https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160165
--- Comment #2 from ady <[email protected]> --- (TL;DR: until the "real" shortcuts would work consistently in Calc, the way these are presented is not really helpful for users, since they won't be able to use it anyway.) FWIW... The problems with the shortcuts for "Insert current time" and "Insert current date" are not (just) about how they are described in the Customize > Keyboard tab, whether in English or in any other language. There are many reports about them not working, sometimes depending on keyboard layout, sometimes depending on UI language, or depending on OS... Considering that each keyboard layout might locate the comma and the semicolon characters in different locations (than the English US keyboard layout), the "real" shortcuts should be: [CTRL]+[however you get to type the semicolon character] > "Insert current Date" [CTRL]+[however you get to type the comma character] > "Insert current Time (on the date set to the 'zero' date serial number" This should be across every keyboard layout and languages (and OS?). Some examples... * For a Spanish(-Spain or -la) keyboard layout: the semicolon character is introduced by: [SHIFT]+[,] results in the semicolon character, so: [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[,] > "Insert current Date with a Spanish-Spain keyboard layout" [CTRL]+[,] > "Insert current Time (on the date set to the 'zero' date serial number with a Spanish-Spain keyboard layout" * For a German keyboard layout, this would be the same as the Spanish keyboard layout, whichever the UI language would be. * For the US keyboard layout, there would be no need to add the [shift] key in either case. * For a French keyboard layout, the location of the comma and the semicolon characters might be different than for the US keyboard layout, but still the [shift] key is not needed. * If some keyboard layout requires some other auxiliary key (e.g. AltGr) in order to introduce the comma or the semicolon character, then that special key would be part of the shortcut for that keyboard layout. In all cases, the "shortcut" should still be "[CTRL]+[however you get to type the semicolon character]" and "[CTRL]+[however you get to type the comma character]". So, the real issue is about keyboard _scancodes_, instead of interpreting the shortcut as a literal way of how to insert the time/date values. Once the shortcuts would actually work (in a consistent manner), the way it is presented in the customize dialogue would be more relevant. ATM, these shortcuts *fail* in most keyboard layouts. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
