Hi, sorry if this is not the right place to ask (I don't know where else I could find this info). I am using latte dock and some other KDE applications without actually using KDE Plasma itself. I was wondering if it was possible to perform the keyboard shortcuts to show/hide the dock (and maybe even the meta+1-9 keys to start a specific application) without relying on the KDE key bindigng system. I would guess there is some qdbus command one could manually run? Thanks
> without relying on the KDE key bindigng system. I dont think this is possible > qdbus command one could manually run? Only one action can be accessed that way, the single Meta key action to open your "Application Launcher"
> I dont think this is possible Oh that's a shame. I think it does SOEMTHING using dbus, so I assumed it must be somehow possible. I mean, how else does KDE's shortcut system tell plank to show/hide? > Only one action can be accessed that way, the single Meta key action to open > your "Application Launcher" Sorry, what do you mean with "Application Launcher"?
(In reply to null from comment #2) > I mean, how else does KDE's shortcut system tell > plank to show/hide? no idea, the framework used from almost all kde apps including Latte is KGlobalAccel . Are you sure that Latte needs Plasma to be running in order for its global shortcuts to work? > > > Only one action can be accessed that way, the single Meta key action to open > > your "Application Launcher" > Sorry, what do you mean with "Application Launcher"? https://www.phoronix.com/images/a/kde-2016-review/widgets-launchers.png
> no idea, the framework used from almost all kde apps including Latte is > KGlobalAccel . Are you sure that Latte needs Plasma to be running in order > for its global shortcuts to work? Okay, on second testing it seems that the shortcuts technically work, but they're basically unusable. You have to hold the shortcut for a solid second, and even then the letters are also send to whatever program you have open. For example, I have show dock on Meta+Q, so holding that sends "q" to my firefox window :/
(In reply to null from comment #4) > For example, I have show dock on Meta+Q, so holding that sends "q" to my > firefox window :/ What is your system ? Desktop Environment, Window Manager?
> What is your system ? Desktop Environment, Window Manager? Antergos (Arch based). I tried this in both Budgie and GNOME Shell.
(In reply to null from comment #6) > > What is your system ? Desktop Environment, Window Manager? > Antergos (Arch based). > I tried this in both Budgie and GNOME Shell. Plasma devs responded the following: ------ kglobalaccel5 gets autostarted when needed and works on X11 unless the shortcuts are already taken by another de-specific shortcut system. On Wayland kglobalaccel5 needs support from the compositor which to my knowledge only KWin provides. No in-process solution could fix this. ------ In my Plasma system there is a kglobalaccel5 app running which is responsible for global shortcuts...
> Plasma devs responded the following: > > ------ > kglobalaccel5 gets autostarted when needed and works on X11 unless the > shortcuts are already taken by another de-specific shortcut system. > > On Wayland kglobalaccel5 needs support from the compositor which to my > knowledge only KWin provides. No in-process solution could fix this. > ------ > > In my Plasma system there is a kglobalaccel5 app running which is > responsible for global shortcuts... I don't use wayland. In X11 I expect the shortcuts to not also forward the pressed key to whatever the active application is. That said, this is obviously not a latte-dock issue and I guess if I want better support for KDE shortcuts in non-KDE, I would have to open a bug for kglobalaccel5 and make my case there. Thanks for the information however. I've personally just switched to KDE Plasma so I don't have much of a personal interest in pursuing this further. Latte's integration with Activities is really neat..