Shortcut Key Conflict in Fedora 43 Workstation

[sohilshrestha0]

@DmytroVasin

i am testing drawpen in many different os
and in Fedora 43 Workstation the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + A (Show/Hide App) is conflicting with other apps which have the same shortcut

if i use the shortcut in desktop it works but when i use it while i have my browser or terminal on it will not work
Because the terminal or browser will have the first priority using the shortcut

Fedora 43 workstation use GNOME 49

Also in Fedora 43 KDE it works fine even with the conflicting application but when pressing the key both application will use the shortcut, if i am using browser it will also open addon and drawpen will also show/hide.

I have changed the shortcut to Ctrl + Shift + E which will not conflict with any other apps and it works properly
But it is too hard to press the key

[DmytroVasin]

Thanks for testing across different Fedora environments 🙌

This is not actually a DrawPen bug, but a limitation of how Linux desktop environments (especially GNOME) handle global shortcuts.

If a shortcut like Ctrl + Shift + A is already used by the currently focused application (for example a browser), that application receives the shortcut first. In that case, Electron apps cannot override it globally.

Currently DrawPen has only one true global shortcut:

Ctrl + Shift + A -> Show / Hide App

All other shortcuts are local to the app window.

Ctrl + Shift + A is one of the oldest shortcuts in DrawPen, so I cannot simply change it without breaking existing user workflows. That said, I agree it wasn’t the best choice, especially for Linux environments where this combination is commonly used.

Thanks again for reporting this