Bug 456030

Summary:	Change shortcut of changing text direction
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	AvidSeeker <avidseeker7>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
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Description AvidSeeker 2022-06-27 11:54:47 UTC

SUMMARY:
When typing in a textbox (e.g: firefox address bar), `ctrl+shift+x` switches textbox direction. This does not work in some programs AND I want to change that shortcut.

EXPECTED:
The shortcut worked so far on Firefox. It does not work in other programs (Kate, KWrite, ...). 

QUESTION:
how to change this to the typical: `right ctrl+ right shift` switches text right, and vice versa.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-06-27 17:54:52 UTC

I'm afraid this feature is a Firefox-specific thing that isn't provided by any kind of system service. If we did add one in KDE code, it would conflict with the thing that Firefox has.

This is the kind of thing that has to be proposed as a cross-desktop spec, and then gets buy in from the developers of the major UI toolkits and desktop environments.

Comment 2 AvidSeeker 2022-06-28 04:13:14 UTC

At the very least, if it's not implemented in the UI toolkit, is it implemented in native KDE apps? Kate is claimed to have RTL & BIDI support (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_text_editors#Right-to-left_and_bidirectional_text).

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-06-28 15:57:49 UTC

It should already. If you find that there are issues specific to Kate with respect to RTL or bidirectional text, please file specific bug reports about them. Thanks!