Ticket #1348 (closed defect: wontfix)

Opened 14 months ago

Last modified 10 months ago

Alt key get grabbed by OS (Ubuntu 12.04)

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

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

comment:1 Changed 14 months ago by leper

This seems to be a compiz bug ​https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/806255.

comment:2 Changed 14 months ago by k776

  • Priority changed from Should Have to Nice to Have
  • Milestone changed from Alpha 10 to Backlog

comment:3 Changed 10 months ago by historic_bruno

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Milestone Backlog deleted

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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