Orphaned Keyboard Shortcut - Please Fix

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Could you please give us a status update?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

The problem is that the keyboard shortcuts of the built-in Video handler extension are made global. In Opera GX, we can change this, but in current Opera Stable, beta and Developer there is no such possibility. Developers are aware of this problem. Possible workaround for now: https://forums.opera.com/post/181232

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sjetesjete said in Orphaned Keyboard Shortcut - Please Fix:

Could you please give us a status update?

Fix is coming. Watch for posts of new versions on https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ and check the changelogs.

[franklekens]

franklekens last edited by

Re: Orphaned Keyboard Shortcut - Please Fix

I notice the same thing pointed out in an earlier thread. (The interface of this forum is rather opaque. I"m not sure if this is going to turn up as a separate thread or an answer to a previous message, although I did select one; but the interface insists I create a new subject, for some reason.)

I'm using Opera 63.0.3368.71. It hijacks the following keyboard combinations:

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Hot Key : Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Alt :
Ctrl : *
Shift : *
Key : Delete

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Hot Key : Ctrl+Shift+End
Alt :
Ctrl : *
Shift : *
Key : End

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Hot Key : Ctrl+Shift+Home
Alt :
Ctrl : *
Shift : *
Key : Home

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Hot Key : Ctrl+Shift+Insert
Alt :
Ctrl : *
Shift : *
Key : Insert

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Hot Key : Ctrl+Shift+Page Down
Alt :
Ctrl : *
Shift : *
Key : Page Down

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Hot Key : Ctrl+Shift+Page Up
Alt :
Ctrl : *
Shift : *
Key : Page Up

All of these are no longer functional in any other Windows programme. In Opera, they don't do anything either. But they're definitely being hijacked by Opera: when Opera is active, these keyboard combinations no longer work. If Opera is not active, they work again.

In a slightly earlier version of Opera, the same thing happened with the keyboard combination CTRL+SHIFT +8. That seems to have been remedied. But having these hijacked is equally problematic: SHIFT+CTRL+END/HOME is something I use A LOT to select text in word processors.

So Opera has become unusable for me.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

In that thread, there's a link to another thread that has a workaround.