[mythtv-commits] Ticket #10017: 'Edit Keys' should not allow you to set keybindings that myth will ignore

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#10017: 'Edit Keys' should not allow you to set keybindings that myth will ignore
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 Reporter:  dantheperson@…        |          Owner:  mdean
     Type:  Bug Report - General  |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  minor                 |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - General      |        Version:  0.24-fixes
 Severity:  medium                |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  keybinding Shift      |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by Ken Truesdale <kentruesdale@…>):

 I thought it was just me until I recently did some deeper testing.  I
 discovered that when I entered a keybinding such as a "+" key, the key
 that showed on the screen was "Shift++" meaning it knew I was holding down
 the shift key and that I generated a "+" and it put them together.  To me
 that was always redundant terminology - on my small keyboard, I can't get
 a "+" without the shift key, so yeah, shift key, whatever.  And I was
 always frustrated that keys like this didn't work.  But I now realize the
 redundancy of the "shift" is the crux of the problem.  Because I modified
 the database directly to change the keybinding from "Shift++" to simply
 "+" and it works fine.  Therefore, I think the issue is in the front end,
 when it captures the keybinding, it seems to be working a little too hard
 to figure out what the user did - it should simply accept the key that it
 got.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10017#comment:4>
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