HUD default shortcut (ALT) is way too used by other programs and it creates conflicts

Bug #1179742 reported by florin
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Ayatana Design
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hud (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

All programs use ALT key for some action: open menu, Firefox uses ALT+number to fast go to a tab, etc. and HUD also uses ALT key. This creates not only confusion, but also dozen of HUD accessed by mistake. It is quite anoying.

My suggestion is to use some other key or key combination for this. I know it is easy to change (http://askubuntu.com/questions/122209/how-do-i-modify-or-disable-the-huds-use-of-the-alt-key), but why could it not be done GREAT by default? Most users do not want to change settings to have a well configured system :)

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: hud 13.04.0daily13.04.03-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 14 03:45:48 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-25 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: hud
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote :
Charles Kerr (charlesk)
tags: added: needs-design
Changed in hud (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote :

Oh, yes, I am forced to disable the shortcut because I like using ALT+key shorcuts in programs. Even Terminal has copy/paste with ALT.

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