Bug 376363 - Disable application launcher on meta key when "Sticky Keys" enabled.
Summary: Disable application launcher on meta key when "Sticky Keys" enabled.
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: input (show other bugs)
Version: 5.23.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2017-02-11 17:15 UTC by Dotan Cohen
Modified: 2023-09-06 10:38 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Description Dotan Cohen 2017-02-11 17:15:05 UTC
Plasma Shell has a useful new feature that opens the K menu when the Meta (Super/Tux) key is pressed alone. Note that users of Sticky Keys [1] always press modifier keys without other keys. Thus, when we press Meta and then another key, the K menu steals focus.

Please disable the Meta-only opening of the K menu for users who have enabled Sticky Keys. Thank you.

[1] https://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings/Accessibility#Modifier_Keys
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2017-03-01 14:50:29 UTC
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 371323 ***
Comment 2 Till Schäfer 2017-03-01 15:18:25 UTC
Is this really a duplicate? The consequence (disable modifier only keys) is the same in some situations (here stick keys enabled, other bug: extra systemsettings option for modifier only key), but the motivation is different. 

In this bug we have another feature of Plasma that is broken, by the modifier only keys. The other bug was just about personal preferences. Since the other bug is closed as WontFix this means, that this broken Plasma feature will be never fixed. 
-> should we reopen this or the other bug then?
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2017-03-01 15:27:54 UTC
Accessibility keys will have to move into KWin anyway. When that is done, then KWin could actually handle the conflict between the Launcher key setting and the Sticky key setting.

But for now, I see no other solution than disabling the KWin launcher feature.

Adding KWin maintainer to double check.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2017-03-01 15:28:55 UTC
Oh, I just noticed that you actually reported the duplicate...
Comment 5 Martin Flöser 2017-03-01 17:14:14 UTC
The intention is that on sticky keys the modifier only short cut does not trigger. At least for Wayland I tried to implement that, unfortunately I utterly failed figuring out how to enable sticky keys.

On X11 the problem is that we actually ignore the keyboard layout. I hope that once we have https://phabricator.kde.org/T5222 implemented this would resolve this issue.
Comment 6 Alexander Mentyu 2018-07-13 14:51:45 UTC
On Wayland currently i get - "kcmaccess" should not be loaded. Could not find module 'kcmaccess' error

Plasma: 5.13.3
Apps: 18.04.2
Frameworks: 5.47.0
Qt: 5.11.1
Kernel: 4.18.0-1-MANJARO
OS: Netrunner Rolling
Video: Intel 4400
Driver: xf86-video-intel 1:2.99.917+831+ge7bfc906-1
Mesa 3D: 18.1.3
Screen: 1600x900
Xorg: 1.20
Wayland: 1.15.0-1
Wayland Protocols: 1.14-1
Comment 7 kde.org 2021-11-06 21:21:51 UTC
This issue report is quite old. Can you please confirm, that it still persists with KDE 5.23?
Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2021-11-21 04:39:42 UTC
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
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Comment 9 Dotan Cohen 2021-11-22 07:36:52 UTC
> This issue report is quite old. Can you please confirm, that it still persists with KDE 5.23?

Still persists.
Comment 10 David Edmundson 2023-09-06 10:38:56 UTC
This bug was reported against an outdated version of KWin. We have made many changes since the. 
If the issue persists in newer versions can you reopen the bug report updating the version number.