** Summary changed: - gnome-terminal captures F10 for menu even when explicitely disabled + Unity Compiz plugin captures F10 for menu even when explicitly disabled in gnome-terminal
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: gnome-terminal + There is menu item in Edit / "Keyboard Shortcuts" which says "Enable the + menu shortcut key (F10 by default)". The F10 key is captured by gnome- + terminal regardless of the checkbox described above. - There is menu item in Edit/"Keyboard Shortcuts" which says "Enable the menu shortcut key (F10 by default)". - The F10 key is captured by gnome-terminal regardless of the checkbox described above. + In this case, F10 does not come through to gnome-terminal and is + captured by the window manager which in turn shows the menu. The + configuration option available via gnome-terminal menu DOES NOT WORK IN + THE DEFAULT Ubuntu CONFIGURATION. It cannot be expected from the + "average / target" user to hunt for the application capturing F10 and + disabling it. - It might be the case, that F10 does not come through to gnome-terminal - and is captured by the window manager which in turn shows the menu. It - is surely configurable somewhere via gconf-editor, but it does not - change the fact, that the user gets really confused. The configuration - option available via gnome-terminal menu DOES NOT WORK IN THE DEFAULT - Ubuntu CONFIGURATION. It cannot be expected from the "average/target" - user to hunt for the application capturing F10 and disabling it. There - is a half dozen of entries containing F10 to be found via gconf-editor. + The workaround is to disable F10 binding in Ubuntu Unity Compiz plugin: - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 - Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.1-0ubuntu3 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 - Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64 - Architecture: amd64 - Date: Mon Apr 4 21:37:11 2011 - EcryptfsInUse: Yes - ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) - ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_GB.utf8 - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en - SourcePackage: gnome-terminal - UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-03 (1 days ago) + > "CompizConfig Settings Manager" / "Ubuntu Unity Plugin" / + > "Key to open the first panel menu" + + Either this binding should be disabled by default, or somehow cooperate + with programs that require to free it (i.e. gnome-terminal). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/750700 Title: Unity Compiz plugin captures F10 for menu even when explicitly disabled in gnome-terminal -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
