Bug 448902

Summary: Change 'Esc' to AC (Clear All) this should the main shortcut (instead of C - Clear)
Product: [Applications] kcalc Reporter: jimbo <loudsquid>
Component: generalAssignee: Gabriel Barrantes <gabriel.barrantes.dev>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: task CC: ben2talk, cliffjkilby, gabriel.barrantes.dev
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 21.12.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description jimbo 2022-01-21 15:47:17 UTC
If 'Esc' cannot be used as the default then the user should be allowed to change the keyboard shortcut for AC which is not available.
Comment 1 Ben Guy-Williams 2025-01-17 14:57:48 UTC
I am curious why this is assigned (in 2022) and yet nothing has changed.

Is it difficult to implement?
Comment 2 Cliff Kilby 2025-01-17 15:10:24 UTC
(In reply to Ben Guy-Williams from comment #1)
> I am curious why this is assigned (in 2022) and yet nothing has changed.
> 
> Is it difficult to implement?

In my estimation, the reason for the lack of progress is that it is not "strictly" a bug. It is potentially a bug, or potentially a breaking UI change.
If you believe ESC should be AC, this is a bug, and the fix is a single remap, and 1 documentation update. Fairly trivial.
If you believe ESC should be C, this is a UI wish, requiring 4 new keyboard mapping overrides, and also several new documentation sections. (4 because C and CE currently have 4 default bindings).
Comment 3 Ben Guy-Williams 2025-01-18 00:36:47 UTC
My apology - this is fine.

Holding down CTRL shows the relevant shortcuts - which tend to agree with those used in many other applications too... so perhaps the only 'bug' here is that they are not configurable.