Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
The bug is live in intrepid, 8.10. It is possible to set combination like "Ctrl+Shift" the keyboard layout switcher privatizes it as the shortcut for switching layouts, and disallows all other programs to use it as modifier. Steps to reproduce: 0. Login to GNOME (the steps below are for 2.24, but should be similar for other versions). 1. Open "Keyboard preferences" in Keyboard layout indicator applet. 2. Go to Layouts. 3. Add some keyboard layouts. 4. Click "Other Options". 5. Under "Layout switching", check "Ctrl+Shift" change layout. 6. Open Firefox. 7. Open several tabs with Ctrl+T. 8. Switch forward through them with multiple "Ctrl+Tab". Notice that everything is ok. 9. Try to switch backward through them with multiple "Ctrl+Shift+Tab"... Actual results: Exactly at moment when you press down Ctrl and Shift, keyboard layout changes; after you press Tab, without letting Ctrl and Shift off, Firefox switches one tab forward instead of one tab backward. Expected results: Firefox should go one tab back. Layout should not change. Overall, the layout should change not at the time when you press down Ctrl and Shift, but only at the time when you let go one of them, and only if you didn't use this combination as modifier for another key. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information: In windows, everything is working exactly as desired - layouts are changed only at the time when you let go the combination. Corresponding bug against X.Org is unsolved since 2004: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 This is one of the main issues that prevent Ubuntu to be used internationally. ** Affects: xorg-server Importance: Unknown Status: In Progress ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #865 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 ** Also affects: xorg-server via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Ctrl+Shift and other layout switching combinations stop working as modifiers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292260 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
