[Bug 82065] Re: I am able to rebind Backspace or Enter key in keybinding capplet

[Jason Spiro]

Thanks for your reply. This bug appears at first glance to be a
duplicate of #40747, but it really is not. I have taken the liberty of
reopening the bug and removing the duplicate marking, and I hope this is
ok with you.

* 40747 is about binding Ctrl+Alt+${SOME_KEY} to Next Track disabling
${SOME_KEY}. Bug 40747 has now been fixed in feisty.

* My own bug report, above, refers to the fact that you can bind actions
to keys like Spacebar. My bug, AFAIK, is still unfixed.

I will describe the bug again with more detail.

Bug description:

In the keybindings capplet, it is possible to bind actions to many
different keys, but not to simple unshifted letter keys. If you try to
make such an illegal binding, it displays an error message saying that
you cannot bind actions to plain old letter keys, only to Ctrl-key, Alt-
key, or such. But it unfortunately allows you to bind plain punctuation
keys (such as Backslash, Spacebar, or Enter) to actions.

Steps to repro:

1. open keybindings capplet
2. next to the "Open a Web Browser" action, click "Unassigned" to assign a key
3. press the spacebar key
4. open your favorite text editor
5. type: "hello world"

Results:

1. You see "helloworld" with no space.
2. Your web browser launches.

Expected Results:

1. You see "hello world".


** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 40747
   Setting keyboard shortcurts leads to keys not working elsewhere

** Changed in: control-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: Rejected => Unconfirmed

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I am able to rebind Backspace or Enter key in keybinding capplet
https://launchpad.net/bugs/82065