@Robert Carr; I've assigned this to you as it might be related to the general focus grabbing issue you are looking into at the moment (Launcher reveal when menu is open, clicking outside of the Dash, etc...), please un-assign yourself if this is incorrect.
** Changed in: ayatana-design Assignee: (unassigned) => John Lea (johnlea) ** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ayatana-design Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: New => Triaged ** Tags added: udp ** Changed in: unity Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: unity Milestone: None => backlog ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Description changed: Reproduce scenario : - left click on an applet - try the ^-Alt arrow to switch desktop When an applet contextual menu is opened, you can't switch desktop with keyboard shortcuts. Normally,we should have a consistent behaviour in regards with the workspace-selector applet, ie : - first ^-Alt-arrow (for the workspace-selector : click), the menu is unfolded - second ^-Alt-arrow , we go to the next desktop === see bug 29894 for not being able to take screenshots when menu is open, another symptom of this bug. + + + ---------------------------------- + + Note from Design: + + This is a critical bug, a user should be able to use a global keyboard + shortcut at any moment, including when a menu is open. In the unlikely + case that there is a conflict between the global keyboard shortcuts ( + see + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/85352653/Super_key_shutcuts_overlay.png ) + and the menu keyboard shortcuts, the menu keyboard shortcuts should take + precedence. ** Summary changed: - Can't use any global keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys when applet/menu is open + Keyboard shortcuts, window management - Can't use any global keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys when applet/menu is open ** Changed in: unity Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Carr (robertcarr) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10905 Title: Keyboard shortcuts, window management - Can't use any global keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys when applet/menu is open Status in Ayatana Design: Triaged Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: Won't Fix Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Reproduce scenario : - left click on an applet - try the ^-Alt arrow to switch desktop When an applet contextual menu is opened, you can't switch desktop with keyboard shortcuts. Normally,we should have a consistent behaviour in regards with the workspace-selector applet, ie : - first ^-Alt-arrow (for the workspace-selector : click), the menu is unfolded - second ^-Alt-arrow , we go to the next desktop === see bug 29894 for not being able to take screenshots when menu is open, another symptom of this bug. ---------------------------------- Note from Design: This is a critical bug, a user should be able to use a global keyboard shortcut at any moment, including when a menu is open. In the unlikely case that there is a conflict between the global keyboard shortcuts ( see https://launchpadlibrarian.net/85352653/Super_key_shutcuts_overlay.png ) and the menu keyboard shortcuts, the menu keyboard shortcuts should take precedence. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/10905/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp