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<Shift+Ctrl+R> (View->Reload) shortcut is missed in modern versions of Meld

Bug #1697273 reported by Norbert
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Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with modern Meld (3.14.2).
2. Open two files in Meld, change one of them with text editor (kate, pluma, geany, etc.)
3. Try to use <Shift+Ctrl+R> to Reload left and right objects.

Expected results:
* user is able to use <Shift+Ctrl+R> to reload left and right objects.

Actual results:
* user is unable to use <Shift+Ctrl+R> to reload left and right objects. User must to use mouse and click "File->Revert" with it.

Notes:
1. For backward compatibility Meld show have <Shift+Ctrl+R> shortcut. It should Reload both sides. Current "Revert" label is not correct.
In text editors revert means "reject changes and reload original version of file from disk".
Previous version (1.5.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) does this correctly.
2. Sometimes Meld does not detect file changes, so <Shift+Ctrl+R> shortcut will be very useful.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: meld 3.14.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-79.100-generic 4.4.67
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-79-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Jun 11 15:29:44 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-07 (1219 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: meld
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-04-15 (56 days ago)

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in meld:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Norbert (nrbrtx)
summary: - <Shift+Ctrl+R> (View->Refresh) shortcut is missed in modern versions of
+ <Shift+Ctrl+R> (View->Reload) shortcut is missed in modern versions of
Meld
description: updated
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: bionic
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in meld:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Ctrl+R seems to work for me in bionic

Changed in meld:
importance: Medium → Undecided
status: Expired → New
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: focal hirsute impish jammy
removed: xenial
Revision history for this message
Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Upstream issue was moved to
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/issues/135
and has since been closed

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Version for Jammy maybe patched as follows

cat <<EOF > meld.patch
--- /usr/share/meld/ui/filediff.ui
+++ /home/j/filediff.ui
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         <property name="stock_id">gtk-revert-to-saved</property>
         <signal name="activate" handler="on_revert_activate" swapped="no"/>
       </object>
+ <accelerator key="R" modifiers="GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
     </child>
     <child>
       <object class="GtkAction" id="SplitAdd">
EOF
sudo patch /usr/share/meld/ui/filediff.ui < meld.patch

I'll create a PPA in near future for my personal needs.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Above patch works normally for all current versions - 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 21.10 and 22.04 LTS.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in meld:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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