https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164448

Liz Lee <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|DUPLICATE                   |---
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #2 from Liz Lee <[email protected]> ---
the problem goes far beyond the shortcut keys list supposedly being based on
the us-layout:

1. The shortcut keys list is certainly not based on the US layout, because both
of the following list entries are present
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[;] 
and
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[:]

as i stated above, [;] and [:] share the same key in us layout, [;] being
lower-case and [:] being upper-case.

it therefore does not make any sense to list both of them in combination with
the [Shift]-modifier.

so let's have a look at what happens when using the us-layout and assigning
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[;] and [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[:] to different shortcuts, e.g.:

[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[;] => Italic
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[:] => Bold

Hitting [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[;: key] results in the font style being changed to
Bold.

It can therefore be assumed that even if the [Shift]-modifier is contained in
the shortcut key combination, the "main-character" (i.e. the lower-case
character] is used to denominate the character key. the combination
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[:] should therefore not be present at all in the list, yet it
is. it even works on other layouts, e.g. the german layout, where [;] and [:]
do NOT share the same key.
therefore the key combinations are NOT based on the us layout.

Another example is the combination [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[#]. the "main-character" of
[#] on the us-layout is [3], yet [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[3] is present in the list too.

2. even IF it were based on the us layout, there are still important
combinations missing:
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[/ or ?] 
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[- or _]
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[\ or |]

3. even IF it were based on the us layout, this would not solve the problem
that the process of assigning shortcuts via a list is overly complicated and
should be replaced by a process that simply let's the user type in the desired
combination.

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