Bug 514680

Summary:	Global media keys to fast forward and rewind should work out of the box
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	XiinisterMR <xiinistermr>
Component:	Media Player widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	duha.bugs, kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/3834cb686e3c4be0f706f8e33c05158e783ba95f	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.6.0
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Description XiinisterMR 2026-01-16 08:08:49 UTC

I don't have those actual keys on my keyboard but I've used several keyboard remapping tools to map them, like input-remapper. They get recognized in some way (input-remapper sees the new rewind mapping as XF86AudioRewind) but they have no effect. They work as intended in other desktop environments I've tested.

My use case is to control audio tracks while my student is writing, so using the media widget is not possible when there are active mouse/pen inputs in a window at the same time.

The same problem is present in Plasma 5, both X11 and Wayland when I tried Kubuntu.

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-16 08:50:06 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6191

Comment 2 Vlad Zahorodnii 2026-01-16 09:45:29 UTC

Git commit 7b3979c79ece384b6f6e9fb0046fbc16c5aea45e by Vlad Zahorodnii.
Committed on 16/01/2026 at 09:21.
Pushed by vladz into branch 'master'.

libkmpris/kded: Assign default shortcuts to short seek forward and backward actions

Assign default shortcuts to seek actions so the rewind and fast forward
keys work out of the box. If the user doesn't like how the keys are
assigned, then they can change that in system settings.

M  +2    -2    libkmpris/kded/mprisservice.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/7b3979c79ece384b6f6e9fb0046fbc16c5aea45e

Comment 3 Vlad Zahorodnii 2026-01-16 10:17:55 UTC

Git commit 3834cb686e3c4be0f706f8e33c05158e783ba95f by Vlad Zahorodnii.
Committed on 16/01/2026 at 09:46.
Pushed by vladz into branch 'Plasma/6.6'.

libkmpris/kded: Assign default shortcuts to short seek forward and backward actions

Assign default shortcuts to seek actions so the rewind and fast forward
keys work out of the box. If the user doesn't like how the keys are
assigned, then they can change that in system settings.


(cherry picked from commit 7b3979c79ece384b6f6e9fb0046fbc16c5aea45e)

Co-authored-by: Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>

M  +2    -2    libkmpris/kded/mprisservice.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/3834cb686e3c4be0f706f8e33c05158e783ba95f