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Bug 789233 - Modifier keys are ignored globally (e.g. NEO2 keyboard layout)
Modifier keys are ignored globally (e.g. NEO2 keyboard layout)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 588131
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
2.9.6
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-10-20 08:13 UTC by Markus Lasermann
Modified: 2017-10-20 14:05 UTC
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Description Markus Lasermann 2017-10-20 08:13:48 UTC 
My keyboard layout has multiple layers triggered by modifier keys, e.g.
CAPS-LOCK + J = (
CAPS-LOCK + K = )

There's a layer to quickly enter numbers from the home row, two.

Unfortunately GIMP completely and globally ignores all modifiers and I just get the base key, e.g. J und K

All Text inputs are affected, saving files, entering text, naming layers and so on…

The layout has to be installed, but there also is an AutoHotkey version:
Setup: https://wiki.neo-layout.org/export/HEAD/windows/Neo2.0_setup.exe
Portable AutoHotkey version: http://neo-layout.org/neo20.exe
Comment 1 Michael Schumacher 2017-10-20 08:37:39 UTC 
This does likely happen for all GTK+-based applications and is not specific to GIMP. Try Inkscape, for example.
Comment 2 Markus Lasermann 2017-10-20 08:48:03 UTC 
You're absolutely right, I can confirm the same behaviour for Inkscape v0.92.2
Comment 3 Markus Lasermann 2017-10-20 08:51:45 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 588131 ***
Comment 4 Michael Schumacher 2017-10-20 14:05:25 UTC 
So this has been fixed in 2017-01 in the gtk+ 2-24 branch. There was apparently no GTK+ 2.x release with this fix yet.