click sound strange behaviour, fades to nothing based on mouse position
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onboard |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Because clicking a button with the mouse is not always consistently successful, with every onscreen keyboard I've used, I rely on its 'play sound' option to listen for clicks and know the key was indeed pressed. Onboard's sound option is the only one I've encountered with such strange behaviour.
The sound fades away to nothing the further right I go on the keyboard. It is obviously dependent on mouse position, but only begins to fade at around mid-screen, then goes to nothing as the mouse pointer moves toward the lower right. I can't imagine what behaviour this is supposed to simulate. On all other osks I've used, the sound is consistent across the keyboard.
I've had to use onboard (otherwise an excellent osk) without the sound, leading to many frustrating moments of looking back at the text and realizing half the letters were not actually 'typed'.
I know the sound file itself is located at /usr/share/
I am running Linux Mint MATE 17.2 on a single monitor with Compiz disabled.
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| marmuta (marmuta) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in onboard: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| marmuta (marmuta) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in onboard: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| Changed in onboard: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Onboard uses libcanberra to place the keyboard clicks in "space", i.e. based on the screen position of the click you're supposed to hear the sound panned more to the left or to the right. You might have only a single speaker connected and only hear one channel of the click sound.
IIRC we weren't completely sold on that behavior ourselves, but it didn't seem to hurt much and libcanberra recommends it and it, so it stuck. I think that should change now, although I'm not sure yet if "place in space" should be an option or we'll simply disable it for good.