Am Dienstag 18 März 2008 09:59:37 schrieb Andreas Hartmetz:

And how should this be done? Got to kde-apps.org, download each and every application there possibly having global shortcuts and see what's left? Or better freshmeat? I guess gnome has global shortcuts too. Just check for kde core components?

It's impossible to to that. And i bet somewhere out there is a user using a application u never heard of getting a conflict. Developers tend activate shortcuts and global shortcuts too fast. I would have liked to get the control back.

And by the way. Anders talked of global shortcuts stealing local shortcuts. There is no conflict checking against local shortcuts when assigning a global shortcut. That would be nearly impossible to realize. Global shortcuts are only checked against the other at that time known global shortcuts. You get a conflict check if you change the local shortcut. But i would guess that's done only from power users and doesn't help with those 99% of local shortcuts that never get changed.

Ever taken a look at the kdevelop shortcut list? Good luck trying to predict what kind of shortcuts each and every new plugin you load brings into the game. I came to the conclusion the only modifier that is safe to use if the meta/win key.

On a side note. If you want to see that problem driven to the extreme install firefox with something about 30 Plugins of your choice. There is a key configuration extension there. Try that one and have a look. It's not impossible to have shortcuts with 4 or 5 plugins trying to grab it.

Mike