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Description of problem: virt-viewer has no option to disable grabbing the mouse when Ctrl+Alt is pressed. I use Ctrl+Alt very frequently to invoke utilities and to switch virtual desktops in my window manager. When the virt-viewer window is forwarded from the US to Brno over ssh, such an unintended pointer grab is a catastrophe, because the event queue gets flooded with pointer movement and I can't get the pointer back for tens of seconds. It completely disrupts my workflow. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-viewer-0.0.2-3.el5 virt-manager-0.6.1-13.el5 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log into a remote machine via SSH, with X11 forwarding, over a high latency link. 2. Start virt-viewer. 3. Click in the window or press Ctrl+Alt. 4. Move the mouse around a bit (which you normally do before you notice that your pointer was grabbd), then press Ctrl + Alt again. 5. Wait for 10-20 seconds until the mouse is released. 6. Be sure *not* to press Ctrl + Alt again, but click away into another window. Actual results: Mouse pointer taken hostage for extended periods of time. Expected results: Since priority queueing between events would probably be overkill, I'm asking for an option that disables the *grab* (not the *ungrab*) on Ctrl+Alt. Thus the only way for virt-viewer to grab the pointer would remain a deliberate click into the window. Additional info: I can try implementing the feature if the bug report is deemed to have merit. Thank you.
No use in letting old bugs lie around. I learned to use Ctrl+Alt cautiously.