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Bug 136488 - Switch windows by XF86XK_RotateWindows keysym as default
Switch windows by XF86XK_RotateWindows keysym as default
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks: 155457
 
 
Reported: 2004-03-07 20:56 UTC by Changwoo Ryu
Modified: 2020-11-07 12:37 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Changwoo Ryu 2004-03-07 20:56:07 UTC 
Some "multimedia keyboards" have "Rotate Windows" key on them.  But
metacity doesn't support that key yet.  Of course It might be possible to
assign the key as /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/switch_windows but then
Alt-Tab can't be used for that function.  (bug 91538)

I think this keysym (XF86XK_RotateWindows in XFree86) should be a default
key binding built into metacity.  People always expect window switching
when they press Rotate Windows key.  The key's function is definite and fixed.
Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2004-03-07 23:34:07 UTC 
Just hardcoding this binding seems logical to me, though I'm sure
someone will complain that they want the key to do something else.

The alternative would be to hack metacity to support multiple keys
bound to each function, which is pretty hard.
Comment 2 Changwoo Ryu 2004-03-15 07:31:07 UTC 
Hardcoding seems fine to me.

I think we don't have to worry about complains.  I have not seen any
Rhythmbox users complaining about its use of Play/Pause/Prev/Next
multimedia keys.  If someone complain, it can be suggested to change
his/her X keymap.
Comment 3 Elijah Newren 2004-10-14 22:48:02 UTC 
See bug 91538 about allowing multiple keys bound to each function...
Comment 4 André Klapper 2020-11-07 12:37:24 UTC 
bugzilla.gnome.org is being replaced by gitlab.gnome.org. We are closing all
old feature requests in Bugzilla which have not seen updates for many years.

If you still use metacity and if you are still requesting this feature in a currently supported version of GNOME (currently that would be 3.38), then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/metacity/-/issues/

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