Clipboard and Ctrl-;

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Operating System: Kubuntu 24.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-9-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
UK (GB) keyboard setup

Ever since I reinstall Kubuntu 24.10, but have used my old /home drive with all the .configs, every time I press ctrl-; (semicolon) I get a popup at the cursor position showing the contents of the clipboard. This is not too bad in most apps, but in LibreOffice Calc (Flatpak install), ctrl-; inserts the current date which is something that I have been used to for many years.
Is there any way of switching off the clipboard hijacking of ctrl-;? I have searched through the System Settings shortcuts and it doesn’t seem to appear anywhere.

Kevin

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according to my installation of 24.10, the meta+v is the shortcut for show clipboard items at mouse position.

just right click on your clipboard in the system tray and choose the configure button to see/change your shortcuts.

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Thanks for that. Meta-v does indeed produce a long list of the paste history.
Ctrl-; produces a smaller list in a box of just a few history items. Unfortunately, I don’t seem to be able to get a screenshot of it as it disappears when I actually take the shot - if someone can point me how to do that, I’ll would be grateful.
Kevin

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I guess that’s from your input method (IME). So you can change the shortcut in the IME’s settings.

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That’s great, found it. Very many thanks.

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can you share where you found it for posterity (and those of us who are clueless)?

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On my KDE panel, right mouse click on the Input Method (icon like a miniature keyboard) and click on configure.
Click on the add-ons tab and then, on the clipboard module, click on the small settings icon on the right hand side. On the trigger key button, click on the key short-cut (which was set to ctrl-;). Click on the red X and make sure it says empty. Click on OK and then Close.
In my case, ctrl-; became instantly available to use in LibreOffice Calc to insert current date instead of the paste history box.

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