Browser-laptop: Brave Keyboard Shortcuts interfere with OS Keyboard Shortcuts

[tommyquite]

I am running the latest OS X software on a mac.
And I am using the latest version of Brave browser:

Brave: 0.17.16
rev: 2d2ee2fba6a494eb63d0cabb8d5f3e709278c147
Muon: 4.1.8
libchromiumcontent: 59.0.3071.115
V8: 5.9.211.38
Node.js: 7.9.0
Update Channel: dev
os.platform: darwin
os.release: 16.6.0
os.arch: x64

Problem
The brave browser comes with built in command key shortcuts for OSX.
See:

But they interfare with my OS X set command shortcuts. For example it toggles my screen when im trying to make a selective screenshot, preventing me from using the command I intent to use. Is there way to alter or delete this commands in the Brave browser?

If not, I think it should be updated, for me personally it's unworkable, and I imagine it's the same for other potential OS X users. And I desperately want to use Brave and the whole world to use Brave ; )

Thanks in advance.

Tom

[LaurenWags]

Original community post with some additional information:
https://community.brave.com/t/mac-keyboard-cmd-shortcuts-toggle-browser-unintented/4872

[cndouglas]

Default shortcuts:

Cmd+number is not a shortcut by default, so @tommyquite must have customized the screenshot shortcuts.

Safari uses the same shortcuts as Brave (Cmd + number), but it does not use them if the user has set the shortcuts to something else.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Screenshots.
2. Change "Save picture of screen as a file" to Cmd+3.
3. Open Brave, open three tabs, and activate the first tab.
4. Press Cmd+3.
5. Notice that Brave still switches tabs, and a screenshot is saved to the desktop.
6. Open Safari, open three tabs, and activate the first tab.
7. Press Cmd+3.
8. Notice that Safari does not change tabs, and a screenshot is saved to the desktop.

Brave should use Safari's behavior in this case.

[tommyquite]

Yes @Liunkae, I have customized my OSX keyboard shortcuts.

Hoping there will be a way to resolve this soon. Thanks so far!

[tommyquite]

I have raised this a couple of times over the last 6 months. Sorry for becoming impatient, but are there any plans of fixing this?

It's really preventing me from using the browser and I know many other mac users with me.

Thanks!

[andrewgioia]

+1 This issue unfortunately makes Brave a nonstarter for me and I really want to use it.

I also remap Cmd+# to switch desktop spaces and Brave is nonfunctional for me without either operating the same way as Safari or letting me re-assign Brave's hotkeys.

[aljets]

This affects me as well. I'm trying to use shortcuts on "Select Next Tab" and "Select Previous Tab" (cmd+← and cmd+→) . Works for other apps (iTerm, Chrome). Doesn't work on Brave. When looking at these two menu items in Brave I can see my custom shortcut (that it overrode the default ctrl-tab), but using it just goes through history, and the originals don't work either.

[krmbzds]

+1

I resize my browser to the right half of the screen (using Spectacle) and it switches to the next tab. This non-feature is doing something I never intended to do.

There should either be a way to disable/change these shortcuts (#545) or Brave should have more sensible defaults. I use a lot of different apps and none of them conflicted with ⌥ + ⌘ + → so far.

[Gitsomelearnsome]

When will this be solved? Have been waiting for almost a year now for this functionality..

[cndouglas]

@Gitsomelearnsome It may be fixed when the new Chromium-based version of Brave comes out in a few months.

[v-p-b]

I have very similar issues on Linux (vs. KDE based apps and even urxvt). Unfortunately it's non-deterministic (I know it's Brave because all shortcuts start working after I close the browser) so I can't provide repro steps yet.

[bsclifton]

Closing as wontfix; for folks affected by this, can you please try our Beta channel release?
https://brave.com/download-beta

[aljets]

@bsclifton , tried the beta release, this is fixed there for me.