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nisbaj

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Registered: 2018-11-26

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xdotool key for changing workspace triggering keys in terminal

I am using fusuma to track 3 finger swipe gestures to change workspaces. When swiping with terminal window open, it first triggers a ‘C’ or ‘D’ character in the terminal window. The tracking is done using xdotool where a left swipe is mapped to xdotool key ctrl+alt+Left and similar for right.

So inorder to test what the xdotool commands did, i manually executed xdotool key ctrl+alt+Left in gnome terminal and found that it triggers a ‘D’ key and xdotool key ctrl+alt+Right triggers a ‘C’ key, leading to the issue. Check the image below:

What could be causing this? And what is the solution for this issue?

I’m currently running gnome with Xserver with an ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad device using libinput driver.