GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 101958
GKB does not release key grabs after changing key
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80248 Problem is present in gnome-applets-2.0.1-6, in Red Hat Linux Beta Phoebe, released on Dec 23. HP asked me to file it upstream. Description of problem: In the keyboard layout switcher applet, Preferences -> Options, the Grab hotkey button doesn't work correctly. No matter what key sequence I enter, it says the hotkey is `Disabled' afterwards, and it does not modify the hotkey. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start the keyboard layout switcher applet 2.Add more than one option, so that you can tell when it switches 3.Choose Options and click on Grab hotkey 4.Press say Alt-Ctrl Actual Results: The pop-up window that asked you to press a key goes away, but the text panel beside it says Disabled. Expected Results: It should take the hotkey sequence and se it. Additional info: I'm not sure whether it's failing to capture the hotkey or it's broken in that it's always set to disabled.
For the record, this is fixed in Red Hat Linux beta 8.0.93 (second phoebe). I don't know whether that's because we merged a fix from upstream or fixed it locally, so I'm not going ahead and closing it.
Even though grab hotkey appears to be fixed, there's still a major problem with it: keys it grabs become permanently non-functional until X is restarted, even if the hot key is changed again. More details at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82577.
*** Bug 103906 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Retitling to better reflect the bug
Fixed in cvs now