linuxmint / linuxmint/cinnamon

Key shortcut 'Search' does nothing

Open
#13,085 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
5.6k
Forks
915
Avg merge
5d 22h
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

[_("Search"), MEDIA_KEYS_SCHEMA, "search", "launchers"], in cs_keyboard.py at 191 doesn't seem to be needed as the key does nothing, yet is not deletable being built-in.

More of a rabbit hole than a feature. I was trying to find the launch binary name in dconf.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at the cs_keyboard.py entry around line 191 and trace how the built-in Search shortcut is registered and exposed through dconf. Confirm why the key has no effect and whether the launchers entry is still required; done means the obsolete or nonfunctional shortcut behavior is resolved without breaking related built-in shortcuts.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.