Bug 379117

Summary:	META key to invoke menu stop working after changing shortcuts in Custom Shortcuts settings
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	davidka <davidikad>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bshah, nate, notuxius, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.9.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description davidka 2017-04-23 12:35:51 UTC

When I try to change the settings of my shortcuts:

http://imgur.com/a/MqunL

The Meta key stops working when pressed alone. So, I can't just press the meta key for getting the menu to show, but I need to use alt + f2 or click on the Plasma menu icon.

Another interesting thing is that I have tried to set meta + j for activate task manager entry 1, meta + k for task man. entry 2, meta + l for 3 and meta + ; for task man. entry 4 and all except meta + k worked. Then I restarted the system and everything suddenly started to work again - including meta + k.

Maybe the custom shortcuts part of plasma mess some things up or general settings when clicked on apply?

Could somebody look at this bug? Thanks.


Here are links where I talk about these issues:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/671mh0/i_find_out_when_the_meta_key_for_invoking_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/671ksa/unable_to_set_meta_k_as_a_custom_shortcut/

Comment 1 davidka 2017-04-23 12:37:17 UTC

How do I edit the bug description?

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2017-04-23 13:15:11 UTC

Just add a comment with your findings.

Comment 3 davidka 2017-04-23 15:19:46 UTC

ok

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-07-01 22:57:41 UTC

I can confirm in 5.9.5 that the meta key binding breaks if you remove the default Alt-F1 shortcut. Restoring that shortcut makes the meta key invoke the menu again.

Comment 5 Alexander Mentyu 2017-11-23 08:27:40 UTC

The bug isn't reproducible for me in:

Distribution: KDE neon Developer Edition - Stable Branches
Plasma: 5.11.3
Frameworks: 5.41.0
Qt: 5.9.1
Kernel 4.10.0-38-generic
Type: 64-bit

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> I can confirm in 5.9.5 that the meta key binding breaks if you remove the
> default Alt-F1 shortcut. Restoring that shortcut makes the meta key invoke
> the menu again.

As for removing Alt+F1 shortcut - not sure if this is a bug and that it's related to this one. Also tried to set activate application dashboard to other than Alt+F1 shortcuts - meta works with them too.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2019-02-23 04:57:05 UTC

Yes, I can no longer reproduce this either.