[Xquartz-dev] 2.3.0 not playing well with spaces hot-key combination (locking control key)

Harald Hanche-Olsen hanche at math.ntnu.no
Fri Aug 1 04:13:27 PDT 2008


+ Darren Nickerson <darren.nickerson at ifax.com>:

> I just updated my 10.5.4 box to X11-2.3.0 and I'm experiencing a  
> rather annoying issue. I use a hotkey combination (CTRL + arrow keys)  
> to move around between spaces. When I use this combination to switch  
> out of the space where X11 is runninig, whenever I return to that  
> space (either by hotkeys or using the spaces dock icon) all of my  
> xterms seem to think the CTRL key is still held down. [...]
>
> Is this a known issue?

Yes. I think it has finally moved up near the top of Jeremy's list of
things to work on, so maybe a fix will be forthcoming.

A workaround, if you haven't already found it, is to hit the control
key after moving to the new space.

- Harald


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