Bug#255063: capplets: Problem with keyboard shortcuts containing <Alt>

Mikael Magnusson Mikael Magnusson <mikma@users.sourceforge.net>, 255063@bugs.debian.org
Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:21:48 +0200


Package: capplets
Version: 1:2.6.1-5
Severity: important

Reproduce the error
-------------------
1. Open "Keyboard Shortcuts"
2. Click on a line in the listbox, for example
    "Move between windows with popup"
3. Press and hold left alt key and press down the tab key and release both.

Expected result: Shortcut <Alt>Tab
Observed result: Shortcut Alt_L

Other examples
--------------
Pressed keys			Expected		Observed
right alt + tab			<Alt>Tab		Alt_R
left window key + tab		<Mod4>Tab		Super_L
right window key + tab		<Mod4>Tab		Super_R
left control + left alt + left	<Control><Alt>Left	Alt_L and Tab and <Control>Alt_L

Workaround
----------
A workaround that sometimes work is to hold down the modifiers before
clicking on the shortcut to modify.

Another problem that may be related
-----------------------------------
When using shortcuts that contains <Alt>, Gnome doesn't detect the
release of the keys. For example the popup that is displayed by the
"Switch to workspace on the left" isn't removed when I release all
keys.

Layout used in the tests
------------------------
$ setxkbmap -layout "us" -model "pc101" -option
$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"       };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc/pc(pc101)+pc/us"    };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc101)"     };
};


Regards,
Mikael


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-skas-1
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8

Versions of packages capplets depends on:
ii  capplets-data             1:2.6.1-5      configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.6.1-5      The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii  gnome-desktop-data        2.6.1-2        Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme          1.2.3-1        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-panel               2.6.1-4        Launch and/or dock GNOME 2 applica
ii  gnome-session             2.6.1-5        The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-5       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libasound2                1.0.5-1        Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-4        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.6.0-2        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.6.1-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libeel2-2                 2.6.2-1        Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                   0.2.29-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1            2.2.2-2        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.7-2.1      FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgail-common            1.4.1-1        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                 1.4.1-1        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.1-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt7                1.1.90-1.1     LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.2-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.6.1-2        Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.2.1-2        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0               2.6.1-5        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.6.1.1-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.6.1.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.6.1.1-3      The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls10               1.0.4-3        GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0             0.7-1          library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 0.8.1-4        Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0         0.8.3-1        Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.3-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-9           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmetacity0              1:2.8.1-3      Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii  libnautilus2-2            2.6.3-1        libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.0-4        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-4          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.6-2          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2                0.2.7-2        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                   2.1.2-6        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxklavier8              1.02-2         X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                   2.6.10-3       GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               0.8.3-7        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus                  2.6.3-1        file manager and graphical shell f
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.1-3    compression library - runtime

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