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Bug 1548371

Summary:	default release pointer key 'Ctrl+Alt' is not accurate
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Xiaodai Wang <xiaodwan>
Component:	virt-viewer	Assignee:	Default Assignee for SPICE Bugs <rh-spice-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	---	CC:	juzhou, knoel, mxie, mzhan, rbalakri, tzheng, uril, victortoso
Target Milestone:	rc	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	virt-viewer-9.0-5.el8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2021-05-18 15:53:32 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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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