Bug 344308

Summary: Keyboard shortcut does not replay shift/alt/ctrl characters
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Mike Morris <mikro2nd>
Component: kcm_khotkeysAssignee: Michael Jansen <kde>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: justin.zobel, kdelibs-bugs, monika.martin
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.20.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353781
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Description Mike Morris 2015-02-18 09:26:00 UTC
Set up a (Window Action) shortcut to map "Ctrl+^" to the key sequence "ctrl+shift+u:2:5:c:a" (basically to make that unicode escape sequence more convenient) but all that gets replayed (in any window) is the "25ca" sequence.
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2015-02-18 09:30:26 UTC
Could you please specify where you setup this "window action"?
Comment 2 Mike Morris 2015-02-18 10:32:40 UTC
On 18/02/15 11:30, Martin Gräßlin  wrote:

> Could you please specify where you setup this "window action"?

System settings >> Shortcuts and gestures
   >> Custom Shortcuts
   >> Examples
   >> New > Window Action > Send Keyboard Input
(then configure the shortcut action and desired output key sequence)
Comment 3 Thomas Lübking 2015-10-15 14:23:19 UTC
does "in any window" mean "in any Qt5 window"?
See bug #353781
Comment 4 Monika Martin 2020-12-23 13:21:02 UTC
Es gibt zwei Aktionen (Fett, Lesezeichen hinzufügen), die den gleichen Kurzbefehl Strg+B verwenden. Dies ist wahrscheinlich ein Fehler.

There are two actions (Bold, Add Bookmark) that use the same shortcut Ctrl + B. This is probably a mistake.
Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2021-03-18 04:25:04 UTC
Window Actions don't have shortcut keys. I think you mean: Global Shortcut > Send Keyboard Input.

Window Actions only trigger when a window changes.

I've tried a general Global Shortcut and the Shift works.

I did "Shift+h:e:l:l:o" and it worked.

Can you please confirm if this issue is still present for you or if this report can be resolved, thank you.

I've set this bug to NEEDSINFO. When you reply, please change the bug back to REPORTED so we know it's ready for investigation or RESOLVED/WORKSFORME if the issue is now resolved.
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2021-04-02 04:33:32 UTC
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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2021-04-17 04:33:19 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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