Shortcut of qlipper does not work any more after upgrading to Lubuntu 25.04

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I tried this in .config/openbox/rc.xml:

    <keybind key="C-A-v">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>qlipper</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

After openbox --restart, the shortcut still does not work.

Any help?

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Thanks.

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Put it inside your block, then call Qlipper’s show flag:

<keybind key="C-A-v">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>qlipper --show</command>
  </action>
</keybind>

Save and reload Openbox:

openbox --reconfigure

Ctrl + Alt + V should now pop up the Qlipper menu.

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I tried the presented solution of the last comment. It does not work. It does not work also after a reboot of the computer.

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A few quick checks run them in this order:

Make sure Qlipper is actually running.
In a terminal try:

qlipper --show

If nothing pops up (or you get “command not found”), start it first:

qlipper &

Only once that works from a terminal will the Openbox keybind work.

Use the full path so Openbox can’t miss it.

<keybind key="C-A-v">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>/usr/bin/qlipper --show</command>
  </action>
</keybind>

Reload the right file.
Edit ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml, save, then run

openbox --reconfigure

(Double-check there isn’t another rc.xml in /etc/xdg/openbox/ that’s overriding yours.)

Test with something obvious.
Temporarily swap qlipper --show for xterm. If Ctrl + Alt + V now opens a terminal the binding is fine and the issue is Qlipper; if it still does nothing the key is being grabbed by another program or your XML isn’t loading.

Once the terminal pops, put qlipper --show back in and you should be set.

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If I do qlipper --show, the answer is:
An instance of qlipper is already running!
If I do qlipper &, the answer is:
[1] 4666
[…] An instance of qlipper is already running!
If I use in rc.xml /usr/bin/qlipper --show, and then openbox --reconfigure, nothing happens.

[…] if it still does nothing the key is being grabbed by another program or your XML isn’t loading

I changed the shortcut, but still nothing happens. XML is loading because all other personal shortcuts of rc.xml are working.

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Hiya ralf3u, (long time no see).

Calling qlipper just runs qlipper in the background,
it won’t open it’s list (which I think is what you want).

AFAIK qlipper does not take any command line
parameters so you can’t do it this way either.

qlipper does have (an internal) definable shortcut
ctrl-alt-V by default to open it’s list. But it doesn’t work.
It probably has something to do with qt6 (I’m just guessing).

Suggestions;
_1. File a bug report. Probably best to do it on launchpad
rather than github (I know you were there last year),
because I think there’s more concern there.

_2. Try copyq (sudo apt install copyq).
Heavier than qlipper, but loads of options.
Has more active development.
Shortcut does actually work if you put one in.

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Hello again humpty,

But it doesn’t work.

After you last comment I made a complete new installation of Lubuntu 25.04. The shortcut does not work also there. So, the issue has nothing to do with the upgrade, but with Lubuntu 25.04. So, the title of this issue should not be
Shortcut of qlipper does not work any more after upgrading to Lubuntu 25.04
but
Shortcut of qlipper does not work any more in Lubuntu 25.04.
But I can’t change the title of the issue.

File a bug report. Probably best to do it on launchpad […]

Two days ago I opened this bug at launchpad:

Try copyq […]

Some days ago I tried Diodon but your suggestion is better because there are more options. Yesterday I opened this feature request for parcellite:
https://sourceforge.net/p/parcellite/feature-requests/77/

Thank you so much again for your help.

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