Shortcuts freeze, sometimes restart needed to fix.

[sjlua]

What Happened

When creating a custom keyboard shortcut everything freezes.

Expected Behavior

Able to create and edit keyboard shortcuts.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open System Settings > Keyboard
2. Select Shortcuts > Custom
3. Try creating/editing.

Logs

n/a

Platform Information

elementary OS 6 Up to date

[stan-janssen]

I'm can't reproduce this on a fresh install of elementaryOS 6. See example screen capture:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12174852/129474737-82bbac01-6b17-44df-9228-ba74963f5e36.mp4

At what point does it look differently to you?

[sjlua]

I'm can't reproduce this on a fresh install of elementaryOS 6. See example screen capture: shortcuts.mp4

At what point does it look differently to you?

I didn't know thats how to create a shortcut sorry, the glitchy text made it confusing. I want to make my F9 key open settings, what command would I write?

[stan-janssen]

You'd write:

io.elementary.switchboard

as the command.

[sjlua]

Thanks, one more thing, my F9 key is recognised as Tools which should open settings but it doesn't.

For the shortcut I had to make it Super + Tools if not it wouldn't work (Tools alone can't trigger settings even though it does everywhere else).

[stan-janssen]

That looks similar to the problem I'm having assigning the Brightness Up/Down keys by themselves, which does not work, while adding a modifier does work (#376).

[stan-janssen]

I also see what you meant by 'freeze'; while you're in the middle of assigning a shortcut key, you cannot click your way out of it to cancel the operation. The only way out is to press Esc, which I imagine is not at all obvious to everyone.

[stan-janssen]

I have a solution for your specific problem; see https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-keyboard/issues/376#issuecomment-899068830.