GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 409800
keyboard shortcut ctrl-multimedia_key not running gnome-terminal
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:05:42 UTC
That bug has been described on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/control-center/+bug/48255 "Hello, I have a small problem with setting a keyboard shortcut in the gnome-keybinding-properties to run gnome-terminal. I am using Thinkpad R50e and I would like to fire the terminal with CTRL+Access IBM key. However, if I set it so nothing happens. I would suppose that it is because the Access IBM key is not recognized but if I set this shortcut for anything else e.g. web browser it works perfectly. ..."
Web browser keybindings are handled by gnome-settings-daemon, whereas the terminal activation is handled by metacity. (Yes, it's stupid that we have such a split) Anyway, if someone has time to look into this bug, the first place to look would probably be the control center code. It's likely some kind of multimedia/internet keyboard funky handling that Bastien has fixed in the control center but which we don't have the fix for. That's my guess...
This is another bug I want to work on when the current dust settles, but that might not be for a few weeks. If anyone wants to take it in the meantime, feel free: I've assigned it to myself so I can find it again if not.
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