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See Bug 190412 for an explanation. The problem is a little broader than the bug reports. See Bug 193085 for a more detailed explanation of the problem.

The problem was me fixing khotkeys without completely adapting it to the new global shortcuts framework in place for kde 4.x . I just didn't realize the consequences. Khotkeys in 3.x ungrabbed the shortcut if the condition was not met or the khotkeys was inactive. In other word whenever the focus was not on an konqueror window ctrl-w was freed. With 4.2 that important bit of functionality was lost. ctrl-w was grabbed all the time. My fault.

If you are on kde 4.2 and want to have your keys back then go to the input actions kcm (kcmshell4 keys) and remove all shortcuts associated with inactive hotkeys. Or go to the global shortcuts kcm (kcmshell4 keys) and disable all khotkeys shortcuts you don't like.

With 4.3 inactive global shortcuts are not grabbed anymore. I made the change last weekend. if you get your hands on the next snapshot and still have problem with that ping me.