Public bug reported: Normally when trying to enter a standard alpha-numeric key in the Keyboard Shortcut program you are warned that using this as a shortcut will cause it to become un-usable for typing, however this following by- passes this warning and allows you to bind an a-z key to a shortcut, 'consuming' this key.
1) Find an Action within the "Sound" section ("Desktop" section does not suffer this problem) 2) Bind a Action to Control - z (any alphanumeric key works here, z for this example) 3) Bind this same action to z (the "Shortcut field will now display "XF86AudioPlay") 4) z Key is now consumed and is unable to be used for typing even if this action is un-bound. ** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Keyboard Shortcuts can consume a-z keys https://launchpad.net/bugs/85334 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs