Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
On Ubuntu 9.10 (localized for Finnish) gnome-keybinding-properties doesn't remove a shortcut correctly when backspace is pressed. The previous assignment disappears, but the functionality stays. In some cases the original function of a button (try that with Delete for example) disappears and nothing else happens. It seems that gnome-keybinding-properties changes the key value in gconf to an empty string while it should be "disabled".
Steps to reproduce:
1) Open gnome-keybinding-properties
2) Click on "Hide window" (or whatever the equivalent in English would be)
3) Press Delete to assign it as the key binding
4) Test that it works as wanted (it does for me)
5) Click on "Hide window" again
6) Press Backspace to remove the binding
7) See the binding disappear in the list
8) Now press Delete to notice random behaviour (hides the window, delete button just not working for deleting text etc.)
9) Check out gconf-editor to see what the value in /apps/metacity/window_keybindings for the key "lower" would be. That seems to be now set to an empty string while it should be "disabled".
10) If you fix it in gconf-editor, everything works as supposed.
Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https:/