Closed Bug 38591 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Keyboard Shortcuts with Shift Keys don't work on linux.

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(Core :: XUL, defect, P4)

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Linux
defect

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 46004

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(Reporter: skasinathan, Assigned: saari)

Details

(Keywords: platform-parity, relnote)

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The keyboard shortcuts that has mutiple keys (Alt+Shift+R for Reply All) doesn't work on linux. It works fine on Windows and Mac. The string is displayed in menuitem as "Shift+Alt+R" which I think should be displayed as "Alt+Shift+R". Here is the XUL code <key id="key_replyall" key="&replyToAllMsgCmd.key;" xulkey="true" shift="true" observes="cmd_replyall"/> Platform: Linux only.
Also: Alt+Shift+N opens a new navigator instead of composer.
This seems dupe or very similiar to bug 20298. (Although that one is XP even though Windows seems to work fine). There is also bug 17439 (Windows)
reassigning to saari as p4 for m18
Assignee: trudelle → saari
Priority: P3 → P4
Target Milestone: --- → M18
By making this a P4 M18 you're telling me that it's unlikely this is going to get fixed. If that is going to be the case then we need to change our specs.
Not at all, I'm only saying that it is a low-priority defect that does not have to be fixed until after PR2. Do you disagree?
No, I don't disagree it's post B2. My understanding of the milestones was that M18 was the last milestone and since this is a P4 it seemed like this would be one of the last bugs worked on therefore making it one of the first to get cut. I was just saying that if that's going to happen, assuming there's room on the keyboard, we could come up with another accelerator combo.
Only Shift seems to be the problem. Control+Alt together are find. I think see the problem and will post a patch as soon as I can build&test it.
excellent, thanks! I'll test it and check it in. I believe MacOS and Windows still have the same problem, just incase you're feeling really ambitious :-)
Target Milestone: M18 → M16
Last time I tried it worked fine on windows (NT4). I will test again. I can't test on a Mac, but if the bug exists there I can try looking at the code.
saari, can you look at the comment I added. Where I can find the spec for Control+A vs Control+Shift+A (XBL docs claim case insensitivity, so I am not sure if that matters). It seems the Windows/Mac don't have such code.
Moving all bugs that are not dogfood+, nsbeta2+,features, or nsbeta2- to M21
Target Milestone: M16 → M21
cc myself and Akkana; update summary; add keywords Chris--Pike (Axel Hecht) tested this on his linux build and it works for him.
Keywords: pp, relnote
Summary: Keyboard Shortcuts with Multiple Keys doesn't work on linux. → Keyboard Shortcuts with Shift Keys don't work on linux.
Hi, tested the attached patch on solaris, using the meta instead of alt modifier, I can now use the keybindings. The order of the modifiers as displayed in the menus is still wrong, though. Axel
This is a dup, nsbeta3 until I can resolve all the modifier key bugs into one bug
Keywords: nsbeta3
resolve this bug as a duplicate of 46004 since that bug has already been fixed *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 46004 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Verified dupe.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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