for an action that already has a universally-known shortcut (ctrl-x). Then we won't need to add any application-specific workarounds.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-08-14 16:09:07 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 394001 ***