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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Robert Shearman [<A HREF="mailto:rob@codeweavers.com">mailto:rob@codeweavers.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Wed 11/2/2005 12:43 PM<BR>
To: Anthony R. Tuel<BR>
Cc: wine-devel@winehq.org<BR>
Subject: Re: alt-tab task switching form a wine app<BR>
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Anthony R. Tuel wrote:<BR>
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> It seems when I have an app up running under wine (lotus notes 6.5.4<BR>
> in my case) and I switch to another app (using a gaim messaging window<BR>
> in my case) using alt tab, when I come back to my notes window its as<BR>
> if I'm still holding the alt key. Not sure if this happens in other<BR>
> apps, but its really noticible in notes since it uses the alt key for<BR>
> all sorts of keyboard shortcuts. So if i'm writing a new email in<BR>
> notes, someone sends me an IM, I alt-tab switch over to gaim, when I<BR>
> switch back to notes and want to hit enter for a new line, it brings<BR>
> up the font properties windows (alt+enter being the font properties<BR>
> shortcut). This seems to happen with both 20050930 and the .9<BR>
> releases at least. Has anyone else seen this issue?<BR>
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Yes. It is a known bug when using the Metacity WM. We have a hack in<BR>
CrossOver that works around it based on a patch somebody sent to<BR>
wine-patches within the last year.<BR>
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Rob Shearman<BR>
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Is there a bug open on this? I would hvae thought that a patch put forth like a year ago would have made it into the official wine builds by now.<BR>
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