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compiz package

  1. Bug #806255
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 806255

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: Unity/compiz intercepts keystrokes from grabbed windows.

FYI, the root cause of this bug appears to be because compiz uses XkbStateNotify, which is part of the X Keyboard Extension. Using this extension has the unfortunate side-effect (by design) of ignoring grabs held by other clients and still giving you key events even when you shouldn't be receiving them. This is documented is the spec:

"As with all Xkb events, XkbStateNotify events are reported to all interested clients without regard to the current keyboard input focus or grab state."
[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/libX11/specs/XKB/xkblib.html]