[Bug 379826] [NEW] kde keyboard shortcuts can't capture ctrl/alt/shift plus forward

[jshute]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

After installing kubuntu 9.04, go to System Settings, Keyboard & Mouse, Global Keyboard Shortcuts.
Pick an action, click custom to capture a shortcut.
If I press the extra keys on my keyboard like Forward, Back, Volume up, etc, it can capture those with those symbolic names.
But if I press control or alt or shift in combination with those keys, it just captures the key without the modifier.
Modifier keys are captured correctly for normal keys like letters.

This use to work in previous versions of kubuntu.

I was able to work around it by manually editing $HOME/.kde/share/config and putting in shortcuts like
Switch One Desktop Down=Alt+Forward,none,Switch One Desktop Down

and the Alt+Forward shortcut works correctly, so it's just a bug in the
systemsettings program.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/systemsettings
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: systemsettings 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

** Affects: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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kde keyboard shortcuts can't capture ctrl/alt/shift plus forward
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379826
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