Cannot use mouse/keyboard on selected workspace ; Unable to switch workspaces

gingerlime commented 7 years ago

Output of `i3 --moreversion 2>&- || i3 --version`:

Binary i3 version:  4.13 (2016-11-08) © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
Running i3 version: 4.13 (2016-11-08) (pid 3547)o abort…)
Loaded i3 config: /home/yoav/.i3/config (Last modified: Tue 26 Jul 2016 10:06:40 CEST, 19090706 seconds ago)

The i3 binary you just called: /usr/bin/i3
The i3 binary you are running: i3

URL to a logfile as per http://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.html:

http://logs.i3wm.org/logs/5638545540644864.bz2

What I did:

Restarted computer
Logged into i3 (with debug)
opened google-chrome on workspace 2 on main monitor; clicked on a few tabs. Working fine
switched with the mouse to workspace 1 on side monitor
opened virtualbox (in floating window)
moved the mouse to workspace 2, I think the workspace wasn't selected, but then I manually switched to workspace 2, and it was
However the mouse was not responding to clicks. Even though I was definitely on workspace 2 (I can see it highlighted), the mouse was controlling virtualbox on workspace 1 (which wasn't highlighted).
Restarted i3 and now things are back to "normal"

What I saw:

See above

What I expected instead:

See above

This type of problem happens quite frequently. Not just between floating and non-floating windows, although it's more likely to happen in this case from my experience. I LOVE i3, but get "stuck" lots of time switching workspaces, or opening new windows / tiles, switching between them can cause me to lose control. Some times keyboard works on the selected workspace, but mouse doesn't. Some times only the mouse works within the workspace, but keyboard doesn't. And some times both. Also occasionally I cannot switch workspaces with the mouse. Moving it won't select it. And rarely I think also the keyboard won't allow me to select a workspace, and only restarting i3 helps to "release" it. It's a bit intermittent so hard to reproduce, but I tried my best to find one reproducible example.

exi commented 6 years ago

Can confirm this with 4.14.1

tivervac commented 6 years ago

Most likely related to #2778

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