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3807	Midnight Commander 4.8.19 Keyboard Regression	Axanar		"Hello

I would like to inform, that there is a keybinding regression inside mc-4.8.19, that I reported to Fedora today (They put a new release in the repository).

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440110

Let me explain:

I've been using mc since it came out (with other words: many many years). It's one of my main tools that I regulary and intensively use. And as you may guess, most keyboard shortcuts are memorized (at least the ones I use). Till mc-4.8.18 everything worked but with mc-4.8.19 keybindings have changed...

Example:

When mc starts, the usual keybindings are (sorry if I name them wrong)

F5 = Copy
F6 = Move
Shift+F5 = Copy As
Shift+F6 = Move As

With 4.8.19 they have changed.

F5 = Copy
F6 = Move
Shift+F3 = Copy As
Shift+F4 = Move As
Shift+F6 = Delete (if you have confirm delete disabled then everything will be wiped)

Previous Shift+F3 and Shift+F4 functionality are overwritten (usually Shift+F3 opens internal editor).

I strongly believe, that this is a regression and like to have it fixed to the behaviour it had before.

I also consider this quite critical because of the expected behaviour that Shift+F6 usually have a popup (dialog) coming up, where you can change paths or filenames...

With the current behaviour you could accidently remove all your files and directories because Shift+F6 reflects to ""delete"" now, if you have the said confirmation flag inside the preferences disabled (delete without feedback).

Running Fedora, Xorg, XFCE-4.12

Downgrading to mc-4.8.18 solves the issues. So it must be a regression somewhere the transition to mc-4.8.19.

Btw: This issue also exists (for years) if you switch to Console. Copy and Move are incorrectly placed to F3 and F4 rather than F5 and F6 (as even the Keybar tells). So what affected Console for years now also affects mc when running under Xorg within a terminal."	defect	closed	critical		mc-tty	master	duplicate					no branch