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When mapping workspace switcher to super+arrows, super+up and super+down does not work

Bug #1175579 reported by autra
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Bug Description

I always map the Desktop Wall bindings to super + arrows (and move with windows with super+alt+arrows)

Since I upgraded to 13.04, super+down does not trigger the workspace switcher.

Note that:
- Super +left, super+up and super + right works as expected.
- Super + left or right and then down (while keeping super pressed) works as expected.
- super+alt+arrows works as expected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,grid,staticswitcher,scale,screenshot,mousepoll,resize,snap,regex,wall,imgpng,workarounds,move,expo,unityshell]
Date: Thu May 2 14:24:21 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-15 (748 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (6 days ago)

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autra (autra) wrote :
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autra (autra) wrote :

Actually, only super+down is not working. I correct the description.

description: updated
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autra (autra) wrote :

Ok, for some reason, I had the Widget Layer still activated in compiz. Desactivating it solved the thing.

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autra (autra) wrote :

Do I mark it as invalid ? Or is the Widget Layer still used somewhere ?

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autra (autra) wrote :

Actually, I still experience this. It works fine a while, and after some time, super+up and super + down stop working (not always at the same time).
It still does this even after resetting unity conf.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bambitroll (juan-btcorp) wrote :

I found out that if you go to keyboard settings, then redefine the shortcuts for switch to workspace above and below to something then back to Super+up/down, it is working again.
So something happens that confuses unity.
I understand that this is not a very practical work around but maybe if I can script this it would take just a quick command line instruction to fix this...

Something like this maybe:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Reseting shortcuts..."
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-down "['<Control><Alt>Down']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-up "['<Control><Alt>Up']"
echo "Sleeping 2s..."
sleep 2
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-down "['<Super>Down']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-up "['<Super>Up']"
echo "done!"

This seems to work for me but I have to test more :)
Let me know if you have a better way!

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Bambitroll (juan-btcorp) wrote :

Good news and bad news...

On the plus side, my little script is working :)

On the minus side, I have to use it almost every hour since something messes up my settings to switch to workspace up/down very regularly. I am not sure what it is at the moment.

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
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Alex Baggott (alex-baggott) wrote :

As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS, I have tested this on 15.10 and the bug is still there.

The default key combinations don't work and neither does setting them to Super + Left/Right/Up/Down.

tags: added: desktop-bugscrub-triaged
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