[3ddesktop-dev] Re: Odd KDE keybinding bugs

Jeff, I think you are on to something here.  I have seen this 
keyboard focus problem happen in the past intermittently and 
it does seem to always be on more powerful machines.  

I will look into seeing if 3ddesktop can check if it has focus and
grab it if it doesn't and/or grab the focus periodically.

thanks,
--Brad


* On a side note::  There are some interesting new things in the 
CVS version of 3ddesktop and I'd be interested to hear feedback 
(bug reports) on any of them.  The main things being the ability to 
specify a background image and transparent desktops (hit 'b' while 
activated).


Jeff Buck wrote:

> 3ddesk failed to grab keyboard focus. You should be able to select your
> desktop using your left and right mouse buttons, and then center click
> to zoom in and deactivate 3ddesk.
> 
> I've had issues with this off and on through various versions of 3ddesk.
> It seems to be affected by the speed of the machine I'm using usually. A
> faster machine usually gives me more problems with 3ddesk grabbing
> focus... but it's usually pretty intermittent.
> 
> I also have the problem more if I hit the activation key combo more than
> once, very quickly. I'm thinking that the active application or the
> window manager grabs and holds focus while there is input, causing
> 3ddesk to be denied it's request for focus. A faster machine probably
> trips it easier because 3ddesk is trying to grab focus before the key up
> event even happens from the activation key sequence. I always use a two
> key combo to activate 3ddesk (ctrl-tab), which might make the problem
> worse.. Maybe both keys need to be released before 3ddesk tries the
> grab.
> 
> I'm thinking that maybe you have a very fast key-repeat setting? Or
> repeat delay? Maybe that would explain why you get double desktop
> switches as well? I would try turning down your key repeat settings, and
> hopefully that will help both of your problems.
> 
> Brad, do you know if it's possible for you to test weather or not 3ddesk
> successfully got focus, and if it didn't, maybe periodically try to grab
> focus again? Or maybe not even test, but just try to grab focus every
> second or so? 
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 16:15, Carl Waldbieser wrote:
> > I am experiencing some odd behavior with respect to the interation between 
> > KDE's KHotKeys and 3ddesktop.  When I run the program (3ddesk) from the 
> > command line, everything works as I would expect.  It I create a shortcut 
> > with KHotKeys to execute "3ddesk", the screen zooms out to the carousel 
> > view, 
> > but no keyboard input seems to work.  After a couple seconds, the random 
> > feature starts spinning the carousel, so I know the program is not hung-- 
> > it 
> > just isn't receiving input.
> > 
> > If I use the commands "3ddesk --gotoleft" and "3ddesk --gotoright" as 
> > hotkeys, 
> > things are a little better, but still buggy.  The desktop will zoom out and 
> > move left or right, but it will then immediately repeat the process (so I 
> > can 
> > move 2 desktops left or right, but not just one).
> > 
> > Any ideas why this might be happening?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Carl Waldbieser
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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