Switchboard Keyboard Plug

Warn about shortcut conflicts

Bug #1294867 reported by Danielle Foré
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Switchboard Keyboard Plug
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

If I change a shortcut to something that is already a shortcut, Switchboard should let me know that there is a conflict and allow me to either revert my change or disable the other shortcut.

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Julien Spautz (julien-spautz) wrote :

What exactly did you do? The behavior you're describing already exists and has been there for a long time.

Example screenshot:

http://postimg.org/image/bwd0tq3st/

Changed in switchboard-plug-keyboard:
status: New → Incomplete
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quassy (quassy) wrote :

The keyboard plug does not warn when you overwrite common and de-facto standard shortcuts such as (incomplete):

Ctrl+X cut
Ctrl+C copy
Ctrl-V paste
Ctrl+A select all
Ctrl+S save
Ctrl+Z undo
Ctrl+T open tab
Ctrl+W close tab
Ctrl+N new window

Changed in switchboard-plug-keyboard:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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quassy (quassy) wrote :

Also some single keys like arrows, German Umlaute (called a-, o-, udiaeresis) can be assigned, essentially breaking some apps.

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