It might be a qt3 flaw, like they don't handle the key code. I need go look into it more
Ok. Guinea pig standing by.
I presume you saw my previous "poking in the dark" post.
Darrell
I would make sure that there is no other action bound to the keys that you are trying to use, either in Qt or TDE (both call them "Actions"). IIRC it is not possible to use modifier keys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modifier_key) alone to trigger an Action due to the way X11 and Qt handle input. This could possibly be fixed, but it would take some work in the Qt Action handler code.
Hope this helps!
Tim