escape key keyboard shortcuts do not work

[Bryan Silverthorn]

Binary package hint: metacity

Steps to reproduce:

1.) Open the Keyboard Shortcuts application from the System->Preferences menu.
2.) Choose some window-related action, such as "Close window".
3.) Change the shortcut to one that uses the escape key: Alt+Escape, Control+Escape, or Shift+Escape.
4.) Switch to another window and attempt to use the shortcut.

Observed result: a small focus shift occurs, but the desired action does not.
Expected result: the desired window action (such as "Close window").

Ubuntu version: Gutsy.
Metacity version: 1:2.20.0-0ubuntu3

[Marnanel Thurman (marnanel)]

Alt+Escape is probably already bound for you, and this binding will probably take precedence. Are Ctrl+Escape and Shift+Escape also bound?

[Bryan Silverthorn (bcsilverthorn)]

If Alt+Escape (or Control+ or Shift+) is already bound, then it's not listed in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" application (which also typically prevents you from binding multiple actions to the same shortcut), and it's not bound to a visible action---nothing seems to occurs when I press any of these shortcuts.

I didn't find anything binding escape looking at the compiz options (/apps/compiz/general/*/options) or metacity options using gconf-editor, but it's possible I missed something. Visual Effects are set to "Normal".

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the normal option is running compiz, reassigning the bug

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 158855, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.