alt-backtick doesn't work properly

I think this may be "by design" in Unity 2d, since the alt-tic behavior is a compiz feature, and 2d uses metacity. Assigned to paul to get the design team perspective to know if this is a bug.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Seems to work here, can you guys confirm that pressing the backtick key actually creates a backtick (i.g. in a firefox text box)?

@aacid `yes` it does.

I've filed a metacity bug upstream with a proposed patch.

In the meantime, as a workaround, if your gconf setting for /apps/metacity/global_keybinds/switch_group is '<Alt>Above_Tab', then try setting it to '<Alt>grave' (ensure a lowercase 'g'), assuming the key above your tab key is a backtick. Then log out and log back in again to make sure metacity is using the new setting.

Here's a debdiff incorporating the proposed patch.

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Unity-2d is last present in Precise. Whilst the bug is "metacity" component, it is used exclusively by unity-2d in such a way. Thus this metacity patch should go into precise, direct as SRU, as the only mean to fix unity-2d in Precise.

Please update the bug description as per: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#SRU_Bug_Template

Dimitri, I use metacity in saucy/trusty via gnome-session-flashback, so shouldn't the bug/patch be valid for trusty as well?

Jeffrey, you're correct regarding metacity if the same problem is seen outside of unity-2d, so the bug should be valid for trusty even though there are now fewer environments using it.

I think ideally metacity would be in universe, but it's still depended upon by compiz packaging wise.

And... Thanks! I've built and successfully tested the patched metacity on trusty at ppa:timo-jyrinki/ppa :)

I installed gnome-session-fallback, and with the patched metacity I was able to use alt-grave to switch between 3+ same windows (similar to Compiz/Unity), unlike without the patch. I also tested a few combinations of different apps, and I didn't find anything to complain. Debdiff looked good too.

This bug was fixed in the package metacity - 1:2.34.13-0ubuntu4

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metacity (1:2.34.13-0ubuntu4) trusty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/22_fix_above_tab_switching.patch:
    - For Above_Tab, don't compare keysym (fixes group switching).
      (LP: #907640)
 -- Jeffrey Knockel <email address hidden> Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:28:15 -0700

I'm unsubscribing the ubuntu sponsors team at this point in time as there is no debdiff to upload to precise to fix this issue.

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release