Calibre shortcuts not working anymore

escaner · 01-03-2026, 07:25 AM

I use Calibre on Tumbleweed Linux, and for the last few moths the "direct" (without a modifier key) shortcuts have stopped working. In the past I could open the book with V and its directory with O, edit book with T and so on. Now instead it looks for a book whose title starts with that letter.
I have checked that those keys are still defined in the Shortcuts configuration.
Note that when there are modifiers, they work, e.g.: Alt V.

Any help would be appreciated.

kovidgoyal · 01-03-2026, 07:41 AM

Did you recently switch to Wayland? If so try running under X11.

escaner · 01-03-2026, 08:26 AM

Yes, that was it, Thanks a lot!
I started using Wayland at home because I had trouble with OBS and it worked better on Wayland, but I don't need it anymore. So back to X11, and already found that a couple of problems I had on KDE have disappeared too...

01-03-2026, 07:25 AM	#1
escaner Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 371984 Join Date: Dec 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th	Calibre shortcuts not working anymore I use Calibre on Tumbleweed Linux, and for the last few moths the "direct" (without a modifier key) shortcuts have stopped working. In the past I could open the book with V and its directory with O, edit book with T and so on. Now instead it looks for a book whose title starts with that letter. I have checked that those keys are still defined in the Shortcuts configuration. Note that when there are modifiers, they work, e.g.: Alt V. Any help would be appreciated.

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01-03-2026, 07:41 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,837 Karma: 28586150 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Did you recently switch to Wayland? If so try running under X11.

01-03-2026, 08:26 AM	#3
escaner Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 371984 Join Date: Dec 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th	Yes, that was it, Thanks a lot! I started using Wayland at home because I had trouble with OBS and it worked better on Wayland, but I don't need it anymore. So back to X11, and already found that a couple of problems I had on KDE have disappeared too...

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