Bug 359206

Summary:	kwin takes control over shortcut input and does not allow for "unshifting"
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kwindowsystem	Reporter:	jat255
Component:	general	Assignee:	Martin Flöser <mgraesslin>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	butirsky, kdelibs-bugs, likivik, thomas.luebking
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=392961 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359141
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Description jat255 2016-02-09 23:31:00 UTC

See discussion in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359141

When attempting to use a shortcut like Alt+` and Alt+Shift+` for "Walk through windows" (and it's reverse), the behavior is not as expected. The following behavior results:

 * Single Alt+` press: Kwin advances by one application 
 * Multiple Alt+` presses: Kwin cycles through the windows in the forward direction as expected
 * Single Alt+Shift+` press: Kwin goes back by one application
 * Multiple Alt+Shift+` presses: Kwin goes backwads one time, then cycles through windows in the forward direction
 * Single Alt+` press followed by Alt+Shift+` presses: Kwin goes forward, and continues going forward
 * Single Alt+Shift+` press followed by Alt+` presses: Kwin goes backwards once, then goes forward

Per Thomas Lübking, this is a bug in kwin.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set Walk through windows shortcut to Alt+`
2. Set Walk through windows (reverse) shortcut to Alt+Shift+` (Alt+~)
3. Try to use both shortcuts, and it won't work


Expected Results:  
Alt+tab behavior works as expected, but using Alt+` and Alt+~

Comment 1 jat255 2016-03-08 16:07:57 UTC

Has anyone looked at this? It's been a month since this was reported. The bug was confirmed by a developer here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359141

Anything I can do to help push this along?

Comment 2 Thomas Lübking 2016-03-08 16:14:34 UTC

The actual bug is in kwindowsystem; the qt-x11 translation needs to pick the code from kglobalaccel and latter than use the kwindowsystem lib code.

Comment 3 jat255 2016-03-24 14:43:51 UTC

Thanks again for the confirmation, Thomas.

Should I file a different bug so this reaches the right person, or will this one suffice? This has been quite an aggravating problem and would love to help get it fixed.

Comment 4 Likivik 2018-10-03 16:08:30 UTC

Can confirm this.

Plasma 5.13.4
KDE Frameworks 5.48.0

Comment 5 Andrey 2021-06-09 16:39:00 UTC

Couldn't reproduce, it might be fixed along with bug 359141.
Please, confirm.