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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: [Kwin] Bug#46891: keyboard shortcut w/ Alt opens menu
From:       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak () sh ! cvut ! cz>
Date:       2002-08-26 13:36:37
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On Monday 26 August 2002 00:07, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 02:01:00PM -0000, Luke7Jr@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Package: kwin
> > Version: KDE 3.0.7
> > Severity: normal
> > Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
> > Compiler:          GCC 3.2
> > OS:                Linux
> > OS/Compiler notes: kernel 2.4.19
> >
> > I've assigned "Switch to next keyboard layout" to Alt-Space... After I
> > release Space (once it's changed the layout), however. the active program
> > gets the Alt key (which is released a half second later) and 'selects'
> > the menu...
>
> That irks me too. This is also true of the 'Windows' keys, if you assign
> them to shortcuts; KDE's menu handler apparently highlights menus when the
> 'Windows' key is pressed too, not just alt. Either way, I think that if alt
> or win is pressed as part of a successfully-executed shortcut, the menu
> highlighting should not occur.

 This is more or less a Qt bug, and it cannot be reasonably fixed, besides 
disabling the Alt-alone-activates-menu feature completely. Feel free to 
complain at qt-bugs@trolltech.com .

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