Bug 501533

Summary:	assigning [meta]+[^] keyboard shortcut to "keep windows above" does not survive re-login / reboot
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Liz Lee <waynejwoww>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	unhealthy string appearing after assigning [^]

Description Liz Lee 2025-03-15 13:24:34 UTC

SUMMARY
assigning [meta]+[^] keyboard shortcut to "keep windows above" does not survive re-login / reboot

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. assign the keyboard shortcut [meta]+[^] to "keep windows above others"
2. logout and login again or reboot

OBSERVED RESULT
assigned shortcut is forgotten

EXPECTED RESULT
assigned shortcut should be remembered

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.6-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 31,3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series


kwin info:
KWin version: 6.3.2
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Qt compile version: 6.8.2
XCB compile version: 1.17.0
Operation Mode: Wayland
Build Options
KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS: yes
KWIN_BUILD_TABBOX: yes
KWIN_BUILD_ACTIVITIES: yes
HAVE_X11_XCB: yes
HAVE_GLX: yes

Comment 1 Liz Lee 2025-03-15 13:34:13 UTC

still persists on plasma 6.3.3

Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.6-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 31,3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series

kwin info:
Version
KWin version: 6.3.3
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Qt compile version: 6.8.2
XCB compile version: 1.17.0
Operation Mode: Wayland
Build Options
KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS: yes
KWIN_BUILD_TABBOX: yes
KWIN_BUILD_ACTIVITIES: yes
HAVE_X11_XCB: yes
HAVE_GLX: yes

Comment 2 Liz Lee 2025-03-15 13:45:55 UTC

i did some further research and came to the conclusion that the problem is solely the [^] key.

assigning the following shortcut to "keep window above others":
- [meta]+[any other key, e.g. "ä"] => works (+)
- [ctrl]+[^] => does NOT work (-)

assigning the following shortcuts to e.g. "peek at desktop":
- [meta]+[any other key, e.g. "h"] => works (+)
- [meta]+[^] => does NOT work (-)
- [ctrl]+[^] => does NOT work (-)

=> [^] is the culprit.

Comment 3 Liz Lee 2025-03-15 13:48:00 UTC

Created attachment 179425 [details]
unhealthy string appearing after assigning [^]

i also made a screenshot that shows a rather "unhealthy" string appearing right after assigning an keyboard shortcut containing the [^] key

Comment 4 John Kizer 2025-03-27 19:37:43 UTC

Hi - just checking, do you use a keyboard layout that includes "dead keys"? I'm thinking that this is an occurrence of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336750 but wanted to check. Thanks!

Comment 5 Liz Lee 2025-03-28 01:45:45 UTC

(In reply to John Kizer from comment #4)
> Hi - just checking, do you use a keyboard layout that includes "dead keys"?
> I'm thinking that this is an occurrence of
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336750 but wanted to check. Thanks!

yes, indeed, my keyboard layout is german and " ^ " is a dead key.

Comment 6 John Kizer 2025-03-28 04:44:38 UTC

Got it - merging this in with that existing report to help keep discussion together. Thanks!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 336750 ***