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control-center package

Alt-F6 binding doesn't work in Metacity

Bug #79603 reported by Hezekiah Carty
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Metacity
Fix Released
Wishlist
control-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: metacity

This is (somewhat) related to bug #72732.

In previous versions of Metacity, Alt-F6 was a configurable keybinding. I have been using it to make windows maximize vertically in the past (Dapper). However, under Feisty (metacity 2.17.3-0ubuntu1) this is no longer possible as the keybinding seems to do some sort of same-application window switching.

The problem lies in the fact that Alt-F6 is still a configurable keybinding within the Keyboard Shortcuts application. A user should be able to over ride this keybinding. At this point, a warning isn't even displayed to state that this key combination is already used for another purpose.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. That's known upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401576

Changed in metacity:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Changed in metacity:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Changed in metacity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

fixed upstream

Changed in metacity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That upload fixes the bug:

 control-center (1:2.17.92-0ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version:
     about-me:
     - Change default dir for the image chooser
     - Dont use composite pixbuf to avoid unnecessary clipping
     - Prevent child watcher from accessing already released memory
       (Ubuntu: #86193)
     default applications:
     - Really fix DATADIR
     - Dont try reading into invalid territory when the user set a custom
       command without spaces (Ubuntu: #84715)
     fontilus:
     - Use GOption argument parsing
     keybindings:
     - Clear GConf client cache before reloading
     keyboard:
     - Avoid crashing on NULLs (Ubuntu: #82373)
     settings daemon:
     - Properly round volumes so that volume-up and -down act symetrically
       (Ubuntu: #36302)
     - Dont ignore errors when X refuses to update the pointer mapping
     - Dont install the same filter twice for the default root window
     - Correctly pass the function address when setting up the event filter
     - Fix warnings
     shell:
     - Revert to old menu for 2.18
     theme switcher:
     - Update selected fg color from the correct slot (Ubuntu: #86944)
     - Fix warnings
     - Format guint16 values accordingly
     themus:
     - Populate the VFS file info fields properly so that Nautilus shows, e.g.,
       read-only emblems in themes://
     windows:
     - Remove some long-dead code
     - Dont leak stuff on error
   * debian/capplets-data.install:
     - updated for a directory change
   * debian/patches/90_revert_change_creating_high_cpu_usage.patch:
     - dropped, fixed with the new version
   * debian/patches/91_fix_default_applications_xml_path.patch:
     - dropped, fixed with the new version

Changed in control-center:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Changed in metacity:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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