From: Jonathan Ganc <jonganc@gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 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 16:23:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9f6f3cf5-77b6-3280-387d-084df287090f@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58F276E1.1000405@gmx.at>
I'm currently trying to understand the issue better, but I think Compiz
Settings just allows to access to more settings (I think Compiz is part
of Unity; on my computer, there's always a compiz process). So I think
it is actually preventing Ubuntu from sending the event when Alt is
pressed, not intercepting Alt, i.e. it doesn't actively do anything.
On 04/15/2017 03:39 PM, martin rudalics wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, on MS-Windows you can activate the menu bar of a
> window via the Alt key iff that window has focus already. I still fail
> to understand how pressing the Alt key could transfer focus to another
> window.
>
> > Perhaps we should generalize w32-pass-alt-to-system instead? Assuming
> > an application can control this behavior on GNU/Linux, that is.
>
> If Compiz can, Emacs should be able to do that too.
>
> martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-15 20:23 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
2017-04-15 19:39 ` martin rudalics
2017-04-15 20:23 ` Jonathan Ganc [this message]
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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