keyboard shortcut allows impossible keys to be assigned

[Seth Arnold]

Unity forbids the "Windows Key" from being used in shortcuts (LP#950160). However, the gnome-control-center keyboard shortcut application will happily allow users to try to assign keyboard shortcuts that use this key combination.

gnome-control-center should not allow keys to be assigned that cannot possibly work. The user must be made aware in some fashion that the desired setting is impossible.

Launch the control center; select Keyboard. Select Shortcuts. Select any function (calculator?). Hit Windows+d to assign. Note the assignment "worked". Try your key. It won't start the calculator.

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.39-generic 3.5.7.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 13 16:44:44 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (146 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=rxvt-unicode
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-01-20 (52 days ago)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu4.2
 deja-dup 24.0-0ubuntu2
 gnome-control-center-signon 0.0.18-0ubuntu1
 indicator-datetime 12.10.2-0ubuntu3.1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.