See Bug 190412 for an explanation. The problem is a little broader than the bug reports. See Bug 193085 for a more detailed explanation of the problem.
The problem was me fixing khotkeys without completely adapting it to the new global shortcuts framework in place for kde 4.x . I just didn't realize the consequences. Khotkeys in 3.x ungrabbed the shortcut if the condition was not met or the khotkeys was inactive. In other word whenever the focus was not on an konqueror window ctrl-w was freed. With 4.2 that important bit of functionality was lost. ctrl-w was grabbed all the time. My fault.
If you are on kde 4.2 and want to have your keys back then go to the input actions kcm (kcmshell4 keys) and remove all shortcuts associated with inactive hotkeys. Or go to the global shortcuts kcm (kcmshell4 keys) and disable all khotkeys shortcuts you don't like.
With 4.3 inactive global shortcuts are not grabbed anymore. I made the change last weekend. if you get your hands on the next snapshot and still have problem with that ping me.
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Hello. I have a same problem
Hello. I have a same problem with KDE 4.5.5.Global keys
I have exactly the same problem as the second anonymous.Woot
Thank god. The weird thing though is I only saw that problem on my laptop, and not on my desktop. CTRL+W in nano was completely broken on my laptop, finally found the shortcut and disabled it a few days ago.backport
great news, that bug really is annoying :) could the fix be backported to 4.2.4?Global shortcut keys not being grabbed
Would this have anything to do with me not being able to use my global shortcut keys to switch desktops, switch windows, etc the last few days? I can assign them fine, but alt+tab, and ctrl+alt+left/right doesn't work when trying to use them :(Post new comment