keyboard shortcuts in Wayland impossible at present if ever?
I was advised to post this in these more general forums - first put into Resolute Racoon Review.
I am not referring to shortcuts as in links to applications or files/folders.
I am referring to the issue with Wayland and it's inability to implement a system-wide pasting of completed snippets of text or code to any desktop or activity. Before Kubuntu 24.01 there was a very simple system application to implement this in the system keyboard menu. With the introduction of Wayland, that has been quietly dropped for obvious reasons.
This has very serious ramifications for many users that are so used to a keyboard shortcut to insert a passage of text, an address, email address or snippet of oft-used code into a document or text.
The ramifications on the productivity of users so used to this facility is enormous.
Even in Windows it is a very simple thing to set up.
This is the primary failing of Wayland and one reason for the massive backlash against it's precipitous introduction. A form of keyboard logging across applications and desktops is required for this to be implemented - the antithesis of the whole philosophy behind Wayland.
I do not see how it is ever going to be resolved, but if Wayland is to be implemented wholesale across the Linux world we will be driving many workers back into the arms of Microsoft and Apple.
I sincerely hope this can be overcome in some way. The constant push by Canconical and other developers to prioritise security over function and usefulness is self defeating. Linux is inherently more secure than most other systems, and this constant drive to enhance security over functionality I find absolutely barmy.
I am not referring to shortcuts as in links to applications or files/folders.
I am referring to the issue with Wayland and it's inability to implement a system-wide pasting of completed snippets of text or code to any desktop or activity. Before Kubuntu 24.01 there was a very simple system application to implement this in the system keyboard menu. With the introduction of Wayland, that has been quietly dropped for obvious reasons.
This has very serious ramifications for many users that are so used to a keyboard shortcut to insert a passage of text, an address, email address or snippet of oft-used code into a document or text.
The ramifications on the productivity of users so used to this facility is enormous.
Even in Windows it is a very simple thing to set up.
This is the primary failing of Wayland and one reason for the massive backlash against it's precipitous introduction. A form of keyboard logging across applications and desktops is required for this to be implemented - the antithesis of the whole philosophy behind Wayland.
I do not see how it is ever going to be resolved, but if Wayland is to be implemented wholesale across the Linux world we will be driving many workers back into the arms of Microsoft and Apple.
I sincerely hope this can be overcome in some way. The constant push by Canconical and other developers to prioritise security over function and usefulness is self defeating. Linux is inherently more secure than most other systems, and this constant drive to enhance security over functionality I find absolutely barmy.
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