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keypad ignored for shortcuts

Bug #243582 reported by N7DR
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Bug Description

Using gutsy kubuntu, amd-64.

This is completely reproducible.

1. Set up multiple desktops (I have 10).
2. Go to System Settings | Keyboard & Mouse | Keyboard Shortcuts | Shortcut Sequences
3. Set up keyboard sequences of the form "Win + KP_digit" for the desktops
  (for example "Win + KP_1" to switch to desktop 1)
4. Apply the changes
5. Hit "Win + KP_digit". Your desktop should change to desktop number KP_digit, but it doesn't.

If one does the above but just uses regular digits (not keypad digits), it works fine. So it looks like there's a problem with using keypad digits for switching desktops.

This problem has been confirmed by another user on the Kubuntu-user reflector.

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In , N7DR (doc-evans) wrote :

Version: (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS: Linux
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages

This is a long-standing (pre KDE4) bug. It may still be somewhere open in the database, but I couldn't find it, so I'm re-filing it specifically against KDE4. (I looked hard; I apologize if it's there.)

In System Settings | Keyboard & Mouse | Keyboard Shortcuts, one can set (for example) "Switch to desktop 1" by pressing the left Win key and the keypad "1". This is reported as "Meta-1" on my system, which in itself is a little strange; I would expect that it record it as "Win-KP1". Anyway, after applying this new definition, I would expect that hitting the same keys (left Win + KP1) would cause a switch to desktop 1. It doesn't. Pressing the entered combination produces no result at all.

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In , FiNeX (finex) wrote :

I can confirm this bug.

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In , FiNeX (finex) wrote :

P.S: I'm using trunk, r900835

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in meta-kde:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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In , Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

*** Bug 144386 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

*** Bug 173974 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

*** Bug 177180 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in kdelibs:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Dillonco (dillonco) wrote :

To add to this, I'm finding that none of the keypad's keys (with or without NumLock) function in shortcuts. If the key exists elsewhere (e.g. "1", Ins, etc.) than that key will work, but the keypad version does not. In the case of other keys (e.g. "*", etc.) the shortcut never works because the other "*" is registered as Shift+*, not simply *.
As far as being pre-KDE4, I know that using the keypad's Ins key worked in 3.5, but never tried the numbers.
Using 4.1.3.

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Garth (ggoodson) wrote :

I hit a similar problem with latest kde 4.21. For me, I can no longer switch up or down using ctrl+up or ctrl+down, but I can switch left or right using ctrl+left, ctrl+right. It used to work before the upgrade. I tried reassigning 'switch one desktop up/down' using different key combinations, but none seems to work for up or down.

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Garth (ggoodson) wrote :

Just noticed that I also cannot switch up or down using the mouse (dragging it off screen up or down) but left/right works fine. My machine is running Kubuntu Intrepid with launchpad kde 4.21 on amd64.

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In , Garth (ggoodson) wrote :

I just noticed this bug after updating from 4.2 to 4.2.1. I have shortcuts for switching the desktop left/right/up/down using ctrl+arrow key. The left and right shortcuts work, the up and down do not. They were working last week, but now are not. I'm running amd64 Kubuntu Intrepid with the Launchpad KDE 4.2.1 packages.

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In , drhex (joakim-rosqvist) wrote :

In the Task Tracker on the qtsoftware website (formerly Trolltech), I noticed this suggestion:

QKeySequence: Be able to specify that a keysequence refers to a numpad key with the Keypad modifier

http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entry&id=229868

Could this be related to the KDE problem of mapping shortcuts to keypad-keys?

Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
summary: - unable to switch desktops with some key combinations
+ keypad ignored for shortcuts
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. But don't worry! This issue is being tracked by the KDE developers at: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178542
Once fixed in KDE, it will be included in Kubuntu once the KDE version the fix is in in reaches Kubuntu.

Thanks!

Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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In , chrisstankevitz (chrisstankevitz) wrote :

me too. KDE 4.4.5. If you set a shortcut to CTRL-ALT-3 (using the number pad 3), it is only activated when you press CTRL-ALT-3 (using the 3 above the W key).

Where do I fix it? I have source, I'll do it, just tell me where to look.

Chris

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in kdelibs:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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In , Shad999 (shad999) wrote :

KDE 4.7, bug still present.
It really sucks when changing from gnome to KDE, for quick tiling in corners numpad is nicely suited to the job.

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In , Kollix (kollix) wrote :

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 183458 ***

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in kdelibs:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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