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Bug 349977 - keyboard shortcuts with <Mod4> dont work for some things
keyboard shortcuts with <Mod4> dont work for some things
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 165343
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Keybinding
2.14.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-08-04 20:10 UTC by Intangir
Modified: 2006-08-07 21:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14



Description Intangir 2006-08-04 20:10:10 UTC
Please describe the problem:
setting hotkeys that use the win keys (with keyboard preferences layout option "Meta is mapped to Win-keys") dont work for some shortcuts

im trying to set
Win+l (<Mod4>l) to Lock Screen
Win+e (<Mod4>e)to Home folder
some of the others also dont work

it works fine for 'Run a terminal' though.. (Mod4+t) opens terminal
and works for (Mod4+m) 'Hide all windows and focus desktop'
also it works fine for others.. im not sure what is the difference between why some work and some dont

maybe it has to do with wether or not metacity is handling it?


Steps to reproduce:
1. goto menu System->Preferences->Keyboard
2. goto tab Layout Options
3. open the section Alt/Win key behavior
4. select "Meta is mapped to left win-key"

this seems to allow win-keys to be more like a modifer key, like shift, ctl, and alt (otherwise it just uses it calls it Super_L?)

5. goto menu System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts
6. select Home Folder and type Winkey and e at the same time

it should show the hotkey as set to <Mod4>e

now try and use the shortcut by pressing Win+e again and notice it unselects the row? but doesnt pop up the home folder
it also wont lock the screen if you try to set a key for that


*. select Run a terminal and press Win+t (<Mod4>t)
*. then press Win+t and notice the terminal pops up fine!

Actual results:
Lock Screen
Home Folder and some other keyboard shortcuts dont work
instead it seems to unfocus whatever you have focused until you let go, then it goes back to normal, but never launches anything



Expected results:
it should pop up the Home folder, or lock the screen when you press the hotkeys

Does this happen every time?


Other information:
I looked under gconf-editor
under /apps/metacity/global_keybindings

i noticed that the shortcuts im trying to use that dont work, arent listed in here at all!

but the hotkeys i set that DO work ARE here

so it seems that if metacity is handling it, it works fine

i dont know what other part of the environment handles the hotkeys that metacity isnt handling, but they dont work with <Mod4> (meta?) hotkey key modifiers
Comment 1 Intangir 2006-08-04 20:12:44 UTC
i found the options that DONT work in gconf-editor under
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings

Comment 2 Kevin Bauder 2006-08-07 21:50:33 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 165343 ***