Opened 12 years ago

Closed 12 years ago

#1348 closed defect (wontfix)

Alt key get grabbed by OS (Ubuntu 12.04)

Reported by: fabio Owned by:
Priority: Nice to Have Milestone:
Component: Core engine Keywords:
Cc: Patch:

Description

The Alt key get grabbed by the OS on Ubuntu 12.04 so that Alt+F does nothing, while Alt call Unity menu. With one of these: 

hotkey.fps.toggle = "Shift+F"
hotkey.fps.toggle = "Ctrl+F"

it works fine.

Change History (3)

comment:2 by Kieran P, 12 years ago

Milestone: Alpha 10 → Backlog
Priority: Should Have → Nice to Have

comment:3 by historic_bruno, 12 years ago

Milestone: Backlog
Resolution: → wontfix
Status: new → closed

This is actually a supposed "feature" rather than a bug. There is a Unity HUD which defaults to using the Alt key as its shortcut. The best solution I've seen is to use CompizConfig Settings Manager to disable or change that binding: ​http://askubuntu.com/questions/151951/how-do-i-prevent-ubuntu-from-capturing-the-alt-key-to-show-the-hud

If you really need to call up the HUD, the Super aka Windows key should work.

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