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Ctrl+` is a horrible key for keyboard shortcut and does not work on mine
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
Use QWERTZ keyboard with DE layout.
See Ctrl+` is listed as shortcut for "Toggle the top left menu" and try it.
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
Toggle the top left menu
#### What happened instead?
Nothing(?), but Ctrl+Shift+´ instead increased the font size (as you would Ctrl++ to do), see below.
However I want to argue that ` is a horrible choice for a keyboard shortcut.
- it is a "dead key". might protentially lead to problems, not sure how these work outside of typing the character.
- it is on the "Shift" layer of at least my layout. shortcuts should use base layer keys or be described using them, e.g. Ctrl+` would be Ctrl+Shift+´ properly.
- who knows where (if at all?) the key is present on international layouts.
### Operating system
arch
### Application version
Element Nightly version: 2021110701 Olm version: 3.2.3
### How did you install the app?
aur
### Homeserver
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### Will you send logs?
No
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