some keyboard shortcuts in menus are incorrect

[Oliver R.]

This might only be a problem of the German translation: Some keyboard shortcuts in Writer (e.g., Control-H) have a different function than indicated in the menus (indicated: search/replace; function: superscript). It seems that the shortcuts indicated in the menus are not representing the actual definitions the user may change in the options dialog.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice (not installed)
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 1 10:55:49 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[archer (mrzx4l9-ubuntu-hwbqs6t-deactivatedaccount)]

Seems this key is allocated twice.

German:
CTRL+H -> Superscript (from Hochstellen)
CTRL+T -> Subscript (from Tiefstellen)

General
CTRL+SHIFT+P -> Superscript
CTRL+SHIFT+B -> Subscript

For German both variants work.

With German localization in writer take a look at Tools, Customize, Keyboard, Shortcuts, Control H. There you will have an allocation for superscript. In the English version this key isn't allocated in this menu.

Quick fix: Delete the Control H shortcut from the menu and find&replace will work.

Maybe there are many more double allocated key bindings (with other localizations too)...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[archer (mrzx4l9-ubuntu-hwbqs6t-deactivatedaccount)]

Ah, in this configuration menu you could switch between LibreOffice and writer shortcuts. Then you can see, that CTRL+H is allocated global for LibreOffice with find&replace and local for writer for superscript (only German).

Perhaps keys which are allocated globally by LibreOffice shouldn't be allocable by any component like writer or calc (lock those entries in the corresponding menus).

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for libreoffice (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]