[Bugs] #2405 UNSP: OS15 0.90 alt tab doesnt work

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#2405: OS15 0.90 alt tab doesnt work
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    Reporter:  tonyforster                |          Owner:  tomeu      
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.92       
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  0.90.x     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:  olpc-0.90  
Status_field:  New                        |   Distribution:  Unspecified
   Seeta_dev:                             |  
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Comment(by sascha_silbe):

 Replying to [comment:5 erikos]:
 > Looks like metacity grabbed that key. When I disable the gconf key
 "/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/switch_windows" and restart Sugar our
 keygrabber is able to grab that key to tab through windows.

 I bet you're hitting the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-
 devel/2010-October/thread.html#27536 known]
 [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-
 devel/2010-September/thread.html#26661 issue] that metacity doesn't
 properly ungrab the keys, but doesn't handle them either.

 Upstream ticket is [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629210#c0
 Gnome#629210]; unfortunately the bug description does a rather bad job of
 explaining what the actual issue is.

 FWIW, personally I'm re-'''en'''abling the metacity keybindings in my
 ~/.xsession (using a hack with a sleeping background subshell) so I can
 switch windows faster, using different shortcuts (Grab Key + cursor keys)
 that are easier for me to type.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2405#comment:7>
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