Hi,
the kconfigwidgets library defines Shift+Del as a standard alternative
shortcut for the "Cut" action. This dates back to 2001 [1]. A problem with
this shortcut is that applications traditionally use Shift+Del as a
shortcut for forced delete, or to distinguish move-to-trash from delete.
Some apps effectively patch out Shift+Del from Cut [2] [3], and there are
bug reports requesting this for other apps as well [4].
What about removing Shift+Del as a secondary shortcut of the "Cut" standard
action in kconfigwidgets? The rationale for this change is that this
shortcut is being used for something else by multiple applications. A
reason against this is that it is a long-standing default.
Cheers,
Jan
[1] http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=3a7bc675a
[2] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286212
[3]
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=digikam.git&a=blobdiff&h=10d5384210027ad974cace90e41dbe11689b95ea&hp=0486238971d837cd0e87d4fd55f08b3b957cbf71&hb=bdf416be9a5dcc3aedc58e64718b222890c49600&f=digikam%2Fmain%2Fdigikamapp.cpp
[4] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347373
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