[Bug 623922] Re: Special keystrokes, including shortcuts and multimedia keys, cease to function when certain applications and menus are open

I feel I should clarify that I have mentioned gaming in comment 10 and comment 11 since these are the applications most likely to default to a fullscreen mode, and where a windowed environment, where the user could access the sound menu, could result in a negative impact on the user experience.

Re: [Bug 623922] Re: Special keystrokes, including shortcuts and multimedia keys, cease to function when certain applications and menus are open

Chris, thanks a lot for marking this critical, finally someone who is understanding my frustration! I'm sure a lot of people are bugged by this but sadly it's not spoken out and this has been going on since the very beginning. (I submitted a bug report before but none cared to reply so i figured

[Bug 623922] Re: Special keystrokes, including shortcuts and multimedia keys, cease to function when certain applications and menus are open

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 10905 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10905 The hot keys not working with menus is a know issue and is a wontfix. And is a dup of Bug #10905 As for the importance , this is not a critical bug. for more info about importance:

[Bug 623922] Re: Special keystrokes, including shortcuts and multimedia keys, cease to function when certain applications and menus are open

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 10905 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10905 And as for the volume keys part , it is Bug #388547 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in ubuntu.