super key shortcuts don't take effect on places tiles until super key is released

Bug #761267 reported by Martin Pool
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

1- press and hold super
2- wait half a second for shortcuts to appear
3- press and release a
4- nothing happens
5- release super
6- the application searcher appears

This is inconsistent with the behaviour of accelerator keys in gnome, in other places in natty, with CUA, and with other modern OSs. What I think should happen is that the action occurs when A is released.

Aside from consistency, I think this also weakens the association that by pressing the key shown over the launcher icon, you will get the thing suggested. The first time I hit this I sat there pressing A repeatedly, and then was surprised when it appeared when I eventually released super.

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Rohit R (rr0hit) wrote :

This seems to affect only the Unity Places menu. The application launchers are not affected.

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dart (dart-v85) wrote :

I confirm this....this happens with both unity places lens and apps lens. I haven't installed any other lens but i think this may be the case with all lenses in general.

This becomes annoying and inconsistent as pressing super+0-9 launches everything instantly but when we press super+a/f we have to release super key for action to take place which results in a delay.

Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - super key shortcuts don't take effect until super key is released
+ super key shortcuts don't take effect on places tiles until super key is
+ released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
importance: Medium → Low
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