"Search & Replace" shortcut is shown as Ctrl+B in spanish but still reacts to Ctrl+F

[Aitor Pazos]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Some shortcuts work as in Spanish (Open -> abrir), Ctrl+O -> Ctrl+A), but others don't.
Other shortcuts, like Ctrl+U (Underline) work also as in Spanish Ctrl+S (Subrayar).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 10 14:30:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Bernard Decock (decockbernard)]

Hi Aitor,

By means of Tools->Customize->Keyboard you can alter the behavior of the shortcuts. How are they configured
in your system?

[Aitor Pazos (aitorpazos)]

These are the settings on Tools->Customize->Keyboard for the keys mentioned:
Ctrl+A -> undefined
Ctrl+B -> Bold
Ctrl+F -> undefined
Ctrl+O -> undefined
Ctrl+S -> Underline
Ctrl+U -> Underline

There are several situations here:
 - For Underline shortcuts, both are defined on Tools->Customize->Keyboard, so that's correct.
 - Ctrl+B is configured as Bold, but it's still shown as the shortcut for "Search and Replace" on the UI
 - Ctrl+A (Abrir in Spanish) and Ctrl+O are both undefined and Openoffice respond to both shortcuts opening the "Open File" dialog. Ctrl+A is shown on the UI.

[Bernard Decock (decockbernard)]

Hi Aitor,

I installed Ubuntu9.10 in Spanish in a virtual machine. I can confirm these errors.

Ctrl+B was set as negrita (bold) in (Herramientos->Personalizar->teclado). I modified this key
as follows : (Select in Funciones Área : Editar, then in Función : Buscar y reemplazar and then
press Modificar and the shortcut will be redefined)

Of course, this is a bug in OpenOffice as after installing Ctrl+B was indicated as an editor-key (find and replace)
and was on the other defined as Bold. Note that when Ctrl+B is disabled, that then Ctrl+B disappears in the
editor-tab and when it is re-enabled again as a find_and_replace-shortcut it appears back in the dialog.

[Bernard Decock (decockbernard)]

To my opinion this is a mayor problem in Ooo. You can alter the behavior of the shortcuts in eg. /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.1/share/registry/res/es/org/openoffice/Office/Accelerators.xcu.

Ctrl+S (Subrayar) is assigned to underline and so Ctrl+S underlines the text, but you can't prevent (the buildin?) Ctrl+U from underlining the text.So both shortcuts underline the text...

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

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