Bug 513268

Summary:	When using accessibility feature "Bounce keys", the key repeat stops working in Brave browser only.
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Barafu Albino Cheetah <barafu>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	fllfflflflflfl, nate, ritchie, wemi86
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	accessibility
Version First Reported In:	6.5.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/87b08d6170aabf76c4e1a2a5615e6bac96132a3c	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.6.4
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Barafu Albino Cheetah 2025-12-12 21:47:57 UTC

SUMMARY
When I enable the "Bounce Keys" accessibility feature, the keys stop repeating in Brave browser. When I press and hold any key in browser, only 1 instance is typed. At the same time, in all other applications the repeating works as intended. I tried Firefox, Steam, GTK apps - it works everywhere else. Disabling "Bounce Keys" immediately restores the repeating in Brave.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Turn on Accessibility - Keyboard filter - Bounce keys, apply
2. Open Brave, put cursor in address bar, 
3. hold any letter

OBSERVED RESULT
Only 1 letter  is typed

EXPECTED RESULT
A letters to be typed indefinitely according  to the repeat settings of the keyboard. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor
Memory: 64 GB of RAM (62.7 GB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Barafu Albino Cheetah 2025-12-12 21:55:41 UTC

Some more testing:
Brave in Flatpak IS affected. 
Chromium in Flatpak IS affected. 
Spotify in Flatpak IS NOT affected. (Spotify app is just a web page runing in Chromium, it even creates Chromium's user data folders)

Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2026-03-03 00:22:34 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8916

Comment 3 Zamundaaa 2026-03-04 16:39:43 UTC

*** Bug 516820 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***