[Konsole-devel] [Bug 61667] Can't Ctrl+Insert to copy selected text to the clipboard

[Dominique Devriese]

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------- Additional Comments From devriese at kde.org  2003-12-20 15:13 -------
I can confirm this bug, and also know its cause.

In fact, you cannot use any Ctrl+something key sequence as a shortcut for any sort of action ( app-local or global ) in konsole, because of the following piece of code in TEWidget.cpp:

  // Override any Ctrl+<key> accelerator when pressed with the keyboard
  // focus in TEWidget, so that the key will be passed to the terminal instead.
  bool TEWidget::event( QEvent *e )
  {
    if ( e->type() == QEvent::AccelOverride )
    {
      QKeyEvent *ke = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>( e );
      KKey key( ke );
      int keyCodeQt = key.keyCodeQt();

      if ( ke->state() == Qt::ControlButton )
      {
        ke->accept();
        return true;
      }


This causes any Ctrl+something keypresses to be overridden, and not tested for containing a shortcut.

This is confusing for users, as they do not know that this is the case, and I am working on another bug report on the Debian BTS about the same thing.  It was also about Ctrl+Insert, this seems to be a common key sequence among our users.

I don't know how this should be solved.  I know the override is there for a reason.  Perhaps Ctrl+Insert should not be overridden as a special case.  I can provide you with a patch that does that if you want it.

cheers
domi