Comment 1 for bug 6875

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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:21:48 +0200
From: Mikael Magnusson <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: capplets: Problem with keyboard shortcuts containing <Alt>

Package: capplets
Version: 1:2.6.1-5
Severity: important

Reproduce the error
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1. Open "Keyboard Shortcuts"
2. Click on a line in the listbox, for example
    "Move between windows with popup"
3. Press and hold left alt key and press down the tab key and release both.

Expected result: Shortcut <Alt>Tab
Observed result: Shortcut Alt_L

Other examples
--------------
Pressed keys Expected Observed
right alt + tab <Alt>Tab Alt_R
left window key + tab <Mod4>Tab Super_L
right window key + tab <Mod4>Tab Super_R
left control + left alt + left <Control><Alt>Left Alt_L and Tab and <Control>Alt_L

Workaround
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A workaround that sometimes work is to hold down the modifiers before
clicking on the shortcut to modify.

Another problem that may be related
-----------------------------------
When using shortcuts that contains <Alt>, Gnome doesn't detect the
release of the keys. For example the popup that is displayed by the
"Switch to workspace on the left" isn't removed when I release all
keys.

Layout used in the tests
------------------------
$ setxkbmap -layout "us" -model "pc101" -option
$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" };
        xkb_types { include "complete" };
        xkb_compat { include "complete" };
        xkb_symbols { include "pc/pc(pc101)+pc/us" };
        xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc101)" };
};

Regards,
Mikael

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-skas-1
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8

Versions of packages capplets depends on:
ii capplets-data 1:2.6.1-5 configuration applets for GNOME 2
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.6.1-5 The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.6.1-2 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-icon-theme 1.2.3-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-panel 2.6.1-4 Launch and/or dock GNOME 2 applica
ii gnome-session 2.6.1-5 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libasound2 1.0.5-1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-4 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.0-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libeel2-2 2.6.2-1 Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii libesd0 0.2.29-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgail-common 1.4.1-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.4.1-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.1-2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt7 1.1.90-1.1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.6.1-2 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.2.1-2 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome2-0 2.6.1-5 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.6.1.1-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.6.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.6.1.1-3 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls10 1.0.4-3 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 0.7-1 library for common error values an
ii libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 0.8.1-4 Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii libgstreamer0.8-0 0.8.3-1 Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libmetacity0 1:2.8.1-3 Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii libnautilus2-2 2.6.3-1 libraries for nautilus components
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.0-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.6-2 library for program launch feedbac
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.7-2 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxklavier8 1.02-2 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.6.10-3 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii nautilus 2.6.3-1 file manager and graphical shell f
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-3 compression library - runtime

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