Global shortcuts are disabled on Wayland

[xAdamQ]

I switched from x11 to Wayland then the global shortcuts became greyed out and the default shortcuts doesn't work.

• OS: Arch Linux Manjaro
• Desktop environment: KDE Plasma
• Crow Translate version: 2.9.10

[Shatur]

It's expected because global shortcuts are unsupported on Wayland.
In Wayland global shortcuts became IDE-specific. Looks like you use KDE? You can set Crow global shortcuts in your system settings (just add Crow Translate application and configure its shortcuts).
But be aware that there is some unresolved issues with Wayland like #324.

[xAdamQ]

Thank you very much.

[GrgMdmn]

Hello ! I am using KDE + Wayland (openSUSE), and have added "Crow Translate" in the "shortcut section" :

What I do not understand is that the shortcut section of the "Crow Translate" app is still in grey, and the shortcut are still not working, even if I reboot my system...

[Shatur]

You probably missing qdbus in your system. Shortcuts in KDE settings basically execute commands from desktop files:

crow-translate/data/io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.desktop

Line 27 in a3443ae

Exec=qdbus io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate /io/crow_translate/CrowTranslate/MainWindow translateSelection

[GrgMdmn]

I am trying to install qdbus using this command sudo zypper install libqt5-qdbus but system says me it is already installed

[Shatur]

Try to execute qdbus io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate /io/crow_translate/CrowTranslate/MainWindow translateSelection from the desktop file.

[GrgMdmn]

Where to find this desktop file...? ^^'

[Shatur]

Depends on your distro. In my case it located in /usr/share/applications/io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.desktop.

[GrgMdmn]

qdbus does not exist... "command not found"... However, I have qdbus-qt5 .
But if I try to run the command with it, it fails:

qdbus-qt5 io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate /io/crow_translate/CrowTranslate/MainWindow translateSelection
Service 'io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate' does not exist.

[Shatur]

qdbus does not exist... "command not found"... However, I have qdbus-qt5 .

Looks like command is different on your distro.

Service 'io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate' does not exist.

The program should be running.

[GrgMdmn]

Too bad... So I am not able to run the shortcuts :(

[Shatur]

You just need to open the program first and the global shortcuts will work. But you need to change qdbus to qdbus-qt5 in your desktop file.

[GrgMdmn]

I have replaced all the qdbus with qdbus-qt5 inside of my /usr/share/applications/io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.desktop file, but the shortcuts are still not working.

Here is what I have when I execute io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate /io/crow_translate/CrowTranslate/MainWindow

method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.cancelOperation()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.clearText()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.copyAllTranslationInfo()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.copySourceText()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.copyTranslatedSelection()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.copyTranslation()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.delayedRecognizeScreenArea()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.delayedTranslateScreenArea()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.open()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.openSettings()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.playPauseSpeaking()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.quit()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.recognizeScreenArea()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.setAutoTranslateEnabled(bool enabled)
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.speakSelection()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.speakTranslatedSelection()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.stopSpeaking()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.swapLanguages()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.translateScreenArea()
method void io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate.MainWindow.translateSelection()
signal void org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.PropertiesChanged(QString interface_name, QVariantMap changed_properties, QStringList invalidated_properties)
method QDBusVariant org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get(QString interface_name, QString property_name)
method QVariantMap org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll(QString interface_name)
method void org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set(QString interface_name, QString property_name, QDBusVariant value)
method QString org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect()
method QString org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer.GetMachineId()
method void org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer.Ping()

[Shatur]

Here is what I have when I execute io.crow_translate.CrowTranslate /io/crow_translate/CrowTranslate/MainWindow

You missing the last argument. It should be the name of the listed function. Try to add openSettings.

[GrgMdmn]

Oh sorry, I forgot the last argument. When I do this command ligne with openSettings, the setting window of the app is opening. In "shortcuts", still have the "Global" section and all shortcuts it contains in grey.

[Shatur]

When I do this command ligne with openSettings, the setting window of the app is opening. In "shortcuts"

Then it's working. Bind shortcuts in KDE settings.

still have the "Global" section and all shortcuts it contains in grey.

This is expected. Wayland doesn't support global shortcuts provided by apps.

[GrgMdmn]

Oh ok, I understand, so I will never be able to use the global shortcuts :(

[GrgMdmn]

According to this article, KDE Plasma + Wayland is supporting the global shortcuts since the start of the year :
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-5.27-Released

The version I have is 5.27.8 so it should work

[Shatur]

According to this article, KDE Plasma + Wayland is supporting the global shortcuts since the start of the year :

You don't understand me. Global shortcuts are supported inside the KDE settings. So you need to setup bindings inside them, not inside the app. Apps can't register global shortcuts themselves under Wayland, it's not supported by the protocol.

[GrgMdmn]

Oh I did not understand, indeed, and I am sorry for it. The problem is I have added Crow Translate shortcuts in my kde manager ("Raccourcis" = "Shortcuts" in french)