Bug 409474

Summary:	Color picker assinged to ctrl(meta) + click macOS doesn't work.
Product:	[Applications] krita	Reporter:	vanyossi <ghevan>
Component:	Usability	Assignee:	vanyossi <ghevan>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	grzegorzpedrycz
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.2.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	macOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description vanyossi 2019-07-03 19:56:18 UTC

Setting alternate invocation to 
Mouse Button to Meta + left click to Pick color.

The cursor changes to the color picker on pressing meta, but upon mouse clicking color is not selected, the cursor just dissapears and painting is impossible.


Even if no action is set, meta + click blocks mouse input

Comment 1 vanyossi 2019-07-03 19:56:42 UTC

Maybe this has some clues: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335316

Comment 2 grzegorzpedrycz 2019-07-10 14:43:36 UTC

Freezing cursor over canvas issue appear on Windows as well ( with 4.2.2 Version ) I working on the workflow to reproduce that bug, Maybe you are aware if it already ?

Comment 3 vanyossi 2019-07-11 00:26:51 UTC

@grzegorzpedrycz@o2.pl Not on windows no

Comment 4 vanyossi 2020-04-24 22:55:04 UTC

As of krita 4.2.9, cotrl (meta) does not block the interface, however it cannot be used for canvas actions.

Comment 5 vanyossi 2022-10-21 21:34:46 UTC

macOS "Ctrl" is called "Meta" inside Krita

Upon further investigation it is not possible to remap Ctrl + LeftClick as it is used system wide to emulate "Right Click". This is not needed nowadays since all pointer devices from apple have 2 buttons, however the legacy accessibility function remains. This could be fixed, but it would require to filter with core system events and probably make a complex subsystem for it. As al alternative you could use "Ctrl + Right click"

On your side to make this work you would need to first disable Ctrl + Click to emulate right click through third party apps.