From 0dc43a069398c0e731944f58ac7fe6731cc5ddb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Somerville Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:39:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add FAQ item explaining how to fix configurations on KDE Linux desktops --- doc/user_guide/en/faq.adoc | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/faq.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/faq.adoc index 9240f3436..27751a493 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/faq.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/faq.adoc @@ -95,3 +95,19 @@ QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME set to empty (the space after the '=' character is necessary): QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME= wsjtx + +I am running _WSJT-X_ on Linux using a KDE desktop. Why does *Menu->Configurations* misbehave?:: + +The KDE development team have added code to Qt that tries to +automatically add shortcut accelerator keys to all buttons including +pop up menu buttons, this interferes with operation of the application +(many other Qt applications have similar issues with KDE). Until this +is fixed by the KDE team you must disable this misfeature. Edit the +file ~/.config/kdeglobals and add a section containing the following: + + [Development] + AutoCheckAccelerators=false + ++ +See https://stackoverflow.com/a/32711483 and +https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337491 for more details.