Re: X11 gets key-downs that it shouldn't
Re: X11 gets key-downs that it shouldn't
- Subject: Re: X11 gets key-downs that it shouldn't
- From: email@hidden (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Date: 22 Jan 2003 18:01:25 -0800
>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Haller <email@hidden> writes:
Stefan> When X11.app is the front application, it sees some keys that it
Stefan> shouldn't get:
Stefan> 1) When you pull down a menu, navigate with the arrow keys and choose a
Stefan> menu entry with <return> or <space>, the X11 window that has the
Stefan> focus gets the return or space key; if you cancel the menu with Esc,
Stefan> the Esc key gets through too (annoying if emacs has the focus). The
Stefan> arrow keys are not seen by X11 though.
Stefan> 2) If you press a system-wide hot key (e.g. defined with Keyboard
Stefan> Maestro or DragThing), sometimes X11 sees the key too; but not
Stefan> always. I haven't found a pattern yet. Also, sometimes X11 only
Stefan> gets some of the modifiers; for example, if I define the hot key
Stefan> ctrl-option-cmd-S to switch to a certain application, sometimes X11
Stefan> will see this as ctrl-S (very annoying if a terminal is in front,
Stefan> until you figure out that you have to press ctrl-Q to make it work
Stefan> again).
I've gotten "q" quite a bit in my xterms as well, from having pressed
command-Q to quit an application that had launched in front of X11.
Very annoying.
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