Bug 331528 - Alt-v does not work in emacs, konsole, urxvt, etc under KDE
Summary: Alt-v does not work in emacs, konsole, urxvt, etc under KDE
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: shortcuts (show other bugs)
Version: 4.12.3
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Reported: 2014-02-26 10:07 UTC by Kim Lindberger
Modified: 2024-01-12 13:23 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Kim Lindberger 2014-02-26 10:07:36 UTC
Alt-v (M-v) is seemingly swallowed by KDE even though it's not bound to any global actions.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a program that uses the Alt-v shortcut (emacs, for example)
2. Start the program and try the shortcut
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
The action bound to Alt-v in the program should be triggered.

Tested on two gentoo systems (one a fresh install, no prior kde config files) and exherbo.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2014-02-26 10:36:57 UTC
Cannot reproduce. What keyboard layout do you use, and does it also happen with English layout?
Comment 2 Kim Lindberger 2014-02-26 12:05:39 UTC
Hm, it seems dependent on keycodes; I use svorak (swedish dvorak), but if I switch to us qwerty the same key combination, "Alt-.", still doesn't work.
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2014-02-26 12:38:25 UTC
@Andriy, have you seen this issue somewhere?
Comment 4 adisbladis 2014-02-28 23:15:07 UTC
Affects me too.

Using KDE 4.12.2 using swedish dvorak on Exherbo.
Comment 5 Kim Lindberger 2014-03-14 14:53:48 UTC
Still valid in 4.12.3, sadly.
Comment 6 Tuomas Suutari 2014-03-15 09:15:33 UTC
WORKAROUND:

Go to Window Manager Settings (for example from the application icon on window title bar and choose More Actions -> Window Manager Settings) -> Task Switcher. Clear both the "Alt+`" and "Alt+~" shortcuts from the Current application Forward and Backward keys.

On US and FI (qwerty) keyboard layouts this affects Alt+. and on SE/dvorak layout this affects the Alt+v which is on the same keys.

Since it can be workarounded from kwin settings, does it mean that this is a kwin bug?
Comment 7 Kim Lindberger 2014-03-17 10:56:16 UTC
Thanks! That fix works fine for me.

I guess it's a bug in whatever part handles shortcuts; feel free to put it in the right one if you know.
Comment 8 Tuomas Suutari 2024-01-12 11:35:54 UTC
Still exists in Ubuntu 22.04, which seems to have Plasma 5.24.