Global Shortcuts Broken on Wayland

[Heinrich-XIAO]

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Electron Version

33.2.1

What operating system(s) are you using?

Other Linux

Operating System Version

Linux archlinux 6.13.2-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:54:55 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Expected Behavior

Global shortcuts should work across all apps.

Actual Behavior

Global shortcuts only work in other chromium apps (chrome, discord, and so on).

Testcase Gist URL

https://gist.github.com/Heinrich-XIAO/2f1b37d59d573f2598a8993885e0ca2f

Additional Information

No response

[electron-issue-triage]

Hello @Heinrich-XIAO. Thanks for reporting this and helping to make Electron better!

Would it be possible for you to make a standalone testcase with only the code necessary to reproduce the issue? For example, Electron Fiddle is a great tool for making small test cases and makes it easy to publish your test case to a gist that Electron maintainers can use.

Stand-alone test cases make fixing issues go more smoothly: it ensure everyone's looking at the same issue, it removes all unnecessary variables from the equation, and it can also provide the basis for automated regression tests.

Now adding the blocked/need-repro Needs a test case to reproduce the bug label for this reason. After you make a test case, please link to it in a followup comment. This issue will be closed in 10 days if the above is not addressed.

[Heinrich-XIAO]

https://gist.github.com/Heinrich-XIAO/2f1b37d59d573f2598a8993885e0ca2f

run under wayland for broken behavior
run under anything else for working behavior

[DanielGaaA]

Wasn't this fixed with version 35?
From the changelog:
Support Portal's globalShortcuts. Electron must be run with --enable-features=GlobalShortcutsPortal in order to have the feature working. #45297

[anereganaELH]

It apparently is not solved with version 35, I have tested an app I have in both ubuntu 22 and 24 with Wayland enabled and global shortcuts do not work.

[anereganaELH]

Neither with 36.0.0 version.

[KhalidAlansary]

duplicate of #38288

[electron-issue-triage]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale. If this issue is still affecting you, please leave any comment (for example, "bump"), and we'll keep it open. If you have any new additional information—in particular, if this is still reproducible in the latest version of Electron or in the beta—please include it with your comment!