GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 570509
Mapping menu options to keyboard accelerators is dumb and interferes with use
Last modified: 2009-02-04 16:43:10 UTC
Please describe the problem: Mapping control+D to a "Add Bookmarks" function was confusing, and prevents me from sending an end of file to the remote computer. Steps to reproduce: 1. Connect to a unix machine 2. Try to send a control D 3. Watch in anger as the command doesn't get sent, search the help screen and find absolutely no useful documentation as to how to override it. The Control+N mapping also prevents me from using that keystroke on the remote computer too. Actual results: Anger and Frustration Expected results: The same thing every VNC client does, send the keystroke unaltered. Does this happen every time? Unfortunately yes. Other information: Keyboard accelerators are not needed in this application. I never need a more handy way to "Add a bookmark", and probably don't need anything handy to connect to a new computer either. The use of these keys in particular is ridiculous. If you're going to map something, choose combinations that don't interfere with use, like control+alt+F8 or something uncommon.
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but we are happy to tell you that the problem has already been fixed. It should be solved in the next software version. You may want to check for a software upgrade. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 485317 ***