Ubuntu
kdebase-workspace package

Desktop switching commands Ctl-Fn do not work in KDE 4

Bug #301284 reported by Olof Staffans
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

The new KDE 4 in the new intrepid distribution ships with 4 desktops as a default. I personally use 10. After increasing the number of desktops to 10 only the first four desktop shifting commands Ctl-Fn work properly. For n=5,6,7 nothing happens, and for n=8,9,10 something else happens

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Terence Simpson (tsimpson) wrote :

Did you add the key bindings in System Setting -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts?

Changed in kdebase:
status: New → Incomplete
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Terence Simpson (tsimpson) wrote :

I think part of the issue is that the default settings don't set the bindings for other desktop other than 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Olof Staffans (olof-staffans) wrote : Re: [Bug 301284] Re: Desktop switching commands Ctl-Fn do not work in KDE 4

I did not understand that I was supposed to go the the "KWin" part of
the Keybords Shortcuts. Now that I found it, I added those missing
shortcuts manually, and indeed, they now work properly.

Olof

Terence Simpson wrote:
> Did you add the key bindings in System Setting -> Keyboard & Mouse ->
> Keyboard Shortcuts?
>
> ** Changed in: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: kdebase => kdebase-workspace
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Also affects: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

I think this is intentional. The upper area of the Fn keys is partly assigned to other functionality (mostly desktop effects). Considering this fact I think it is sensible to require manual shortcut definition for desktops > 4

Changed in kdebase-workspace:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in kubuntu-default-settings:
status: New → Invalid
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