Multi-key mode for shortcuts in KDE off by one error

[Mike Hiner]

For multi key shortcuts in KDE, when the first character does not distinguish the shortcut the shortcuts get shifted down the options by one.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a series of multi key shortcuts to various menu items (the items chosen do not seem to matter):
- <WIN>R,S,S,H
- <WIN>R,W,W,1
- <WIN>R,W,W,2
- <WIN>R,W,W,3
- <WIN>R,H,M,E
- <WIN>R,O,F,C

2) save configuration.
3) attempt to launch <WIN>R,W,W,1. Shortcut will launch W,W,3

This appears to be a simple off by one error, but I am not familiar enough with KDE to know where to even look.

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

is this still an issue?

[Mike Hiner (mike-hiner)]

Yes it is still occurring in the current KDE 3.5.9 on Ubuntu 8.0.4. Since development has shifted focus to KDE4 though I do not expect this bug to be addressed.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

If this is still an issue in KDE4 it has a chance of getting addressed. Is it still an issue in KDE4 if anybody would be willing to test?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Mike Hiner (mike-hiner)]

You are closing the bug saying that you are missing information but fail to point out any missing information. This makes it fairly hard to provide.

I would be happy to test in KDE 4 however keyboard shortcuts in general are broken in the standard KDE 4.1 that is in Intrepid. More accurately khotkeys does not work in KDE 4.1 in general. KDE 4,2 restored support for custom hotkeys however, given that there is not any multikey hotkey support on the KDE 4,2 beta 2 release, I am at a loss on exactly how to test. If and when KDE 4,X offers multi-key shortcut support then we can test. If it proves to be broken I will either reopen this ticket or open a new one. For now though I can't test a feature that does not exist.