GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 570183
Using <Meta> as mouse button modifier does not work
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:07:37 UTC
Please describe the problem: After upgrade to 2.24 I can't move windows with <Meta>Click as it was before. Selection of <Alt> or <Control> works as expected. But when I select <Meta> windows are actually moved with <Alt>. xev shows appropriate Meta_L for <Meta> keypress: KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic YES, window 0x4c00002, root 0xae, subw 0x0, time 3979790, (29,23), root:(1539,116), state 0x10, keycode 115 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False Steps to reproduce: 1. Upgrade to 2.24, 2. Select <Meta> as movement key in Window Preferences 3. Try to move window with <Meta>Click - fail (unexpected) 4. Try to move window with <Alt>Click - fail (unexpected) Actual results: Window does not move Expected results: Window moves Does this happen every time? Yes Other information: $ uname -a FreeBSD vbook.fbsd.ru 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #1: Thu Jan 29 01:28:07 MSK 2009 root@vbook.fbsd.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VBOOK i386 $ pkg_info -I gnome-control-center\* metacity\* gnome-control-center-2.24.0.1 Control center for GNOME 2 project metacity-2.24.0_1 A window manager for the adult in you $ pkg_info -I xorg\* xorg-7.4 X.Org complete distribution metaport xorg-apps-7.4_1 X.org apps meta-port xorg-cf-files-1.0.2_3 X.org cf files for use with imake builds xorg-docs-1.4,1 X.org documentation files xorg-drivers-7.4 X.org drivers meta-port xorg-server-1.5.3_2,1 X.Org X server and related programs ... Xorg was recently upgraded also.
Please read step4 as: 4. Try to move window with <Alt>Click - moved (unexpected)
That sounds like you simply have the wrong layout options selected. Try playing with Keyboard -> Options -> Layout options.
It is not helps. Setup looks valid to me [v] Meta is on Win keys It works before upgrade, xev returns right key.
Hm. I can actually reproduce this. Looks like a bug in metacity. The GConf key /apps/metacity/general/mouse_button_modifier is properly updated to "<Meta>" but metacity apparently fails to parse that correctly. Moving...
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