Shortcut Ctrl+Alt+M not changable

Katja_hbg · 11-11-2018, 06:13 AM

currently I use shortcuts a lot and adjust them for my needs.

Only Ctrl+Alt+M cannot be used by anything.
It can be entered but it is ignored resp. doing nothing.

theducks · 11-11-2018, 12:14 PM

As we have recently found. Some shortcuts are OWNED by the OS and can't be used by other apps

BetterRed · 11-11-2018, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

currently I use shortcuts a lot and adjust them for my needs.

Only Ctrl+Alt+M cannot be used by anything.
It can be entered but it is ignored resp. doing nothing.

I have Ctrl+Alt+M assigned to Clear Marked Books - works fine. So you probably have it assigned to something else. You probably know of these, but in case you don't:

Keyboard Shortcut Lists for Windows, MacOS, Linux.

List Active Keyboard Shortcut Assignments tool in the Job Spy plugin

BR

Katja_hbg · 11-12-2018, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I have Ctrl+Alt+M assigned to Clear Marked Books - works fine.

From your cvs in the other thread I can see you use Alt+Shift+M which works also fine for me.
The issue is with Ctrl (instead of Shift).

I was not aware of the OS limitation to this shortcut but it not really an issue for me.

ownedbycats · 11-12-2018, 06:21 PM

Just curious: How does Calibre act when a hotkey is in-use by another program? I have a handful of global hotkeys for various programs, though I try to make sure they don't conflict. (Non-customizable hotkeys is one of my banes.)

BetterRed · 11-12-2018, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Just curious: How does Calibre act when a hotkey is in-use by another program? I have a handful of global hotkeys for various programs, though I try to make sure they don't conflict.

If I try to assign an in-use hotkey to a calibre custom sequence the other program kicks in before calibre even sees it. FX, if I press Wordweb's hotkey when setting a calibre custom sequence Wordweb pops up, and the calibre custom sequence shows as Ctrl+Ins

If I exit Wordweb and then set a calibre custom keyboard shortcut to Wordweb's hotkey it works fine, but if I start WordWeb it gets priority. Same with Clipboard Fusion hotkeys. WordWeb and Clipboard Fusion run as background processes, whereas calibre runs as an App. Not sure what would happen if I ran calibre in the tray.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Non-customizable hotkeys is one of my banes.

When I can, I use the Winkey in global hotkeys and when I can't, I use Ctrl+Shift + top-row keys - I still have ^&*()_ and + available.

BR

11-11-2018, 06:13 AM	#1
Katja_hbg Groupie Posts: 167 Karma: 158116 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Kobo Glo HD (landscape), Kobo Aura One	Shortcut Ctrl+Alt+M not changable currently I use shortcuts a lot and adjust them for my needs. Only Ctrl+Alt+M cannot be used by anything. It can be entered but it is ignored resp. doing nothing.

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