https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372554
Bug ID: 372554
Summary: Modifier keys ignored in Plasma5 xlib (send_event
routine)
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.8.3
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: kde-softw...@guido-schroeder.de
CC: bhus...@gmail.com, plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
While trying to fix a problem in Autokey-py3 I came upon this rather serious
bug. Since I’ve switched from Kubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 Autokey was unable to
paste uppercase characters [1].
The problem can be tracked down from Autokey to the python-xlib library to
Plasma5. This led to the conclusion that xlib, here the send_event routine,
doesn’t handle modifiers correctly.
This finding is backed by
1) The virtual keyboard xvkbd shows the same defect when started with
-xsendevent.
2) The program crikey, a small utility to send keyboard events [2], has the
same problem.
Under Plasma5 all three programs are unable to produce uppercase letters and
characters that require the shift modifier key, e.g. ‘!”§’.
The problem is rather serious since it renders these programs more or less
useless.
The bug is present in all version of Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (with KDE 5.5 up to
5.6.5) and the latest version of Neon with KDE 5.8.3
(neon-useredition-20161114-0947-amd64).
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1: https://github.com/autokey-py3/autokey-py3/issues/20
2: http://www.shallowsky.com/software/crikey/
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