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Bug 793498 - gtk+ applications trigger input events on startup (caret / grave accent / acute accent)
gtk+ applications trigger input events on startup (caret / grave accent / acu...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: .General
unspecified
Other Windows
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2018-02-15 23:15 UTC by Eduard Braun
Modified: 2018-05-02 19:52 UTC
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Description Eduard Braun 2018-02-15 23:15:22 UTC 
It seems gtk+ applications create some undesired input events on startup as reproducible with both

- gtk-demo (gtk2 2.24.32)
- gtk3-demo (gtk3 3.22.26)

Steps to reproduce:
1. run the command
     for i in {1..20}; do gtk3-demo & > /dev/null; done
2. while the command executes open a text edior,
   hold down a key (e.g. "a")

Result in text editor will look something like
  "aaaaaâaâaaâaáaaâaâaaaaaáaâaáaaaaaaàaaaáaaaaáaà"

This was discovered on Windows 10, gtk+ packages from MSYS2 project.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2018-02-16 13:08:54 UTC 
I have a really hard time coming up with a theory for how launching a gtk application could generate input events in another process.
Comment 2 Daniel Boles 2018-02-19 10:10:33 UTC 
I can't reproduce this on Windows 7 (en-GB), fwiw. Input to the text editor is slow, for obvious reasons, but never produces anything except the "a" I was holding down.
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-02 19:52:41 UTC 
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