Keyboard Layout switch combination breaks other applications' shortcuts

Bug #1253472 reported by Yavor Nikolov
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GNOME Settings Daemon
New
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Indicator keyboard
New
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indicator-keyboard (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Context:
I have a keyboard layout switch combination set to "Alt+Shift" - i.e. "Shift + Alt L".

Problem:
In another application I have functionality bound to "Alt + Shift + h". And I cannot use it.

What I tried:
* Same settings on Ubuntu 13.04 with same application - works OK.
* If I set the Keyboard Layout switch to something else (e.g. Ctrl+Shift) - works OK.

The problem seems visible on "Keyboard Layout Chart" too.
Bad Scenario (when my layout switch is configured to "Alt+Shift")
 - And in Layout Chart I press Alt -> Alt gets colored in red.
 - While keeping Alt down, I press Shift -> Shift does *not* get red, and Alt is grey again.
(This was also reproduced with Ctrl+Shift keyboard switch: it prevents having Ctrl+Shift red in the Layout Chart Application)

Good Scenario (e.g. - when my layout switch is Ctrl+Shift. Also works fine on Ubuntu 13.04)
 - I press Alt -> gets red
 - I press Shift -> it gets red too
 - So both buttons are red at the same time now (until buttons are released)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: indicator-keyboard 0.0.0+13.10.20131010.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 21 01:21:08 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-keyboard-service
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-02 (567 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: indicator-keyboard
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-20 (31 days ago)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in indicator-keyboard (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Yavor Nikolov (yavor-nikolov) wrote :

I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 and this problem seems to be solved in 14.04.

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