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Bug 1548371 - default release pointer key 'Ctrl+Alt' is not accurate
Summary: default release pointer key 'Ctrl+Alt' is not accurate
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: virt-viewer
Version: ---
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Default Assignee for SPICE Bugs
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-23 10:52 UTC by Xiaodai Wang
Modified: 2021-05-18 15:53 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: virt-viewer-9.0-5.el8
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Last Closed: 2021-05-18 15:53:32 UTC
Type: Bug
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
pm-rhel: mirror+

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Description Xiaodai Wang 2018-02-23 10:52:27 UTC 
Description of problem:
default release pointer key 'Ctrl+Alt' is not accurate

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-viewer-5.0-10.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Prepare a guest which can grasp mouse pointer.
2. Keep release pointer key as default 'ctrl+alt'
3. Open the guest by virt-viewer and click the guest to grasp the mouse pointer.
4. Check the title is 'Press Ctrl+Alt to release pointer xxx'.

Actual results:
The mouse can only be released by left control + left alt, and right control + right alt doesn't work.


Expected results:
It's better to change default 'Ctrl+Alt' to 'Ctrl_L+Alt_L', or some strings look more accurate.

Additional info:
Comment 2 Victor Toso 2018-12-19 15:32:46 UTC 
Improving UI/UX. Moving to RHEL 8
Comment 3 Frediano Ziglio 2020-07-09 09:37:53 UTC 
Looking at code:

./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_Delete, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+_Del"), "<virt-viewer>/send/secure-attention"},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_BackSpace, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+_Backspace"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F1, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_1"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F2, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_2"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F3, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_3"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F4, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_4"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F5, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_5"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F6, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_6"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F7, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_7"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F8, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_8"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F9, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_9"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F10, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F1_0"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F11, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F11"), NULL},
./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L, GDK_KEY_F12, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F12"), NULL},

most of the combinations require only left modifiers (control and alt) but the comment does not state that.
Comment 4 Frediano Ziglio 2020-07-09 10:07:47 UTC 
(In reply to Frediano Ziglio from comment #3)
> Looking at code:
> 
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_Delete, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+_Del"),
> "<virt-viewer>/send/secure-attention"},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_BackSpace, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+_Backspace"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F1, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_1"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F2, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_2"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F3, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_3"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F4, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_4"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F5, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_5"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F6, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_6"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F7, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_7"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F8, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_8"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F9, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F_9"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F10, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F1_0"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F11, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F11"), NULL},
> ./src/virt-viewer-window.c:    { { GDK_KEY_Control_L, GDK_KEY_Alt_L,
> GDK_KEY_F12, GDK_KEY_VoidSymbol }, N_("Ctrl+Alt+F12"), NULL},
> 
> most of the combinations require only left modifiers (control and alt) but
> the comment does not state that.

Ignore, the keys above are sent to the guest.

Maybe replace the "Ctrl+Alt" string with "LCtrl+LAlt" ? or "LeftCtrl+LeftAlt" ?
Comment 5 Frediano Ziglio 2020-07-10 09:59:30 UTC 
Posted patch https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/merge_requests/17
Comment 6 Frediano Ziglio 2020-07-15 09:54:43 UTC 
Upstream patch accepted
Comment 9 Frediano Ziglio 2020-10-15 13:03:04 UTC 
Patch accepted and merged upstream, see https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/commit/ae25f6ca6b46e95281186492de5bc0a0fe4974a6
Comment 15 zhoujunqin 2020-12-11 11:21:39 UTC 
I can reproduce this issue with build:

virt-viewer-9.0-4.el8.x86_64


Then try to verify this bug with new build:

Step:
1. Prepare a guest which can grasp mouse pointer.

2. Keep release pointer key as default 'ctrl+alt'

3. Open the guest by virt-viewer and click the guest to grasp the mouse pointer.
$ virt-viewer  -c qemu:///system rhel8.3

4. Check the title is 'Press Ctrl_L+Alt_L to release pointer xxx'

The mouse can only be released by left control + left alt, and right control + right alt doesn't work.

Summary:
The default key accelerator to release mouse if left control and left alt and the description has changed to "Ctrl_L+Alt_L" to avoid misunderstanding.
I move this bug from ON_QA to VERIFIED, thanks.
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 15:53:32 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (virt-viewer bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1876
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