Description of problem: If any keyboard accessibility features are enabled, GNOME will pop up a dialog box when the shift key is held down for 8 seconds. There seems to be no way to disable this dialog in gconf. When using Gimp and other graphics tools, it is important to be able to hold down on the shift key without having popups disrupt your work. Even worse, the popup dialog disables the keyboard entirely. If the popup shows up under another window, the keyboard may stop working without any indication of what the problem is. The obvious workaround would be to disable keyboard accessibility. However, Apple laptops have only one mouse button, and to map a key of your choice to act as a mouse button, you have to enable mousekeys. I'm sure there are other valid reasons to enable one form of accessibility without wanting to use others. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/accessibility/keyboard/mousekeys_enable true 2. Hold down on the shift key for 8 seconds. Actual results: A window pops up asking, "Do you want to enable slow keys?" The keyboard stops working until you click "Don't activate". Expected results: The popup "feature" should be removed, or at least, there should be some setting in gconf that disables the popup. Additional info: Thanks for looking into this.
The popup isn't appearing in rawhide, so I assume someone fixed this.
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