Bug 432515

Summary: It is not possible to use "umlaute" like 'ö', 'ä', 'ü' as part of shortcuts. One can assign them to actions in the shortcut menu but they are not recognized when pressing them.
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: antiheld.dlehitna+kdebugs
Component: kcm_khotkeysAssignee: Michael Jansen <kde>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: oded, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.18.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description antiheld.dlehitna+kdebugs 2021-02-04 19:08:37 UTC 
SUMMARY
It is not possible to use "umlaute" like 'ö', 'ä', 'ü' as part of shortcuts.  One can assign them to actions in the shortcut menu but they are not recognized when pressing them.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Go to Shortcuts->Global Shortcuts and select any action
2. Try to enter a shortcut using ö,ä or ü
3. Try to use that shortcut --> it doesn't work

OBSERVED RESULT
No action is taken upon pressing configured shortcut

EXPECTED RESULT
Action is taken normally upon pressing configured shortcut

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OS Type: 64-bit
Keyboard Layout: German/Germany (QWERTZ)
Comment 1 Oded Arbel 2022-11-22 11:00:00 UTC 
Likely a dup of bug 415995
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-03-04 19:42:02 UTC 
As announced in https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/26/what-we-plan-to-remove-in-plasma-6/ and https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Removals, I'm afraid KHotKeys has reached end-of-life in Plasma 6. Accordingly, all bug reports and feature requests for it must be closed now.

Most of what KHotKeys could do can already be done with the newer KGlobalAccel system in Plasma 6. A few features such as mouse gestures and triggering conditions based on changes to window states are not yet implemented in the new system. These will be added in the future if and when resources materialize for them, and/or when a kind soul submits patches to implement them! :) Meanwhile, the 3rd-party "Mouse Actions" app (https://github.com/jersou/mouse-actions) may be usable for implementing your own mouse gestures again.

Thanks for your understanding, everyone.