Possible bug?

RbnJrg · 09-06-2021, 11:51 AM

I made a clip to comment lines in css stylesheets. The clip is:

Code:

/* \1 */

and I assigned the shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + 1". Well, it doesn't work. When I press the shortcut in a stylesheet, it happens nothing.

By the way, is there any way that in the Keyboard Shortcut dialog, instead of "Clip 1, Clip 10, ..., etc., etc.", it appears the name of the clips?

DiapDealer · 09-06-2021, 12:29 PM

I'm assuming you have something highlighted when you use the shortcut?

It works for me. Both the original Crtl+Alt+1, and Ctrl+Shift+1 (which is actually Ctrl+! for all practical purposes on my machine/keyboard.

Perhaps that shortcut is being used by some system-level process on your machine?

theducks · 09-06-2021, 12:31 PM

I have the same >>>Saved SEARCH <<< and it works great on the highlighted text.

(I did not assign a hot key)

DiapDealer · 09-06-2021, 12:45 PM

Can you verify that the clip is working in general (from the clip bar and not via the shortcut)?

KevinH · 09-06-2021, 12:50 PM

Also works just fine for me. Perhaps something else has been assigned that shortcut key sequence, as DiapDealer suggested?

RbnJrg · 09-06-2021, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'm assuming you have something highlighted when you use the shortcut?

Of course

Quote:

It works for me. Both the original Crtl+Alt+1, and Ctrl+Shift+1 (which is actually Ctrl+! for all practical purposes on my machine/keyboard.

Perhaps that shortcut is being used by some system-level process on your machine?

The issue seems to be when I use a combination of Ctrl+Shift+Number (for example, "Ctrl+Shift+8", that also is "Ctrl+(" in my keyboard) or a combination of "Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left". In all those case, the shortcut doesn't work. However, there is no problem when I employ "Ctrl+Shift" with a letter, or a "Ctrl+Shift+F#" key. If the issue can't be duplicated, then the problem must be with my keyboard.

And regarding my other question, that in the Keyboard Shortcut dialog, instead of "Clip 1, Clip 10, ..., etc., etc.", it appears the name of the clips. Maybe it can be possible to use the Sigil_clip.ini to replace names in the Shortcut dialog.

BeckyEbook · 09-06-2021, 01:32 PM

It doesn't work for me (probably for years), but I know a workaround.
When in Preferences> Keyboard Shortcuts I can see Ctrl+Shift+! then I close Sigil, manually edit the sigil.ini file, find such a wrong entry and correct it on Ctrl+Shift+1, save the sigil.ini file and it's OK.

IMHO is not strictly a Sigil error, but a Qt error.

RbnJrg · 09-06-2021, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Can you verify that the clip is working in general (from the clip bar and not via the shortcut)?

Yes, the clip is working. In fact, now I have assigned the shortcut "Ctrl+*" and works fine. The problem is that I can't assign any secuence based on Ctrl+Shift+Number (Ctrl+Number works ok) or Ctrl+Right/Left, Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left. No problem with others combinations. But as I said, if the issue can't be duplicated, then must be something with my system or keyboard.

KevinH · 09-06-2021, 01:39 PM

Is the '!' the shift of the key with '1' on it? Why would Qt detect the numeral 1 as an !?

Is this a Windows Qt bug or keyboard specific?

RbnJrg · 09-06-2021, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeckyEbook

It doesn't work for me (probably for years), but I know a workaround.
When in Preferences> Keyboard Shortcuts I can see Ctrl+Shift+! then I close Sigil, manually edit the sigil.ini file, find such a wrong entry and correct it on Ctrl+Shift+1, save the sigil.ini file and it's OK.

Wow, it works! I did exactly what you wrote and the combination "Ctrl+Shift+1" worked! Well, at least there is a way to assign as a shortcut the combination "Ctrl+Shift+Number". Thanks for posting your workaround.

BeckyEbook · 09-06-2021, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Is the '!' the shift of the key with '1' on it? Why would Qt detect the numeral 1 as an !?

Is this a Windows Qt bug?

Yes.
I have exactly the same symptoms as @RbnJrg, but due to my Polish keyboard layout, I am used to all kinds of keyboard shortcuts problems.
Over the years, I've seen a few submissions on the Qt forum, but they probably haven't received too much priority.

RbnJrg · 09-06-2021, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Is the '!' the shift of the key with '1' on it? Why would Qt detect the numeral 1 as an !?

Is this a Windows Qt bug or keyboard specific?

I don't know. I think that in all keyboards when you have to type the symbol "!", you have to press "Shift+1". So I believe that Qt must think that we are pressing the combination Ctrl+!. I say that because if in Sigil.ini, I write as a shortcut "Ctrl+!" or "Ctrl+Shift+1", both ways work. But not "Ctrl+Shift+!". But when in the shortcut dialog we press "Ctrl+Shift+1", there is written "Ctrl+Shift+!", the combination that is not working. So I don't know where is the origen of the issue.

DNSB · 09-06-2021, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

I don't know. I think that in all keyboards when you have to type the symbol "!", you have to press "Shift+1". So I believe that Qt must think that we are pressing the combination Ctrl+!. I say that because if in Sigil.ini, I write as a shortcut "Ctrl+!" or "Ctrl+Shift+1", both ways work. But not "Ctrl+Shift+!". But when in the shortcut dialog we press "Ctrl+Shift+1", there is written "Ctrl+Shift+!", the combination that is not working. So I don't know where is the origen of the issue.

A bit of quick testing with a programmable keyboard showed that that I would need a key where ! was the unshifted character for Ctrl+Shift+! to work. Since I went quick and dirty and swapped the ! and 1, Ctrl-1 also worked. Now if I could work out how to use the modifier keys in a useful fashion outside out running APL or LISP interpreters.

KevinH · 09-06-2021, 02:31 PM

So as DiapDealer has already stated, Ctrl+Shift+1 must equate to Ctrl+! if the '!' is accessed via the shift of the 1.

So not all possible combinations of key sequences can be assigned as they are in fact not unique.

In our Sigil Preferences KeySequence routine we only have access to the modifiers used and the resulting text produced. So we detect Ctrl+Shift+1 as Ctrl+Shift+! since it detects the modifiers and the text function returns '!' not '1'.

We would have to have access to a keyboards mapping / layout to handle this properly and write it out as Ctrl+! or Ctrl+Shift+1 BUT not as Ctrl+Shift+!

I will look to see if raw scan codes can be used somehow.

RbnJrg · 09-06-2021, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

We would have to have access to a keyboards mapping / layout to handle this properly and write it out as Ctrl+! or Ctrl+Shift+1 BUT not as Ctrl+Shift+!

I will look to see if raw scan codes can be used somehow.

Yes, but also you should do the same not only with the case of Ctrl+Shift+! but also with Ctrl+Shift+", Ctrl+Shift+$, Ctrl+Shift+%, Ctrl+Shift+&, etc., etc. If we were able to edit the imput in the shortcut dialog by ourself (so far, is not allowed), the issue is solved. It would a piece of cake for us to change Ctrl+Shift+! into Ctrl+Shift+1 (but we can't overwrite the "!" with "1").

09-06-2021, 11:51 AM	#1
RbnJrg Wizard Posts: 1,542 Karma: 6613969 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Rosario - Santa Fe - Argentina Device: Kindle 4 NT	Possible bug? I made a clip to comment lines in css stylesheets. The clip is: Code: /* \1 */ and I assigned the shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + 1". Well, it doesn't work. When I press the shortcut in a stylesheet, it happens nothing. By the way, is there any way that in the Keyboard Shortcut dialog, instead of "Clip 1, Clip 10, ..., etc., etc.", it appears the name of the clips?

09-06-2021, 01:39 PM	#9
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Is the '!' the shift of the key with '1' on it? Why would Qt detect the numeral 1 as an !? Is this a Windows Qt bug or keyboard specific? Last edited by KevinH; 09-06-2021 at 01:44 PM.

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09-06-2021, 12:29 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm assuming you have something highlighted when you use the shortcut? It works for me. Both the original Crtl+Alt+1, and Ctrl+Shift+1 (which is actually Ctrl+! for all practical purposes on my machine/keyboard. Perhaps that shortcut is being used by some system-level process on your machine?

09-06-2021, 12:31 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I have the same >>>Saved SEARCH <<< and it works great on the highlighted text. (I did not assign a hot key)

09-06-2021, 12:45 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Can you verify that the clip is working in general (from the clip bar and not via the shortcut)?

09-06-2021, 12:50 PM	#5
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Also works just fine for me. Perhaps something else has been assigned that shortcut key sequence, as DiapDealer suggested?

09-06-2021, 01:32 PM	#7
BeckyEbook Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 2180740 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Poland Device: Misc	It doesn't work for me (probably for years), but I know a workaround. When in Preferences> Keyboard Shortcuts I can see Ctrl+Shift+! then I close Sigil, manually edit the sigil.ini file, find such a wrong entry and correct it on Ctrl+Shift+1, save the sigil.ini file and it's OK. IMHO is not strictly a Sigil error, but a Qt error.

09-06-2021, 02:31 PM	#14
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	So as DiapDealer has already stated, Ctrl+Shift+1 must equate to Ctrl+! if the '!' is accessed via the shift of the 1. So not all possible combinations of key sequences can be assigned as they are in fact not unique. In our Sigil Preferences KeySequence routine we only have access to the modifiers used and the resulting text produced. So we detect Ctrl+Shift+1 as Ctrl+Shift+! since it detects the modifiers and the text function returns '!' not '1'. We would have to have access to a keyboards mapping / layout to handle this properly and write it out as Ctrl+! or Ctrl+Shift+1 BUT not as Ctrl+Shift+! I will look to see if raw scan codes can be used somehow.

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