Ubuntu
wine1.6 package

Wine doesn't capture the keyboard in full-screen if the window manager doesn't control windows under the Unity desktop

Bug #1388653 reported by Alberto Salvia Novella
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Wine
New
High
wine1.6 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned
Nominated for Utopic by Alberto Salvia Novella
Nominated for Xenial by Alberto Salvia Novella

Bug Description

HOW TO REPRODUCE
1. In the "Configure Wine" application, go to the "graphics" tab.
2. Under the "window settings section", uncheck the "allow the window manager to control the windows" option.
3. Run a full-screen Windows application.

EXPECTED RESULT
- The keyboard to work.

REAL RESULT
- If you press any letter key a search box shows up, as the one that shows when the Unity desktop has focus.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: wine 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Nov 3 01:35:18 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-21 (530 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: wine1.6
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-24 (39 days ago)

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Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :
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Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

Also affects Wine 1.7.30.

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In , Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

HOW TO REPRODUCE
1. In the "Configure Wine" application, go to the "graphics" tab.
2. Under the "window settings section", uncheck the "allow the window manager to control the windows" option.
3. Run a full-screen Windows application.

EXPECTED RESULT
- The keyboard to work.

REAL RESULT
- If you press any letter key a search box shows up, as the one that shows when the Unity desktop has focus.

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
CurrentDesktop: Unity

Changed in wine1.6 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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In , Winetest (winetest) wrote :

Can you test wine 1.8 or 1.9 series if you still have this issue? Also the upstream bug report doesnt seem to get any feedback either.

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In , Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

This bug still affects Wine 1.9 in Ubuntu 16.04.

tags: added: xenial
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Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

Still affects the upstream Wine build.

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in wine1.6 (Ubuntu):
importance: High → Medium
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in wine:
importance: Unknown → High
status: Unknown → New
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