Bug 478158

Summary:	Some shortcuts are not possible on non-English keyboard layout
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	fnx <ludwig>
Component:	User Interface & Miscellaneous	Assignee:	Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	eugene.savitsky, fritzibaby
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version:	23.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Sample with CTRL+SHIFT+2

Description fnx 2023-12-06 11:45:46 UTC

SUMMARY
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Shortcut  CTRL+SHIFT+2 for example is not possible on a German keyboard, because Kdenlive saves the shortcut as "@", which is assign to a different key on the German keyboard. 
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use the German keyboard layout 
2. Try to assign CTRL+SHIFT+2 to a action
3. Check what Keyboard shortcut is actually asigned

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Eugene Savitsky 2023-12-09 20:06:02 UTC

Do you have set the language change shortcut to CTRL-Shift?

Comment 2 fnx 2023-12-10 05:00:14 UTC

(In reply to ezh from comment #1)
> Do you have set the language change shortcut to CTRL-Shift?

no shortcut is set to change the language

Comment 3 emohr 2024-01-06 12:02:13 UTC

CTRL+SHIFT+2 is a user defined shortcut. Which of the official shortcuts doesn’t work for you https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/user_interface/shortcuts.html ?

Comment 4 fnx 2024-01-06 12:27:27 UTC

Defining a user shortcut for CTRL+SHIFT+2 doesn't work. The same issue occurs also for CTRL+ALT+2.
Just try defining an action to CTRL+SHIFT+2 and you will see that it is saved as CTRL+@, which of course is wrong on a German keyboard. Without knowing the code, I would say the issue is that the actual caracter is stored (in this case English Keyboard layout), and not the keys the user pressed (CTRL+SHIFT+2).

Comment 5 fnx 2024-01-06 12:28:10 UTC

Created attachment 164705 [details]
Sample with CTRL+SHIFT+2

Comment 6 emohr 2024-01-07 18:06:11 UTC

Yes, you are right. Some key combinations are not possible as it takes the sign allocated to shift or alt key.
 I’m not sure if this is a Qt limitation.