Bug 59027

Summary:	Shortcuts cannot be only Alt+Shift or Ctrl+Alt or similar
Product:	[Unmaintained] kcontrol	Reporter:	Krasimir Kazakov <wasp>
Component:	kcmkeys	Assignee:	Ellis Whitehead <ellis>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	asdf-kd, kiyoshi.aman, l.lunak, metal450, mmfrezabakhshi, sdr
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Slackware
OS:	Linux
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Description Krasimir Kazakov 2003-05-27 09:35:09 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.2)
Installed from:    Slackware Packages
OS:          Linux

In the Control Panel, I want to assign ONLY Alt + Shift as shortcut (in my case - on KDE Keyboard Tool). This is because most of the bulgarian users use combination of Alt + Shift, Ctrl + Shift or simply Ctrl.

Can you make it handle these keys too?

Thanks in advance, all of the bulgarian KDE users will appreciate this!

Comment 1 Krasimir Kazakov 2003-05-27 09:36:35 UTC

I mean ONLY modifier keys, not modifier key + anything_else

Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2005-04-01 14:23:23 UTC

*** Bug 102999 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Lubos Lunak 2006-09-05 14:42:49 UTC

*** Bug 133572 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Stefan Monov 2007-02-05 18:43:12 UTC

*** Bug 133758 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Stefan Monov 2007-02-05 18:43:51 UTC

*** Bug 141109 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Lubos Lunak 2007-04-18 12:23:26 UTC

Modifier-only shortcuts are a misfeature with both technical and usability problems -> there won't be any generic support for it in KDE. If you want such a shortcut for switching keyboard layouts for compatibility with Windows or whatever, that's specific only to kxkb ->  bug #26846.

Comment 7 spiesant 2020-06-29 17:57:49 UTC

I guess it's clear enough from all rejections of people wishing to do this that it won't ever be supported, but just to add my 2c:

I've used RAlt+RCtrl as a shortcut for "Mute" on my keyboard for years - it works fine on Cinnamon, Windows (via AHK), etc.  In all the years, I've never had any issue or conflict.  I was a bit baffled when I couldn't get it to work on Plasma, having moved over from Cinnamon specifically because it's supposedly the most flexible & customizable. 

Even if this is not an "ideal" shortcut, Plasma really shines in its customizability and the fact that it doesn't purport to be one-size-fits-all.  I really don't understand the perspective of saying "...but THIS particular customization, which clearly some people desire, we refuse to allow." What's the harm in letting people customize it how they see fit?

Comment 8 kdeuzver 2023-08-18 05:00:10 UTC

I stumbled upon this too

Comment 9 kdeuzver 2023-08-18 05:05:14 UTC

I can't even use Alt+Shift+SOME_KEY as a shortcut

Comment 10 kdeuzver 2023-08-18 05:05:57 UTC

Here is a bug i submited: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=473496

Comment 11 kdeuzver 2023-08-18 05:21:02 UTC

`Alt+Shift` does'nt works together at all for shortcuts. Neither for default nor for custom.

Despite the `Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ARROW_RIGHT` and `Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ARROW_LEFT` is set by defalt for moving windows across desktops - it doesn't works!
The `Shift` is ignored and just `Ctrl+Alt+ARROW_RIGHT` and `Ctrl+Alt+ARROW_LEFT` is triggered.