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Shortcuts not working with not english layout
Flameshot Version
Flameshot v11.0.0 (ad1bf28)
Installation Type
Linux, MacOS, or Windows Package manager (apt, pacman, eopkg, choco, brew, ...), Using the ready-made package from Github Releases
Operating System type and version
macOS Monterey 12.1
Description
If keyboard layout is not english, shortcuts in screenshot editor won't work (e.g. Command + A).
Steps to reproduce
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Screenshots or screen recordings
No response
System Information
macOS Monterey 12.1
You may need to re-map the hot keys for your keyboard. Have you tried that?
@borgmanJeremy I wonder if we can detect the keyboard layout (for example using QLocale::system() or QLocale QApplication::keyboardInputLocale()) and then have some sort of dictionary and map the default shortcuts to those keys.
From my research into this for registering hotkeys it's orders of magnitudes more complicated than you might expect.
I think this is a bug in Qt itself. I opened a bug and will update here once I hear back
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-101160 seems to be a little bit abandoned
It was fixed in version 6.7 Current version Flameshot using Qt 5.15.5 I don't know how hard it is to upgrade to qt6 ...
We recently ported to qt6 but don't have an official release. Is there any non English speakers who can test a build?
I’m a Hebrew speaker if that helps but far from a power user.
Best regards, Gur Telem.
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We recently ported to qt6 but don't have an official release. Is there any non English speakers who can test a build?
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@gur111 would you please follow these steps and report back:
- Open Flameshot to take a screenshot.
- Confirm that pressing "a" key activates the arrow tool
- Select another tool (for example rectangle tool) and draw a rectangle
- Change your keyboard layout to any non-english layout
- Press the same key as step 2 and see if you can draw an arrow
@gur111 would you please follow these steps and report back:
- Open Flameshot to take a screenshot.
- Confirm that pressing "a" key activates the arrow tool
- Select another tool (for example rectangle tool) and draw a rectangle
- Change your keyboard layout to any non-english layout
- Press the same key as step 2 and see if you can draw an arrow
Can you send me a download link for the version you want me to test? I see the newer build on GH is from 2022? I assume it's not that one
@gur111 Although the easiest way is to build from source, but if you want a compiled binary, you can always fetch it from the Artifacts of the latest Github Action. For example:
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/16227887479#artifacts
@gur111 Although the easiest way is to build from source, but if you want a compiled binary, you can always fetch it from the Artifacts of the latest Github Action. For example:
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/16227887479#artifacts
I've downloaded the this (MacOS): https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/16255449329
I'm unable to change tools when using a non-English layout.