Alt+Space shortcut cannot be set in Spyder 4

[gerazov]

Moved to Spyder 4 RC2 - awesome work guys! The dark theme is super slick!

I miss something from previouos Spyders though - I cannot set the Alt+Space shortcut anymore. I had this for delete line (and have it in all my other editors).

So if it's fixable I would appreciate if you can bring it back : )

[ccordoba12]

Ok, we'll take a look at it in the future.

[jnsebgosselin]

Please see https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/7981, it is closely related to the issue reported here.

[jnsebgosselin]

Also, @gerazov, what is your operating system? Thanks!

[gerazov]

Yeah, I saw #7981 but most of it was about Emacs support, I just wanted my shortcut back :smile: I'm on Manjaro 18.1.2 with KDE running on kernel 5.3.8-3.

[jnsebgosselin]

Yeah, I saw #7981 but most of it was about Emacs support, I just wanted my shortcut back 😄 I'm on Manjaro 18.1.2 with KDE running on kernel 5.3.8-3.

What happens when you try to set the shortcut with Alt + Space?

[gerazov]

Nothing happens - like I didn't press anything, but Alt+x gets registered fine.

[FabianHofmann]

Hey, I'm having the same issue using Ubuntu 18.04

[ccordoba12]

@FabianHofmann, those kind of comments are not helpful. For next time please leave an emoji reaction on the issue description.

[jnsebgosselin]

Nothing happens - like I didn't press anything, but Alt+x gets registered fine.

Ok thanks. I don't understand why it is not registered because we are not blocking it. So if the OS is not eating the event, it should be passed to the shortcut editor dialog.

When you press Alt + Space in the Editor, is this registered as a normal space? Sorry, but I don't have access to your OS, so I'm trying to guess where the problem is from your inputs.

[goanpeca]

Manjaro 18.1.2 with KDE running on kernel 5.3.8-3.

I could create a VM later and try to see what the issue is. On Mac alt+space is registered fine.

[goanpeca]

This is close enough, right? https://osdn.net/projects/manjaro/storage/kde/18.1.3/manjaro-kde-18.1.3-191114-linux53.iso/ @gerazov ?

[jnsebgosselin]

Manjaro 18.1.2 with KDE running on kernel 5.3.8-3.

I could create a VM later and try to see what the issue is. On Mac alt+space is registered fine.

Cool thanks! On Windows, I haven't found a way yet to override without some dirty hack the open the window menu that is triggered by Alt + Space.

[goanpeca]

without some dirty hack

We will probably need to do this anyway even if to notify the user this is not a suitable shortcut on windows as it interferes with the OS

[gerazov]

@jnsebgosselin yeah Alt+space adds spaces in the editor. KDE does define this is a shortcut to krunner but I've disabled that in the System Settings.

I have Spyder 3 still installed in a different conda environment and the shortcut is working fine and does register in the keyboard settings.

@goanpeca that's the one.

[jnsebgosselin]

@jnsebgosselin yeah Alt+space adds spaces in the editor. KDE does define this is a shortcut to krunner but I've disabled that in the System Settings.

I have Spyder 3 still installed in a different conda environment and the shortcut is working fine and does register in the keyboard settings.

Ok thanks, that is useful. I can reproduce this on Windows with Ctrl+Space.

I think I have found a way to fix that, I'll submit a PR.

[goanpeca]

On KDE alt+space has already meaning so I dont think there ismuch we can do about it

[goanpeca]

[jnsebgosselin]

On KDE alt+space has already meaning so I dont think there ismuch we can do about it

Yes but, if you disable it through the system settings, like @gerazov did, is it working after the change I'm proposing in PR #10836?

[goanpeca]

Yes but, if you disable it through the system settings, like @gerazov did, is it working after the change I'm proposing in PR #10836?

Yep it does work @jnsebgosselin

[gerazov]

ok great - thanks! :smile: