May not bind actions to certain keys/keycombos.

[hunger]

Hi there!

I can not bind actions (like switch desktop) to certain keys with the keybindings configuration app.

The Win-Key is not recognized as a modifiier there, so you can only bind actions to Win itself (and not to i.e, Win-X). Other keys like "Undo" and "Redo" may not have any action bound to them at all.

It is possible to set up those keys/combos in the gconf-editor, so this is a problem of the configuration GUI only.

[Phil Bull (philbull)]

Thanks for the report.

Could you provide a list of which keys/combos don't work, please, and maybe even the required gconf entries for each? This might be helpful to someone wanting to provide a fix.

[hunger (hunger)]

The win-key getting treated as a non-modifier key is the most annoying issue. In gconf-editor I can set "<mod4>whatever" to activate it. The Win-Key is accepted as "Super_L", but not recognized as a modifier key (so I can bind a function to "Super_L", but not to i.e. "Super_L+a"

The Undo/Redo keys are used with "Undo" and "Redo" in gconf-editor. Those cause a window to pop up in the GUI, claiming that those keys can not be bound since that would break them for normal typing... They are allowed in conjunction with a modifier key though. "<Shift>Redo" is a valid combination, "Redo" on its own is not.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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