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Bug 659609 - Ways to make global keybindings work during grabs
Ways to make global keybindings work during grabs
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: mutter
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: mutter-maint
mutter-maint
: 666845 668540 688135 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 135056 344059
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-09-20 16:07 UTC by Cosimo Cecchi
Modified: 2014-12-29 05:12 UTC
See Also:
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Description Cosimo Cecchi 2011-09-20 16:07:32 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #344059 +++

[ Opening as a clone of a specular metacity bug ]

If an application grabs the mouse or the keyboard, then global keybindings don't work. My use case for this is taking a screenshot of e.g. a window with an open menu; this is currently only possible by setting a delay in gnome-screenshot itself.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-09-21 20:54:17 UTC 
Peter Hutterer has plans to address this with something like grab priorities on the X protocol level. We also need it for media keys and the like.
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-01-26 21:46:35 UTC 
*** Bug 668540 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-01-26 21:46:45 UTC 
*** Bug 666845 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-11-12 13:53:35 UTC 
*** Bug 688135 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2014-12-29 05:12:56 UTC 
We now have MetaActionMode (nee MetaKeyBindingMode) which solves this problem for mutter-initiated grabs.