Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts

2014-02-18 18:59 GMT+01:00 T. R. Valentine <trvalentine@gmail.com>:

> I may have missed it, but I don't think anyone responded to this.
>
> On 8 February 2014 18:40, John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > The problem is that some keyboard shortcuts are not working,
> > specifically Ctrl-F12 (opens insert table dialog box) and
> > Ctrl-Shift-End / Ctrl-Shift-Home (selects to end / beginning of
> > document). However, Ctrl-Shift-Right / Left Arrow select to the
> > end / beginning of the current word, as they are supposed to, as does
> > Ctrl-a (select all).
>
> My Ubuntu/LO 4.0.2.2 settings for Writer under Tools/Customise:
> Ctrl+F12 — Table
> Ctrl+Shift+End — Select to End of Document
> Ctrl+Shift+Home — Select to Beginning of Document
> Ctrl+Shift+Right — Select to Word Right
> Ctrl+Shift+Left — Select to Beginning of Word
> Ctrl+A — (nothing assigned in Writer; Select All assigned in LibreOffice)
>
>
> > I have checked in the settings editor for Xubuntu and Ctrl-F12 is set
> > to "Workspace 12", although I have only two workspaces enabled, and I
> > can't tell if "Workspace 12" is just part of a preconfigured list where
> > it is not actually enabled, or whether anything in the list is
> > automatically enabled. I also can't figure out what the keyboard
> > shortcut list in the settings editor actually does - e.g., if a document
> > window is open do the settings editor preferences override the
> > application keyboard shortcuts, or the other way around?
>
> In my experience, making keyboard assignments under Tools/Customise
> overrides other settings, for better or worse.
>
> As a test, in Tools/Customise (Customise dialogue box), in the
> Functions Category window, I selected 'Format' and in the Functions
> Function windows, I selected Italic. In the Keys window was Ctrl+I — I
> went to the Shortcut keys window, clicked on Ctrl+U (which showed
> Underline as the assignment) and then the Modify button. It added that
> shortcut to the Keys window. I then opened a Writer document,
> highlighted a paragraph, and used Ctrl+U. It italicised the paragraph.
> So making the change there overrode the normal underline function.

The ”normal underline function”? As I understand it, the ”normal underline
function” is defined exactly there, so you didn't override it, you changed
it. Or do you mean that the LibreOffice Customise dialogue box changed the
underline functions in other programs too, such as gnote or whatever?


Johnny Rosenberg



> Before switching back, I tested it in Calc and found it had also
> changed it for Calc **even though the choice in the Customise dialogue
> box had been set to Writer** and not set to LibreOffice!
>
>
> > As for Ctrl-Shift-End and Ctrl-Shift-Home, neither is listed in the
> > Xubuntu settings editor, so they should be completely free for
> > applications. More importantly, these two shortcuts do not work in
> > Gedit or my mail client's compose window either, although I can't check
> > the Ctrl-F12 in them because these applications have no table function.
> > And all of these shortcuts are enabled in the LO customization dialog
> > box.
>
> If I'm understanding correctly, the assignments are correct in
> LibreOffice according to the Customise dialogue box?
>
> Do the keyboard assignments appear in the menu (iow,
> Table/Insert/Table shows Ctrl+F12)?
>
>
> > I'm tired of having to use the mouse/menus to select to the
> > beginning / end of a document or open the insert table dialog window.
>
> I understand. I would be also.
>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for places to poke around in? Can
> > anyone with LO on a 'buntu duplicate the problem?
>
> In the Customise dialogue box, are any assigned actions associated
> with events (Events tab)?
>
> In Ubuntu, the Keyboard Settings allow keyboard assignments in eight
> different categories (Launchers, Navigation, Screenshots, Sound and
> Media, System, Universal Access, Windows, and Custom Shortcuts). I
> presume you checked all categories?
>
>
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