Bug 441104

Summary:	Whilst 'Caps-Lock' is active, spacebar does not space
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Dennis Mayr <dmayr.dev>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Dennis Mayr 2021-08-18 00:15:02 UTC

Whilst 'Caps-Lock' is active, spacebar does not space.
This can get very annoying when writing SQL queries.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open anything you can write on: Konsole, Kate, etc.
2. Tap your 'Caps-Lock' key
3. Write anything and try to enter a space with the spacebar

OBSERVED RESULT
- No spaces are entered, requiring to manually deactivate and reactivate the 'Caps-Lock' state.

EXPECTED RESULT
- Tapping on 'Caps-Lock' types everything in CAPS but ignores the spaces, as other OS and desktop environments do. If there was a setting to control this behaviour, I'm afraid it's not enabled by default nor is it obvious to find.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 20.04LTS
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-08-18 16:02:30 UTC

Does this happen in GTK apps too like Gedit, or just Qt apps? How about Firefox or Chromium? What keyboard layout are you using? Do you have any options selected in System Settings > Input Devices > Keyboard > Advanced?

Comment 2 Dennis Mayr 2021-08-18 16:39:40 UTC

Good day Nate!
Thanks for getting back so quickly!

Here's the information you've requested:

> Does this happen in GTK apps too like Gedit, or just Qt apps?

It happens in both Qt and GTK apps, from GIMP to Kate.


> How about Firefox or Chromium? 

It happens in both browsers.


> What keyboard layout are you using? 

I'm using the Spanish-latam keyboard distribution.


> Do you have any options selected in System Settings > Input Devices > Keyboard > Advanced?

I'm not using any Advanced Setting at the moment, although randomly trying 'Caps Lock uses internal capitalization; Shift "pauses" Caps Lock' seems to unlock the space bar when activating Caps-Lock, or when keeping Shift pressed while typing (to temporarily type in uppercase or lowercase).

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-08-18 17:16:19 UTC

Good day to you too!

If the issue affects GTK apps as well and using the setting that you found fixes it, then it's a bug in the internal XKB configuration for that keyboard layout. This is something upstream of KDE, so I would encourage you to file a bug at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config/-/issues/ and add a link to it in the URL field of this bug report.