Alt+F2 run dialog not available any more
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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metacity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Dmitry Shachnev | ||
Trusty |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In Ubuntu 14.04 beta with Gnome Flashback session with Metacity, the Alt+F2 keyboard shortcut doesn't work anymore. Previously it could be used to open a small Run dialog.
Also, in Ubuntu 12.04 this could be configured in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> System -> "Den Befehl ausführen-Dialog anzeigen" (German for "show the Execute Command dialog"). This is no longer possible; the System category doesn't show any such item any more in 14.04.
I would expect that ideally the Alt-F2 shortcut works out of the box when starting the Gnome Flashback (Metacity) session, or that it at least can be enabled/configured manually.
This is with Ubuntu 14.04 beta (x86_64), in Virtualbox, with gnome-panel 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu10.
affects: | gnome-panel (Ubuntu) → metacity (Ubuntu) |
Changed in metacity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in metacity (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Found the dconf setting which makes this available again (org.gnome. desktop. wm.keybindings. panel-run- dialog) . For some reason it was set to ['disabled'] on my test system - no idea why. Setting it back to its default value makes Alt+F2 show the Run dialog again.
So this bug report is now merely about making this available by default, or making it configurable in GUI. Also, might be useful as reference for others having the same problem :-)