I have a different question...

Posted Jan 30, 2012 23:53 UTC (Mon) by jimparis (guest, #38647)
In reply to: I have a different question... by BenHutchings
Parent article: Security processes and the X.org flaw

> Almost all X applications use grabs; that's how menus work.

Which really sucks, as all keyboard shortcuts (including things like volume keys) stop working whenever there's a popup or menu on the screen. There's no end to how many times this gets reported as a bug:

(2004) https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/10905
(2005) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308516
(2006) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/32860
(2009) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+bu...
(2009) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/35...
(2009) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1042991
(2011) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound...

etc...