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Alt+tab and Alt+F4 shortcuts do not work [5.6.0-0ubuntu4]

Bug #962669 reported by Eric O'Connor on 2012-03-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #945816: [regression] Changing the HUD shortcut disables all Alt-based combinations. And changing the Dash shortcut disables all Super-based shortcuts.. Edit Remove

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Bug Description

On 12.04, after the latest update:

I cannot switch between windows using alt+tab, and cannot close windows using alt+f4.

xev shows both alt and f4 key events being registered.

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Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote on 2012-03-23:

Both shortcuts work for me. Can you check if running unity --reset fixes the issue?

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Eric O'Connor (oconnore) wrote on 2012-03-23:

Oh, that worked. Thanks for the tip.

I will try that next time before I report a bug.

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Eric O'Connor (oconnore) wrote on 2012-03-24:

So, I disabled the HUD again (I have to, because it interferes with emacs and Firefox browsing when you hit alt-left or alt-right to move back and forth), and this problem returned.

Either I need a way to disable HUD without breaking Alt+tab/Alt+f4, or I need to have the HUD not interfere with other programs.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2012-03-24:

bug is fixed please make sure you are fully updated/

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