Keyboard shortcuts don't "stick" with multiple keymappings
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Bug Description
============= Summary ==============
The Keyboard Shortcuts app changes its interpretation of my shortcuts after a reboot. I must change a shortcut from A to B and back to A again in order to make it behave properly once again -- until the next reboot.
========== The Setup =============
Using Wubi Intrepid Ibex on a Windows XP newish Lenovo Thinkpad. I installed Ibex using Qwerty, because Wubi doesn't offer an alternative; then I added US Dvorak layout and set it to default in Gnome. My physical keyboard is a Qwerty.
I want two keyboard shortcuts:
- Ctrl-Shift-F in dvorak (the physical Y key) to open Firefox
- Ctrl-Shift-S in dvorak (the physical : key) to open Gnome Terminal
I have found that I have to use the physical mapping in the Keyboard Shortcut application for this to work: Ctrl-Shift-Y and Ctrl-Shift-: . I set those, close the Keyboard Shortcut application, and hit the physical Y key (F in dvorak) to open Firefox, and hit the physical : key (S in dvorak) to open Gnome Terminal, and I'm happy enough.
========== The Problem ============
When I reboot my computer, one of the two keyboard shortcuts has moved. The Keyboard Shortcuts app still lists Ctrl-Shift-Y and Ctrl-Shift-: , and pressing the physical Y key still opens Firefox.
However, I must press Ctrl-Shift-
If I go into Keyboard Shortcuts and reassign Gnome Terminal to a new hotkey (say Ctrl-Shift-U), close it, reopen it, and reassign Gnome Terminal to Ctrl-Shift-: again, and close it, then I am again able to hit the physical : key (S in dvorak) to open Gnome Terminal.
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I'm moving this report to gnome-control- center.