No, the problem is in the grabbing code:
https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/blob/2997e4950ba31747b5e3260c306456b0de413421/js/misc/keyboardManager.js#L37
https://github.com/GNOME/mutter/blob/49f029571cc425a878e520310a8db616fa5c4b70/src/core/keybindings.c#L1803
This grabs the keyboard.
>From https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/GrabProcessing :
'There can only be one grab on a device ...'
See the xev output below, of me pressing META+SPACE to change layout:
FocusOut event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusIn event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyNonlinear
KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FocusOut event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyNonlinear
FocusIn event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyNonlinear
KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The issue is that it is losing grab, as the FocusOut event shows the
mode is notifyGrab. Or at least that is my interpretation. I don't know
why the grab and ungrab events are the wrong way round.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Penn Mackintosh (penn-mackintosh)
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Title:
Pressing any global keyboard shortcut causes temporary loss of focus
Status in GNOME Settings Daemon:
Confirmed
Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in ALT Linux:
Unknown
Status in gnome-shell package in Fedora:
Confirmed
Status in gnome package in openSUSE:
Unknown
Bug description:
When pressing any global keyboard shourtcut (configurable via System
settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts; i.e. for switching keyboard layout,
volume up/down), focus temporary switches from active text input to
something else, then restores back shortly. Maybe even active window
loses focus, but window frame does not shows this (window header
remains to look active).
For example: when I press ctrl+shift here to switch keyboard layout,
when writing this description, yellow frame disappears from text input
box, text caret disappears too; they appear again when releasing
ctrl+shift. The same occurs in all other programs, i.e. terminal.
It causes serious annoyance, for example in Twitter when losing focus
in Reply text box, reply rolls up and I have to click it again with
mouse and set caret to correct place each time I switch keyboard
layouts.
Other key combinations, not only ctrl+shift, also cause this.
It is especially annoying when using keyboard layout switch shortcut
handled by the same subsystem (media-keys plugin):
case SWITCH_INPUT_SOURCE_KEY:
case SWITCH_INPUT_SOURCE_BACKWARD_KEY:
do_switch_input_source_action (manager, type);
break;
(Original gnome-settings-daemon, from which unity-settings-daemon was
forked, does not use media-keys plugin to switch keyboard layout).
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For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see
bug 1218322.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-session 3.9.90-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 24 11:42:19 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-23 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64
(20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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