Bug 364239

Summary:	Snippet keyboard shortcut doesn't work
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	edA-qa mort-ora-y <eda-qa>
Component:	plugin-snippets	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph, mail, markjballard, mcorteel, tom.schoeps, tterranigma
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description edA-qa mort-ora-y 2016-06-12 13:00:44 UTC

I have some snippets with keyboard shortcuts. These keyboard shortcuts do not work when I create a new document or open an existing one.

However, if I click on the library heading in the snippet docked tool, the shortcuts start working. That is, I need to manually open the snippet list and click the item once before it works in a document.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a snippet repository without any file types
2. Add a snippet, any name/text, use a shortcut key, such as `Ctrl+1` or `Ctrl+,`
3. Type Ctrl+1 in a document, nothing happens
4. Open a document, or create new document, press Ctrl+1, nothing happens

5. Close Kate
6. Open Kate
7. Press Ctrl+1, still nothing happens
8. Open Snipper dock, click on the repository
9. In document press Ctrl+1, now it works



Version: 15.12.3

Comment 1 Sven Brauch 2016-06-13 12:36:13 UTC

I cannot reproduce this issue. Is Ctrl+1 the exact shortcut you used? Which version of kate is this?

Comment 2 Sven Brauch 2016-06-13 12:38:30 UTC

Ok, could reproduce it now after trying a bit more. You need to add a new snippet, then it doesn't work. It also doesn't work when the snippet toolview is closed. I'll have a look.

Comment 3 Nikolaos Kakouros 2017-02-16 01:01:22 UTC

In kate 16.2.2, the shortcut will work after a restart of kate.

Comment 4 Maxime Corteel 2017-04-10 10:31:24 UTC

This is still a problem in Kate 17.03.80. Shortcuts work, but only after a restart.
Changing a shortcut works without a restart though.

Comment 5 bark mallard 2019-06-18 20:22:28 UTC

I'm finding this trouble persists because I find it convenient to open documents in new instances of Kate. Each new instance requires the Snippets tool to be re-enabled. Upon doing this, my saved snippets appear, but the keyboard shortcuts do not work unless I click on the Snippets Tool View bar and keep it open while I'm working.

Comment 6 Thomas Schöps 2019-07-07 17:05:58 UTC

The shortcut for a new snippet not working, and shortcuts in general not working while the snippets tool view is minimized should be fixed now:

https://phabricator.kde.org/D22309
https://phabricator.kde.org/D22308

Comment 7 Christoph Cullmann 2019-07-14 08:37:30 UTC

Fixed then, or?

Comment 8 Thomas Schöps 2019-07-18 18:18:39 UTC

I wasn't sure whether "Each new instance requires the Snippets tool to be re-enabled." describes another issue that might still be open. But probably yes.