Bug 259710 - Cannot edit all standard keyboard shortcuts in text edit widgets
Summary: Cannot edit all standard keyboard shortcuts in text edit widgets
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: kdeui (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Keywords:
: 47428 81221 81831 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2010-12-13 12:20 UTC by David Lee
Modified: 2023-01-20 05:08 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description David Lee 2010-12-13 12:20:29 UTC
Version:           4.5 (using KDE 4.5.85) 
OS:                Linux

I'm trying to set my keyboard shortcuts to emulate Mac shortcuts so that I can use more thumb and less pinky for modifier keys. So far, I've been able to change cut, copy, and paste to Meta-X, Meta-C, and Meta-V. Those changes work well.

However, when I changed select all to Meta-A, it wouldn't work for text edit widgets, only for other semantic "select all" actions, such as selecting files. I would like Meta-A to select all text inside a focused text edit widget.

Finally, I found it impossible to change the shortcuts to enable skip-word using Alt-Left/Right and move-cursor-to-beginning/end using Meta-Left/Right.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In Standard Keyboard Shortcuts, change "Select All" to Meta-A. Go to a text field and type some text, then press Meta-A.

Actual Results:  
It doesn't select the text in the text field.

Expected Results:  
It should select the entire text in the text field.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-12-13 17:21:05 UTC
Right, neither KLineEdit::keyPressEvent() nor KTextEdit::Private::handleShortcut() handle the SelectAll shortcut. There are probably others that need to be added.
Comment 2 David Lee 2011-01-31 11:48:46 UTC
Even the copy/cut/paste shortcuts only work in certain applications and not universally. The behavior is even more flakey when doing copy/cut/paste with text within lineedits.
Comment 3 David Lee 2011-04-20 01:12:48 UTC
Also, moving application-level shortcuts to Meta-* will free up Ctrl-* shortcuts for UNIXy (see emacs, OSX) text shortcuts.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2011-07-26 10:24:58 UTC
*** Bug 47428 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2011-07-26 11:11:57 UTC
*** Bug 81221 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2011-07-26 11:17:54 UTC
*** Bug 81831 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 David Lee 2011-12-06 08:10:52 UTC
For reference, OSX's keybindings can be changed via /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict.

As the flexible and powerful DE it is, KDE should support those options and more.
Comment 8 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-06 15:17:48 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 9 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-18 03:33:40 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 10 Justin Zobel 2022-12-21 23:58:16 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 11 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-05 05:25:16 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
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If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 12 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-20 05:08:36 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!