Description of problem: I've set shortcut Super+a for keyboard layout change. When I press it does nothing (or in gnome-terminal it writes 'a'). When I keep Super key pressed and press 'a' again, it changes the layout. But when I release it and try it again (press Super and 'a') it will again do nothing. So I have to press and hold super key and then press 'a' key twice to change layout (and if in terminal, I have to erase 'a') When I try some pre-defined shortcut (such as Super+m) it works correctly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-settings-daemon-3.6.3-1.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set shortcut for 'Switch to next source' to Super+'a' 2. Press Super+'a' 3. Then try to hold Super and press 'a' twice Actual results: 2. -> Does nothing 3. -> Changes the layout Expected results: 2. Changes the layout 3. Changes the layout twice Additional info:
This bug has been proposed as NTH for Fedora 18 final. If accepted as NTH, a fix for this would be considered for pushing to stable past the change freeze. More details about the NTH process is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_nth_bug_process . Since there are so may NTH bugs to review, we'd like to find out if there is developer support for accepting this as NTH. If accepted as NTH, would a fix likely be ready in time to be included in Fedora 18 (currently scheduled for 2013-01-08)? Developer(s), please respond soon as we will be using these responses to prioritize the order in which we review the proposed NTH bugs.
Discussed at 2012-12-19 NTH review meeting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-bugzappers/2012-12-19/f18final-blocker-review-6.2012-12-19-17.02.log.txt . Rejected as NTH: this is an annoyance not any kind of showstopper, and could be fixed with an update except for the live case. In general the 'big picture' seems to be that keyboard-shortcut-based layout switching is a bit busted in <= 3.6, but ought to get better in 3.8, and you should either do it from the panel or use gnome-tweak-tool to set up something like alt-shift as the combo. See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873849 .
This is not specific to keyboard layout switching. It happens for all gnome-settings-daemon handled shortcuts which include the Super key and is related to the way gnome-shell captures that key. This is properly fixed in GNOME 3.8.
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