elementary / wingpanel

Stylish top panel that holds indicators and spawns an application launcher
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Cannot use function key shortcuts while context menu on plank icon is open #294

Closed spotlesscoder closed 4 years ago

spotlesscoder commented 4 years ago

Prerequisites

Describe the bug

While a context menu on plank is open, I cannot control the system settings via function keys on my laptop.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior: Attach Firefox to plank Open 2 separate Firefox windows Right click the Firefox icon on plank The context menu opens Without closing the context menu, press brightness our volume modification key (on my Lenovo Laptop = + for example)

Expected behavior

Volume should increase and the indicator displayed on the top wingpanel.

Platform Information

danirabbit commented 4 years ago

This is a well-known limitation of x11 and effects every menu of every application. It cannot be fixed in wingpanel, therefore closing as "Out of scope"