Evince hijacks global multimedia keys
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Evince |
Fix Released
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Medium
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GNOME Settings Daemon |
Fix Released
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Medium
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evince (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Chow Loong Jin | ||
Bug Description
When Evince starts after a media player in GNOME, The multimedia player keys no longer control the media player, but control Evince instead.
Test Case:
1. Start Rhythmbox
2. Press media player keys, and observe that Rhythmbox responds
3. Start Evince
4. Press media player keys, and observe that Evince responds.
5. Switch to another window, and press media player keys. Observe that there is no response from Rhythmbox or Evince
6. Close Rhythmbox and start it again.
7. Press media player keys. Observe that Rhythmbox responds.
What should happen:
Evince registers with gnome-settings-
Changed in evince: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in evince: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
assignee: | nobody → hyperair |
status: | New → In Progress |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in evince: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
If you want a quicker repro, just launch and then exit Evince, missing out step 4. The hotkeys will then be nonfunctional.