[xmonad] Cntr-F not working in several apps and Chrome has no menubar

Gregory Propf gpropf at gmail.com
Thu Mar 30 19:08:14 UTC 2017 

That's what I thought. I shut down everything but Chrome and then restarted
Chrome too. Still no Ctrl-f in anything. This is quite a nasty one. The
only thing that really remains to suspect is my display manager which is
lightdm. I suppose maybe that could be the issue though I'm not actually
sure that display managers are even still interacting with the session
after the WM takes over. My lightdm config is pretty much completely stock
from the Arch repos as well. So anyway I'm now reading up on passive and
active grabs. I can't wait for Wayland to be more mature. I'm supposing
things like this would be less likely or at least easier to track and fix.

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is precisely how a passive key grab on (controlMask, xK_f) would
> behave. But since your config doesn't show one, likely some other program
> is grabbing it. Unfortunately there's no way to get xorg to say what keys
> are grabbed by what clients; all I can suggest is looking over what
> programs are running.
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:17 AM, Gregory Propf <gpropf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well I looked at the Java link and tried using the environment variable
>> fix they recommend (_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1). It fixed the
>> terrible formatting I was seeing but so far still no Ctrl-f. Other hotkeys
>> like Ctrl-T (autoformatting) work fine though. Anyway that's definitely an
>> improvement. I know about the 3 dots on Chrome. That's how I get to the
>> "find" menu option. I just wish the hotkey worked. I think something is
>> really wrong with Ctrl-f for me. Running 'xbindkeys -k -v' and hitting
>> Ctrl-f in the window it pop up gives you:
>>
>> m:0x4 + c:37
>> Control + Control_L
>>
>> or with the right Ctrl key:
>>
>> m:0x4 + c:105
>> Control + Control_R
>>
>> Those are just the codes for the Ctrl keys alone though. It's like the F
>> isn't even being pressed. From other Ctrl keys I get correct codes. Here's
>> Ctrl-e for example.
>>
>> m:0x4 + c:26
>> Control + e
>>
>> The 'f' key works just fine though. It just won't do anything with the
>> Ctrl key. I just checked emacs and it doesn't work there either. It looks
>> like the Ctrl-f combo is just hosed for the entire desktop. I guess I could
>> start to suspect my keyboard but this problem started when I switched from
>> Ubuntu (Unity) to Arch (Xmonad). I also tried an ultra-minimal xmonad.hs to
>> rule out xmobar and some of the extensions I'm using and even tried taking
>> out the mod4Mask. Still no fix.
>>
>> import XMonad
>> import XMonad.Config.Desktop
>>
>> baseConfig = desktopConfig
>>
>> main = xmonad baseConfig
>>     { terminal    = "urxvt"
>>     , modMask     = mod4Mask
>>     }
>>
>> Very strange.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > You aren't binding control-F, so xmonad isn't the problem there. You
>> might try using xev to see what happens to it. Something else you are
>> running may have a passive grab on it, but xorg doesn't provide a way to
>> inspect passive grabs. :/
>> >
>> > The Arduino stuff is likely Java; see https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmona
>> d/Frequently_asked_questions#Problems_with_Java_application
>> s.2C_Applet_java_console
>> >
>> > Chrome doesn't normally have a menubar;  but it may register its
>> dropdown (look for three vertical dots at the end of the location bar,
>> after any extension icons) with Unity's panel to fake one. You can't use
>> xmonad with Unity, so if you require Unity's menu bar hack then you will
>> need to run Unity. Chrome will hide some other parts of its UI if you have
>> "Use system title bar and borders" checked in the Appearance section of the
>> Settings tab.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:05 AM, Gregory Propf <gpropf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I've been looking around for others with these problem but haven't
>> found anything so far, much less a fix. The subject line sums up the
>> problems. Cntr-F isn't working in a few apps I use a lot. I think there are
>> others but the main ones are Google Chrome (Version 57.0.2987.98 (64-bit))
>> and the Arduino IDE (v 1.8.0). I'm running a recent install of Arch Linux
>> and Xmonad 0.13-1 from the Arch repository. I don't have a complex
>> xmonad.hs but I'll post it here. There are a few other glitches like the
>> fact that the menus in the Arduino IDE appear off to the side from the menu
>> labels but I can live with that. Being able to search is kind of important
>> though. What I do right now in both Chrome and Arduino IDE is click on the
>> file menu and then select "Find" from the drop-down menu. It's workable but
>> quite cumbersome. My Haskell skills are actually pretty good BTW so I'm not
>> afraid of the code. I'd even be willing to contribute at some point.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> import XMonad
>> >> import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
>> >> import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
>> >> import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
>> >> import XMonad.Util.EZConfig(additionalKeys)
>> >> import System.IO
>> >>
>> >> main = do
>> >>     xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar -d /home/gregory/.xmobarrc"
>> >>     xmonad $ docks defaultConfig
>> >>     -- xmonad $ defaultConfig
>> >>         { manageHook = manageDocks <+> manageHook defaultConfig
>> >>         , layoutHook = avoidStruts  $  layoutHook defaultConfig
>> >>         , logHook = dynamicLogWithPP xmobarPP
>> >>                         { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc
>> >>                         , ppTitle = xmobarColor "green" "" . shorten 50
>> >>                         }
>> >>         , modMask = mod4Mask     -- Rebind Mod to the Windows key
>> >>         , terminal = "urxvt"
>> >>         }
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > brandon s allbery kf8nh                               sine nomine
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>> > allbery.b at gmail.com
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> brandon s allbery kf8nh                               sine nomine
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