[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 118269] Comment Shortcut "Ctrl + Alt + C" not functional for some locales

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118269

--- Comment #8 from Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> ---
(In reply to Gabor Kelemen from comment #3)
> (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #1)
> > Note that using Ctrl-Alt as a keyboard shortcut modifier in Windows is a bad
> > idea, see: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040329-00/?p=40003
> 
> Well, good to know this. Yet: Word uses Ctrl-Alt-M :).
I don't care about what Word uses, I would like to avoid the mess we had in LO
with bug 97908 / bug 100908 & duplicates.

(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #7)
> No, it also functions correctly on Windows installs, but admittedly there
> can be conflicts with OS where Deadkeys and AltGr mappings are also present.
Functions correctly and having conflicts sounds the opposite to me. My
experience is that it functions correctly with English - US keyboard layout,
but not with English - US International. You could say it's not broken in
Windows in general, that's true.

> No, believe the <Ctrl><LeftAlt>+C works correctly on Windows 10 in all
> locales, so the Shortcut could be tightened up to distinguish between
> Left/Right Alt key. 
It doesn't depend on locale, but on keyboard layout, and I have doubts the
shortcut works with Left Alt all the time. I don't have Windows 10 at hand, but
with Windows 7 it doesn't.

Considering the previous failed attempt at fixing such keyboard shortcuts that
resulted in broken key combinations, I would find the safest to avoid all Ctrl
+ Alt shortcuts as primary ones (I'm fine with leaving the current shortcuts as
legacy ones for keyboard layouts where they worked).

There's a very clear distinction between phasing out Ctrl + Alt shortcut
combinations or trying to make them work somehow:
Phasing them out requires no programming effort, and has no chance of
introducing regressions plaguing different non-US keyboard layouts.

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