Bug 214123 - KDE global shortcut for kmenu not setting permanently via Personal Settings
Summary: KDE global shortcut for kmenu not setting permanently via Personal Settings
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2009-11-11 16:39 UTC by marcianx
Modified: 2012-07-10 15:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description marcianx 2009-11-11 16:39:37 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    openSUSE RPMs

I want to open up the KMenu using some shortcut other than the default Alt+F1 (e.g. Ctrl+Esc like on windows, but I'll use Shift+F2 below to avoid complications with shortcut conflicts). I tried this two ways. One way worked, and the other didn't.

Method 1 (didn't work):

1. I created a dummy user.
2. I logged into KDE with the dummy user, giving me a fresh set of settings.
3. Then, I went to Personal Settings (Configure Desktop) from the K Menu.
4. I went to Keyboard & Mouse > Global Keyboard Shortcuts and selected "Plasma Workspace" from the dropbox up top that says "KDE Component".
5. I changed the hotkey of "Activate Application Launcher Menu Widget" from Alt+F1 to something else (you can try Shift+F2 since it's not already assigned to something else) and hit Apply.

The Shift+F2 combo seemed to work fine. Then, when I logged out of KDE and logged back in, it reverted to Alt+F1. I tried variations on this procedure after removing the .kde* directories to get a clean set of settings. This is finally what worked.

Method 2 (worked):

Starting fresh with a new set of KDE settings,
1. I logged into KDE.
2. Right-clicked the Application Launcher icon at the bottom-right and clicked "Application Launcher Menu Settings".
3. I selected Keyboard Shortcut and changed the shortcut from Alt+F1 to Shift+F2.

Now, even after logging out and logging back in, Shift+F2 still works. Method 1 not working seems to indicate a bug.
Comment 1 Tomasz Xyek 2009-12-13 16:45:38 UTC
I have the same problem.
Comment 2 Ivan Sorokin 2011-09-07 21:40:15 UTC
I've faced this problem too.
Comment 3 Jekyll Wu 2012-07-10 15:40:21 UTC
Can't reproduce the problem using KDE SC 4.9 RC1. Method 1 works as expected in a clean account.

Feel free to reopen the report if the problem still happens in recent versions ( KDE SC 4.8.4 or higher). Thanks.