Bug 378041

Summary:	Multiple Alt+[letter] shortcuts conflict with menu shortcuts
Product:	[Applications] krita	Reporter:	Robert Showalter <show621>
Component:	Shortcuts and Canvas Input Settings	Assignee:	Krita Bugs <krita-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	halla
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	3.1.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Robert Showalter 2017-03-24 21:48:08 UTC

I'm unable to create custom shortcuts using Alt and any underlined letter from the main menu (File, Edit, view, etc). So Alt+[F,E,V,I,L,S,R,T,N,W,H] are unavailable.

For example, if I try setting a shortcut to Alt+H I get the error message:

"The key sequence 'Alt+S' is ambiguous. Use 'Configure Shortcuts'
from the 'Settings' menu to solve the ambiguity.
No action will be triggered."

Without a shortcut assignment, Alt+H opens the help menu. I don't see any way to alter or override that behavior.

Tested and confirmed in both Windows 7 and Windows 10 using Krita 3.1.2.1

Comment 1 Halla Rempt 2017-11-26 12:54:15 UTC

Hi Robert,

I'm afraid that this isn't a bug, but the way Qt works. We cannot change that except by not having the standard menu accelerators defined at all.

Comment 2 Halla Rempt 2017-11-26 13:00:21 UTC

We just checked and other applications like photoshop also don't allow this; though they do show a warning about invalid shortcuts. We need to create a warning system for invalid shortcuts anyway, but that's part of bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329663

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 329663 ***