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Bug 108689 - Bind multiple keys to same command?
Bind multiple keys to same command?
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 164831
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Keybinding
2.2.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
: 139998 164945 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-03-18 18:10 UTC by Calum Benson
Modified: 2006-04-01 19:19 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Calum Benson 2003-03-18 18:10:23 UTC 
It might be nice if this dialog allowed you to assign multiple shortcuts to
the same command, or if at least the underlying framework supported it
(maybe it does already, in which case close away :)

E.g. on Solaris GNOME we have the Open key (aka F17) assigned to
"Minimize", but this precludes the more standard Alt-F9 from working as
well.  We'd really like to assign both keys to the Minimize function, so
that the user can still minimize their windows even if they're using a
Solaris box with an Open-key-less keyboard.

If we did this though, we'd need to incorporate some scheme for choosing
which of the multiple shortcuts was shown on the window menu (in the case
of window manager shortcuts).
Comment 1 Mike Hearn 2004-06-09 11:36:51 UTC 
This would be useful for supporting standard Windows Super+ shortcuts, for
instance Super(windows key)+R normally opens the run dialog, Super+E opens the
file manager (so, the home directory would be fine) etc etc.
Comment 2 Calum Benson 2004-06-10 15:52:44 UTC 
Right... we have that problem in JDS today, where we'd like both Ctrl-Esc and
Windows/Super to open the Launch menu.  (We plumped for Ctrl-Esc only for now,
but in my experience more Windows users actually use Windows/Super.)
Comment 3 Jody Goldberg 2004-06-10 16:36:16 UTC 
This would definitely be a nice feature.  However, there are problems to
consider first.

1) I'm not clear what the ui would look like.  Clearly the 1:1 mapping in the
   current treeview is insufficient unless we make the multiple bindings internal
   only
2) Some of the keys are currently implemented by changing the keysym to a
symbolic name.  It would look a smidge strange to have multiple keys with the
same sym.

Propose a solution and we add this
Comment 4 Evert Verhellen 2004-06-16 16:12:54 UTC 
This bug is actually a symptom of the problem described in bug 144477.
Comment 5 Sebastien Bacher 2004-11-28 18:57:22 UTC 
*** Bug 139998 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Brian "netdragon" Bober 2004-11-29 01:24:07 UTC 
This is especially a problem when you want to map the Start key on the keyboard
to the Gnome application menu because there are two Start keys, and you can only map
one since it distinguishes between left and right.
Comment 7 Calum Benson 2005-03-29 16:08:04 UTC 
Bug #164831 contains discussion and some potential backend/UI design for this...
can we close this as a dup?
Comment 8 Teppo Turtiainen 2005-07-15 12:21:31 UTC 
*** Bug 164945 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Thomas Thurman 2006-04-01 19:19:18 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 164831 ***