Alt-Tab does not work when Alt is mapped to Caps Lock

[Joe Snikeris]

I have Alt mapped to my caps lock key like so:

~/.xmodmaprc:
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clear lock
clear control
clear mod1
clear mod2
clear mod3
clear mod4
clear mod5

keycode 66 = Alt_L
keycode 64 = Control_L
keycode 133 = Meta_L
keycode 108 = Control_R
keycode 135 = Meta_R
keycode 105 = Super_R

add control = Control_L Control_R
add mod1 = Alt_L
add mod2 = Meta_L Meta_R
add mod3 = Super_R
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xev reports that when I press Caps Lock, the Alt_L event is being called.

However, when I hold Caps Lock and press Tab, the popup for switching windows does not appear as expected.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Is this problem present with the latest updated Karmic's, Lucid's or Maverick's packages?
Thanks in advance
Fabio

[Joe Snikeris (joe-snikeris)]

Hi Fabio,

I'm not in a position where I can test this anytime soon, but I think I know what the problem was. I think gnome is looking for a particular modifier, not a specific key to be pressed. So if ALT_L doesn't have the modifier that gnome is looking for, the popup for switching windows won't appear.