On Monday, April 23, 2012 03:30:30 AM Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Jerome Yuzyk posted on Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:23:58 -0600 as excerpted: > > On Saturday, April 21, 2012 12:20:22 PM Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> > > > > wrote: > >> Jerome Yuzyk posted on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:54:45 -0600 as excerpted: > >> > KDE 4.6.5 on Fedora 15 > >> > >> Thanks. A lot of folks forget to include that info. > >> > >> > Alt-Tab (and Alt-F2) suddenly stopped working. I have no idea what > >> > I did. > >> > > >> > How do I restart them? > >> > >> Possibilities: > >> > >> 1) Are you sure the alt-key on your keyboard is still working? I've > >> had > > > > Yes, Alt-Tab works in my Windows VMs, and Alt-key for picking menu > > items. > > > >> 2) The keyboard shortcuts may have been changed. Try kde settings > > > > Tried, they're ok. > > > > > > Oddly, Ctrl-F1 etc works fine. > > > > > > Is this function handled by KWin or Plasma? > > In settings, it's kwin for switch-window (alt-tab), the run command > interface (aka krunner, uses plasma libs but is a separate app) for run > command (alt-f2 by default, I have an inet/media keyboard here, with > extra keys, one of which I assigned to launch the open dialog clear back > in the kde3 era, so I had to look that one up...). > > Except... I'm not sure if it's the actual apps that handle it, or if > they simply delegate to khotkeys or whatever. Even if they do handle > it themselves, it's surely thru a common library, probably part of > kdelibs. Either way, that would explain why two unrelated apps had the > same problem. > > What about alt-f3, normally assigned to trigger the window menu? Does > that work. What about ctrl-alt-esc, normally assigned to kill window > (you might wish to launch a handy window to kill before trying that > one)? > > And, you confirmed that they were still assigned correctly. What about > trying to reassign the usual shortcut back to the function, even if it > says it's already assigned? Normally, when you hit the alt, it will > show up as a modifier (as will shift, meta/win, ctrl...) before you hit > the modified key.
Everything's assigned properly, some of them just don't work. Alt-F3 doesn't work. Tapping Alt highlights the first menu item. Alt-F opens the file menu. Ctrl-F1 works to switch Desktops. Ctrl-Alt-Esc doesn't work. I just figure it's one of those KDE/Plasma/WTF things now... Maybe it'll clear up on a restart. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
