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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: jonganc@gmail.com, 26104@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26104: 26.0.50; In Ubuntu, having mouse over other frame cause Alt key to produce a <switch-frame> event
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:11:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83r30tg0yr.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58F23327.5000709@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:50:15 +0200)

> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:50:15 +0200
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
> 
>  > I found the setting that causes the issue. In CompizConfig (i.e. apt
>  > package compizconfig-settings-manager), go to Ubuntu Unity Plugin, and
>  > then, under General, disable "Key to show the menu bar while
>  > pressed". The problem goes away. (The irony is that I dislike the menu
>  > hiding and had it disabled anyway).
> 
> Hmm..  I don't understand well (not using Compiz).  Which key is that
> and why would it cause a focus-in event when moving the mouse?  Or is
> that key the <Alt> key and pressing it causes a focus-in event?

Heh, it looks like they copied the MS-Windows (mis)feature, whereby
tapping the Alt key activates the menu bar, which would indeed require
a focus-in event; seems like some GNU/Linux distros have joined this
lunacy.  In the MS-Windows build, we have w32-pass-alt-to-system to
control that.

(Sometimes it seems to me like GNU/Linux developers have no GUI ideas
of their own, and all they can do is copycat from MS-Windows.)

> If so, we should mention that somewhere, either in the manual or in
> PROBLEMS.

Perhaps we should generalize w32-pass-alt-to-system instead?  Assuming
an application can control this behavior on GNU/Linux, that is.





  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-15 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-15  3:25 bug#26104: 26.0.50; In Ubuntu, having mouse over other frame cause Alt key to produce a <switch-frame> event Jonathan Ganc
2017-03-17  7:19 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-18  1:04   ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-03-18  8:19     ` martin rudalics
2017-04-01  9:53       ` martin rudalics
2017-04-04  0:59         ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-04-05  6:58           ` martin rudalics
2017-04-07  3:56             ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-04-07  5:56               ` martin rudalics
2017-04-07 15:27                 ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-04-08  8:59                   ` martin rudalics
2017-04-08 22:42                     ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-04-09  6:37                       ` martin rudalics
2017-04-15  9:41                         ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-04-15 14:50                           ` martin rudalics
2017-04-15 15:11                             ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-04-15 19:39                               ` martin rudalics
2017-04-15 20:23                                 ` Jonathan Ganc
2017-04-16  7:15                                   ` martin rudalics
2017-04-15 20:33                                 ` Jonathan Ganc
2022-04-21 15:15                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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