A part of the shortcuts not working (Kubuntu 22.04)

Dragomir

10/13/23, 5:15 PM

I have a desktop PC with kubuntu. I've set up some custom shortcuts on it like Meta + 2 for desktop 2, Meta + 3 for desktop 3 and so forth. The Settings GUI says these shortcuts fall into the KWin shortcuts sub-menu.

I've installed a fresh kubuntu on my laptop. I took a copy the ~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc file from the desktop to have all the hotkeys the same way.

It turned out to be a bad idea as that caused the shortcuts on the laptop to break up. I used the "reset to default" option to try and make things work again. Two of them refuse to work even after that:

Meta key for the application launcher widget doesn't work

Going into the "Application launcher settings -> Keyboard shortcuts" and trying to set it from there doesn't work

Setting the aforementioned custom shortcuts Meta + 2 to show desktop 2 and Meta + Shift + 2 to move current application to desktop 2 don't work.

Setting them through the System settings/Shortcuts GUI just doesn't make any difference. Alternatively, deleting ~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc & ~/.config/kwinrc and then re-logging, to basically get new ones, didn't help. After doing so neither the default shortcuts Ctrl + 2 to show desktop 2, neither setting my preferred one work.

EDIT: apparently when an external monitor is connected to the laptop, the shortcut to open Application Launcher widget with Meta works on that particular screen. That made me think, maybe I have to delete the panel on my main screen and recreate it with new widgets to make it work – well, I tried it and it didn't.

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