SUMMARY KDE has Meta+1, Meta+2, etc. keyboard shortcuts to open the 1st, 2nd, etc. applications in the task manager. However, it doesn't have Meta+Shift+1, Meta+Shift+2, etc. shortcuts to open new instances of this applications if they already have a window open. Or at least I couldn't find them. Other desktops have this (Windows, GNOME, Cinnamon, others?), so it would be nice if KDE had this too. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Press Meta+1 to open the 1st application in the task manager. 2. Press Meta+Shift+1. OBSERVED RESULT A new instance of the 1st application in the task manager is not launched. Instead, Shift+1 is sent to the focused window. EXPECTED RESULT A new instance of the 1st application in the task manager is launched.
Created attachment 145335 [details] plasma-desktop patch
Created attachment 145336 [details] plasma-workspace patch
I tried to implement this, and I almost got it working, but not completely. I attached the respective patches for it anyway, as they may serve as a starting point for whoever gets to implement this (no need to mention me if they are used). One is for plasma-desktop, the other is for plasma-workspace. With these changes, the Meta+Shift+1..9 shortcuts actually appear in the Keyboard Shortcuts settings, but the default shortcuts are not working. If i then manually assign the combination Meta+Shift+1 in the Keyboard Shortcuts settings, it actually shows as Meta+! (for my keyboard), and then the shortcut works. I'm not knowledgeable enough in Qt/KDE to fix that.
Nice! If you submit your patches, developers are much more likely to stop by and help you there, than if they sit here in this Bugzilla ticket. :)
All right. Done: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/803 https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1365