Super key swallowed by brisk menu

[Redsith]

Hi,

With 18.04 the brisk menu swallows the super key and doesn't allow for super to be used for window movement and resizing (cant use alt, as i need alt for Houdini and Maya). If brisk is open then i can use Super for movement, but not if its closed.

Thanks

[Victor Kareh (vkareh)]

Hi, what window manager are you using? Marco, Compiz, other?

[Redsith (redsith)]

I think its the default (Marco (Adaptive Compositor) in mate tweak) using nvidia drivers.

[Victor Kareh (vkareh)]

Should have asked earlier, but what keyboard layout are you using? And are your overall shortcuts on default or have you added/changed some of them?

Sorry for all the random questions (and thanks for the answers!). 18.04 has a patch on brisk-menu to avoid swallowing keys for Compiz, but haven't seen that issue on Marco yet. I'm wondering if the fix on Compiz broke something on Marco...

[Redsith (redsith)]

Hi

no worries, im using a british layout keyboard, and all the shortcuts are default. I am using a tenkeyless board but i doubt that makes a difference. Heres the xev for the super key

KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
    root 0x1de, subw 0x0, time 5786044, (955,524), root:(998,576),
    state 0x0, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
    root 0x1de, subw 0x0, time 5786145, (955,524), root:(998,576),
    state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Thanks

[Matt (matthewar)]

Hi, I'm having a similar problem, also have a en_GB keyboard layout.
I've seen that there were problems in the past with similar things, that were patched (e.g. https://github.com/solus-project/brisk-menu/issues/55)
All my key bindings are as default, I just installed the OS.

[Ralf Morawe (mowalle)]

Hello,

I can report the same issue (German layout), but I think it extends beyond the brisk menu. I notice the same issue with the mate-menu as well (when it is also bound to Super_L). Maybe there is a common component that's at fault.

I also noticed that shortcuts in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" section that contain the Super key still work fine. E.g. set Super+E as the shortcut for "Home folder" and it opens Caja just fine.

Maybe connected: custom Super-shortcuts in separate applications have to be triggered twice when either brisk- or mate-menu are bound to Super_L. For example, when I set "Super+Z" as the shortcut in Zeal to bring up the application, I have to actually press "Super+Z+Z". Once the menus are bound to something else though like Super+X, then I can bring Zeal up with just Super+Z.

Hope that helps.

[Matt (matthewar)]

Many of the normal commands such as move window are bound to Mod4, which is the same key as Super_L but I believe has priority? Could this be why it overrides the normal shortcuts?

[Ralf Morawe (mowalle)]

Another thing I just noticed (that might be connected) is that if I activate "Enable HUD" in MATE Tweak, I can't move the windows with Alt+Click-Drag anymore as well. Same with Alt+Rightclick for resize. Since both Alt and Super are normally modifier keys, this could point to a common problem.

Using marco on Ubuntu MATE 18.04 btw.

[Andamo Deming (andamod)]

I have been having the same problem with Super key. Clean install of 18.04. I am using a Azio MKG-1K en-us keyboard. I use the default drivers for it, and I know it worked in other distro's and I am pretty sure it worked in UM 17.10.
Currently using UM 18.04, pantheon theme, Marco Adaptive window manager, HUD and dock enabled.

[Victor Kareh (vkareh)]

There is a fix for this submitted upstream: https://github.com/solus-project/brisk-menu/pull/101

Currently distro-patched on 18.10

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package brisk-menu - 0.5.0-8ubuntu1

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brisk-menu (0.5.0-8ubuntu1) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches:
    + Add 1007_prevent_key-binder_swallowing_super-mouse_events.patch:
      Fix key-binder from swallowing Super+Mouse events. (LP: #1767525)
    + Add 1008_unset_lock_masks.patch. Unset Lock key masks when closing
      menu. (LP: #1774290)

 -- Martin Wimpress <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:18:39 +0100