xdotool does not work well if launched by a shortcut
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xdotool (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xfce4-settings (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
If I run 'xdotool click 3' as a keyboard shortcut (in Xfce at least) it does not work as a right button click unless I add short delay by sleep command in a script before running xdotool:
sleep 0.2
xdotool click 3
Supposedly it works even better, if I release the shortcut keybinding before the other command:
xdotool keyup super+space
xdotool click 3
(if the key-binding is super+space)
These could even be combined in single xdotool command:
xdotool sleep 0.2 click 3
and
xdotool keyup super+space click 3
(if the key-binding is super+space)
I think it would fix this, if the shortcut manager could handle the keyup part.
Related xdotool issues in Git:
https:/
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xdotool 1:3.20150503.1-2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-141-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jan 18 11:29:52 2019
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-21 (1580 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.1)
SourcePackage: xdotool
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-04-14 (279 days ago)
summary: |
- Issuing right button click by xdotool does not work as expected + xdotool does not work well if launched by a shortcut |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
no longer affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) |
Issue with the --clearmodifiers seems to be fixed in v3.20160804.1 (https:/ /github. com/jordansisse l/xdotool/ releases/ tag/v3. 20160804. 1)
Devoting this bug report to the issue with launching xdotool by a shortcut.