| Summary: | Chord keyboard shortcuts are confusing | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasmashell | Reporter: | Dan Dascalescu <ddascalescu+kde> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | David Edmundson <kde> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | anditosan1000, bugseforuns, kdedev, makosol, nate, plasma-bugs-null |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 5.21.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.0 | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| See Also: | https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433292 | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | 6.4.0 | |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Confusing shortcuts when editing the panel | ||
Indeed, chord keyboard shortcuts are confusing. Because nobody can figure out how to use them, they break a lot without people noticing. See Bug 433292. *** Bug 441733 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 449060 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/print-manager/-/merge_requests/223 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/316 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/merge_requests/499 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/411 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5129 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/merge_requests/1253 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2760 Git commit bab5b41905d3c5a833f67e223791103890850658 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 20:59. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applets/batterymonitor: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +0 -1 applets/batterymonitor/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/commit/bab5b41905d3c5a833f67e223791103890850658 Git commit 6a9022fae183360c3c1e6e2b8027ce52720d403c by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 19:04. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Remove broken and unneeded chord keyboard shortcuts This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. And the Activity Switcher already has a better global-scope Meta+Q shortcut anyway. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +0 -1 applets/clipboard/contents/ui/main.qml M +0 -1 applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/main.qml M +0 -1 shell/shellcorona.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/6a9022fae183360c3c1e6e2b8027ce52720d403c Git commit 2b9b93a3fbf9c46c947654d3a26da2f28874dc89 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:57. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applet: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +0 -1 applet/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/2b9b93a3fbf9c46c947654d3a26da2f28874dc89 Git commit 73d17bd7bfa080f236d158f60923346afb24f8d9 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:57. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applet: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +0 -1 applet/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/commit/73d17bd7bfa080f236d158f60923346afb24f8d9 Git commit 1d08d1592a530c364d113c5cb06b9c8cb3be3d53 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:59. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Remove chord keyboard shortcuts Don't set chord keyboard shortcuts on widgets and containments. For widgets, it won't work anyway since the shortcuts will conflict when widgets inhabit the same parent container (which is almost always). For containments, users can't figure out what these shortcuts are and how they work, so they're largely useless visual noise anyway. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +0 -1 src/plasma/corona.cpp M +0 -2 src/plasma/private/applet_p.cpp M +0 -3 src/plasma/private/containment_p.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/commit/1d08d1592a530c364d113c5cb06b9c8cb3be3d53 Git commit aa53fc92b798dd0f1689a95daf3ab0a4678fdf0d by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:58. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. plasmoid: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +0 -1 src/plasmoid/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/print-manager/-/commit/aa53fc92b798dd0f1689a95daf3ab0a4678fdf0d Git commit 7e7523ad6e8333a58b14d94d81d00fe09ec55c14 by Nate Graham. Committed on 30/01/2025 at 16:16. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. desktop: Replace chord keyboard shortcut with something comprehensible The desktop currently has a local-scoped shortcut to open the config window. This is odd, but because the desktop isn't global (there can be multiple desktops), in principle is can make sense for keyboard accessibility. Unfortunately it uses a chord shortcut, which users don't understand. Replace it with a normal-style shortcut. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433292 M +2 -2 appiumtests/desktop/desktoptest.py M +1 -1 containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/7e7523ad6e8333a58b14d94d81d00fe09ec55c14 All have been removed or replaced with comprehensible shortcuts for Plasma 6.4. |
Created attachment 136313 [details] Confusing shortcuts when editing the panel I'm unclear about the shortcuts displayed when right clicking the panel: * Configure Task Manager / Alt+D, S - brings up Alternative Widgets instead * Add Widgets / Alt+D, A - works * Edit Panel / Alt+D, Alt+S - brings up Alternative Widgets instead Why the need for Alt+D anyway? Pressing just `S` or `A` does bring up the Alternative Widgets and Add Widgets pages. Another note: the accelerators aren't underlined until I press Alt. But they *are* triggered before pressing Alt. For example, right clicking on the panel and pressing 'C' does bring up the Task Manager Settings dialog.