kwin/plugins
Martin Gräßlin 66d1a0cc7a Add event filter for key press/release events while KWin grabbed keyboard on root window
Summary:
The modifier-only-shortcuts break as soon as KWin grabs the keyboard
(e.g. alt+tab, present windows, etc.). The investigation shows that in
that case KWin does not get any raw key events any more and thus gets
confused about the state of the hold modifiers. E.g. alt+tab has the
alt key pressed, but we miss the release as the keyboard is grabbed.

This change addresses the problem by installing an additional event
filter for key press and release event which only filters for key events
on the root window. That way we can be sure that it only operates when
KWin grabbed the keyboard on the root window.

Note: the problem only exists when grabbing on the root window. If the
grab is on another window (e.g. moving a window) we still do get all
events.

The problem also seems to not happen if another application grabbed
keys on the root window. E.g. for key combinations grabbed by
kglobalaccel the correct sequence of key press/release as raw events
are reported. Also while the screen is locked the evemts are reported
and kscreenlocker grabs the keyboard on the root window.

Test Plan:
Used Alt+Tab and Present Windows and tried to activate launcher
afterwards.

Reviewers: #kwin, #plasma

Subscribers: plasma-devel, kwin

Tags: #kwin

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D2980
2016-10-10 16:59:06 +02:00
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idletime
kdecorations SVN_SILENT made messages (.desktop file) - always resolve ours 2016-09-24 12:33:32 +00:00
kglobalaccel
platforms Add event filter for key press/release events while KWin grabbed keyboard on root window 2016-10-10 16:59:06 +02:00
qpa [plugins/qpa] Call makeCurrent on the QOpenGLContext instead of the one in the platform context 2016-08-26 07:38:04 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt Move clients/ to plugins/kdecorations/ 2016-04-15 15:21:03 +02:00