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It wasn't clear for me what the hell is a "Global Shortcut" I heard the term first time in my life, I found the answer in the upstream PR:
It's strange it wasn't possible until now, or the main thing it's now DE independent?
On Gnome I use Run or raise extension, and with this I can run or switch to running apps with global shortcuts, so this was definitely working from Gnome extensions.
Gnome Extensions run in the Gnome shell, so they have special privileges.
Wayland’s security focus prevents apps from listening in on all user key presses, which means they can’t know you used a keyboard shortcut unless the app is focused.
The Global Shortcut Portal was made to address this. An app registers for a global shortcut, and when the user activates the shortcut, the portal tells the app that it’s been activated.
Thanks for the context!