Bug 168204 - ALT+TAB while desktop switching in progress freezes "ALT" key
Summary: ALT+TAB while desktop switching in progress freezes "ALT" key
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 188499
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2008-08-03 13:45 UTC by Daniel Andre Eikeland
Modified: 2009-05-01 12:27 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Andre Eikeland 2008-08-03 13:45:16 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I have set up kwin to switch workspaces left and right with ALT+CTRL+LEFT / ALT+CTRL+RIGHT.
If i press this combination and "start" the desktop switching (which takes about one second), and at the same time press ALT+TAB, ALT+TAB works, but when I release it, the "ALT" key is frozen, which means I cannot use it anywhere, not even in other programs.

I can "unfreeze" it by triggering some other kwin function manually, such as moving my mouse pointer to the top-left corner, which triggers an "Expose" effect for all windows. After that has been done, the ALT-key is usable again.

Reproducability: ~90%, depending on how fast the desktop switching goes.
Comment 1 lucas 2008-09-04 17:35:23 UTC 
Cannot reproduce.
Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2009-05-01 12:27:53 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 188499 ***