Openbox shortcuts involving the Windows/Meta/Super key conflict with the use of that key to open the menu in lxqt-globalkeys

Bug #1802501 reported by Pander
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

In 18.10, we made use of the fact that lxqt-globalkeys can define the Super key by itself to open the menu. This had no effect on any Super key combinations defined in lxqt-globalkeys. Unfortunately, this had the negative consequence of essentially disabling all of the key combinations that used the Super key as defined by Openbox.

Luckily the workaround is simple: remove the definition for the Super key. You can do this in the GUI or deal with this section of the config file at /etc/xdg/lxqt/globalkeyshortcuts.conf:

[Super_L.9]
Comment=Show/hide main menu
Enabled=true
path=/panel/mainmenu/show_hide

In fixing this there's a larger discussion of auditing all the shortcuts:
https://phab.lubuntu.me/T59

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in lxhotkey (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Pander (pander) wrote :

Ah, here is probably the cause of it all, deprecated packages from 18.04 are not deinstalled... https://phab.lubuntu.me/w/bugs/

summary: - Resize window to 50% of screen no longer working since 18.10
+ Openbox shortcuts involving the Windows/Meta key conflict with the use
+ of that key to open the menu in lxqt-globalkeys
Changed in lxhotkey (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
affects: lxhotkey (Ubuntu) → lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
summary: - Openbox shortcuts involving the Windows/Meta key conflict with the use
- of that key to open the menu in lxqt-globalkeys
+ Openbox shortcuts involving the Windows/Meta/Super key conflict with the
+ use of that key to open the menu in lxqt-globalkeys
description: updated
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