Actions "Jumping around" when changing Keyboard Shotcuts

[erickpiva]

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Summary: 0 error(s), 3 warning(s), 26 ok

Description

When adjusting Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Settings screen, on changing the Keys (deleting, adding or changing binds) makes the "action box" (for lack of better term) jump around.

Eg. When changing

Expected Behavior

The "action box" should stay in place, grouped with similar commands

Steps to Reproduce & Installation Method

Change move-column-to-workspace 1 from Mod+Shift+1 to Mod+Ctrl+1 made it completely disappear from the screen, Having to scroll to find it again.

Error Messages/Logs

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Screenshots/Recordings

[Purian23]

Try updating to dms v1.4.2 to see if that fixes it. After updating run dms restart. If it persists, if you could grab a screen record that would be helpful.

[erickpiva]

Screen Grab, sorry for the youtube link, I don't know if there are better ways of sharing videos here.

It looks like they are sorted alphabetical on the keybind, so "Super" gets moved before all "Mod", maybe if they are sorted on title it would help to keep similar function keybinds grouped inside the categories

[Purian23]

Thank you, I was thinking something totally different so the video was very helpful. In the future, using GPU Screen Recorder, the flatpak is a much easier way to record your screen.
I'll see if I can reproduce this one and let you know.