Bug 172271 - Regression: Konsole does not respect Scroll Lock key
Summary: Regression: Konsole does not respect Scroll Lock key
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: konsole
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konsole Developer
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Reported: 2008-10-06 14:19 UTC by Alan Jenkins
Modified: 2014-10-14 14:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Alan Jenkins 2008-10-06 14:19:53 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

KDE3 Konsole used to implement Scroll Lock; it seems KDE4 doesn't.

If you press Scroll Lock, Konsole should stop updating the displayed text, as if the terminal is frozen.  At the moment it doesn't do anything.
Comment 1 Frank Siegert 2008-11-17 13:24:01 UTC
I can confirm this regression, also using KDE 4.1.3 from Ubuntu packages.
Comment 2 Artem S. Tashkinov 2009-03-27 23:00:57 UTC
You can still use Ctrl + S/Ctrl + Q.

Scroll lock itself can be a mess in X.org, for example, people sometimes use it for showing a keyboard layout (off = En/us layout, on = location specific layout, e.g. De/Fr/etc), so you cannot control scroll lock state at all.

So, I believe we can safely close this bug.
Comment 3 Jekyll Wu 2012-03-05 00:36:30 UTC
Git commit 78dbf8f1c17cc2cbda150dbd027bb31b4f6031e2 by Jekyll Wu.
Committed on 01/03/2012 at 17:30.
Pushed by jekyllwu into branch 'master'.

Remove the left-over & unused code for supporting "Scroll Lock" key

It is decided to not reimplement this feature in KDE4 konsole:

  * It is non-trivial work to implement it correctly
  * It annoyed some users when it was available in KDE3 konsole
  * Not many users want this feature back

This is a follow up of commit cee0ce539b23b76eac5a582540b22f70ba0a2f74
REVIEW:104156

M  +0    -1    data/keyboard-layouts/default.keytab
M  +0    -1    data/keyboard-layouts/linux.keytab
M  +0    -1    data/keyboard-layouts/vt420pc.keytab
M  +0    -11   src/CMakeLists.txt
M  +0    -11   src/Emulation.h
M  +0    -4    src/KeyboardTranslator.cpp
M  +0    -2    src/KeyboardTranslator.h
M  +0    -11   src/Pty.cpp
M  +0    -11   src/Pty.h
M  +0    -1    src/Session.cpp
M  +0    -5    src/Vt102Emulation.cpp
M  +0    -3    src/Vt102Emulation.h
D  +0    -152  src/XKB.cpp
M  +0    -6    src/config-konsole.h.cmake

http://commits.kde.org/konsole/78dbf8f1c17cc2cbda150dbd027bb31b4f6031e2
Comment 4 Aleksey Midenkov 2014-06-19 09:09:08 UTC
Please, return back Scroll Lock feature! It is expected by experienced users to work as in native console. Your arguments to close this bug are not fair:

1. Non-trivial work does not mean that it should not be done! Since future is endless there is 100% chance to find someone that will implement it.
2.-3. You don't know the stats between annoyed/wanting users and will never know, since 99% of them is silent. You can make configuration option for annoyed users.
Comment 5 Aleksey Midenkov 2014-10-14 14:21:55 UTC
Please, reopen this bug!