Evince does not react on key events from xdotool
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xdotool (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I want to control Evince with xdotool, but Evince does not react on any key event sent by xdotool. Open a PDF file with evince and try following commands:
WINID=$(xdotool search --classname evince | head -n 1)
xdotool key --clearmodifiers --window $WINID F5
I expect that Evince goes into full screen mode, but nothing happens. 'xdotool windowactivate $WINID' activates the correct window. I tried to send different keys with xdotool to the Evince window, but nothing happened.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xdotool 1:2.20110530.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 11 00:25:59 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120421)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xdotool
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote | #1 |
| Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in xdotool (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
The same applied for gedit and eog. For example, open a picture with eog (in a directory with more than one picture) and run
for win in $(xdotool search --classname eog); do echo $win; xdotool key --clearmodifiers --window $win Page_Down; done