Not able setting Ctrl-# as shortcut

[SomeMichael]

Operating system

Linux

Joplin version

3.4.12

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.4.12 (prod, linux)

Gerät: linux, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz
Client-ID: 9e383ce9295b45bb8a6ede0edffefb97
Sync-Version: 3
Profil-Version: 48
Unterstützter Schlüsselbund: Nein
Alternative Instanz ID: -

Revision: e9a9f68

Backup: 1.4.3
Conflict Resolution: 1.2.3
Enhancement: 1.2.1
Folding in Code Mirror Editor: 2.0.1
Freehand Drawing: 3.1.0
MultiMarkdown Table Tools: 1.2.1
Outline: 1.5.14
Quick Links: 1.3.2
Text Colorize: 1.2.5

Current behaviour

I was not able to use the default shortcut Ctrl-' for assigning code formatting. I tried to change the shortcut to Ctrl-#. But when pressing Ctrl-#, Ctrl-/ shows up in the shortcut field on the settings page. So Joplin seams to think I'm on a US keyboard. I'm using a German keyboard.

The # key works just fine everything else within Joplin.

This is a new duplicate to that issue ("stale" recommended reopening as new issue)

Expected behaviour

Ctrl-# (and many other special chars ;-)) is recognized as shortcut

Logs

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[Om7035]

Thanks for reporting! This looks like a keyboard layout handling bug:

• On German layouts, pressing Ctrl + # is captured as Ctrl + /.
• The # key itself works when typing, so the physical key is fine.
• Likely cause: the shortcut capture is using a US-centric mapping or normalizing symbols incorrectly, so layout-specific characters (like # on German keyboards) get remapped.

Suggestions:

• Capture shortcuts based on scan codes / platform key codes rather than characters.
• Map those codes back to the correct symbol according to the user’s system layout.
• Expand support for non-alphanumeric keys (e.g. #, ß, etc.) so they aren’t remapped.

This would let Ctrl + # and similar shortcuts work consistently across different keyboard layouts.