[SOLVED] Keyboard shortcuts not working

[Antonio Sánchez]

Hello.

I have created a shortcut for opening E-mail client (Thunderbird) using 'Mail' hot-key, using 'Standard shortcuts' preference window. The hot-key is detected and the shortcut is configured, but pressing the hot-key does nothing. The same for other keyboard combinations.

Conversely, audio volume hot-keys are working, even the corresponding association in 'Global shortcuts' for Amarok is empty, while shortcuts for 'stop/pause/next...' are attached to the corresponding hot-keys but these are not working.

This is a fresh installation.

Thanks!

PS. Reported in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ta/+bug/898604 .

[M@GO LoBEL]

Re: Keyboard shortcuts not working

In System Settings, open Shortcuts and Gestures, click in "Start the input Actions daemon on login". Re-login if necessary.

[Antonio Sánchez]

Re: Keyboard shortcuts not working

It's already checked by default . (Custom shortcuts ->Preferences).

[M@GO LoBEL]

Re: Keyboard shortcuts not working

Try another way to create a shortcut. Right click the K menu, then Edit Applications. Find Thunderbird, then click in the Advanced tab. make your shortcut, then click in the save icon. Now see if it works.

[Antonio Sánchez]

Re: Keyboard shortcuts not working

Yes, that does the trick. What is really happening is that a custom shortcut is being created in KMenuEdit group.

But I don't know what exactly means 'Mail...' action in 'Standard shortcuts'.

Global shortcuts for Amarok are correctly defaulted ('Previou/Next track', 'Stop/Pause/Play'), but the corresponding keyboard combinations are not recognized as such, and instead as 'Meta+F5'... so I have defined these shortcuts one by one.

Volume shortcuts are correctly recognized in the defaults in global shortcuts for Kmix.

Thank you!