Occurs for me too, both under Jaunty i386 Firefox 3.0 and Karmic beta amd64 Firefox 3.5.
Doesn't happen under Windows with Firefox 3.0 or 3.5, or under Slax with Firefox 3.5 and KDE 3.5: maybe it's a GNOME problem. I'm running a UK keyboard layout with no IME (on Karmic ibus is installed, but not running) and no xorg.conf. See http://unixpapa.com/js/testkey.html for a test case. When a non- shifting key is held, Firefox produces: keydown keypress keyup keydown keypress keyup Most other browsers produce: keydown keypress keydown keypress keyup (Some produce: keydown keypress keypress onkeyup but this is a well-known variation which is easily coded around. The current Firefox behaviour, on the other hand, cannot be worked around as the key event stream is indistinguishable from a user hammering repeatedly on the key. This breaks in-browser games quite badly. Judging by this post: http://actionscript3.blogs2k.com/2009/08/19/ActionScript%203%20 -%20keyboard-event-capturing-in-linux%20-AS3 The same problem may be visible from Flash. -- [Jaunty] X.Org repeatedly report "press and release" while I'm holding a key https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369880 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
