Bug 168575 - Can't assign CTRL + ' as a shortcut
Summary: Can't assign CTRL + ' as a shortcut
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2025-09-27 15:14 UTC by Jean
Modified: 2025-12-27 12:46 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Image of the problem explained (5.29 KB, image/png)
2025-09-27 15:16 UTC, Jean
Details
in light theme, it is still not there (18.19 KB, image/png)
2025-10-01 12:02 UTC, Jean
Details

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Description Jean 2025-09-27 15:14:01 UTC
Description:
I was trying to add an "add note" shortcut with CTRL+' as I used to do on other LO versions. When I got here, I realized that wasn't possible on the options because the system doesn't recognize it as any valid

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open native libreOffice Writer on Debian 13  
2.Go to Tools > Settings
3.Go to Keyboard section. the shortcut should be above CTRL+[ but there is just an empty space where ' should be

Actual Results:
I just can't use this shortcut that I used as a regular footnote option in my previous versions

Expected Results:
I should be able to assign ctrl+' as an "add note" command.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: pt-BR (pt_BR.UTF-8); UI: pt-BR
Debian package version: 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u2
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Jean 2025-09-27 15:16:25 UTC
Created attachment 202994 [details]
Image of the problem explained
Comment 2 Olivier Hallot 2025-10-01 11:52:53 UTC
Actually this is an issue from bug#168640.

The character is there, just not visible.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 168640 ***
Comment 3 Jean 2025-10-01 11:56:18 UTC
No, after it is added, I STILL cannot use the shortcut as an option, it simply won't work
Comment 4 Jean 2025-10-01 12:02:44 UTC
Created attachment 203081 [details]
in light theme, it is still not there

despite previous contributes, it seems to not be just visibility, but the lack of the shortcut itself. Even in light mode, both symbols don't appear, and the assignment does little to help, since the shortcut still won't work.
Comment 5 Jean 2025-12-27 12:46:58 UTC
Turns out this is a problem with KDE itself, because the very same debian in with other DEs (tried: MATE, GNOME) work out pretty fine with the shortcut, with the "ghost assignment" working perfectly fine on GNOME and not even appearing in KDE.