[wsjt-devel] WSJT-X: Linux users who use the KDE desktop - please read

[Bill S. <g4...@cl...>]

Hi all,

for some time there has been an annoying issue with the WSJT-X 
"Menu->Configurations" features not working correctly on Linux systems 
with the KDE desktop (the default desktop on some distributions like 
Kubuntu). I have tracked down the cause and have a workaround. I have 
added the following to the WSJT-X User Guide FAQ chapter for future 
releases:

  *

    /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.

73
Bill
G4WJS.