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ItsFireStorm

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Registered: 2024-10-07

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[DUPLICATE] Problems using key combinations with the "Super" key.

I'm not sure if this is a problem with Arch, or my laptop, or my DE, or with certain applications, since most of the applications that have this issue are Electron-based apps.

Basically, after doing a key combination with the "Super" key, repeats all of the keys in that combination, so for example, if I were to hit "Super + X" which closes the focused application, the other window I focus thinks the X key is being held even though I released it at the end of the combination.

This is a major problem in VSCode as I tend to use the arrow keys to move throughout my workspaces a lot, and it ends up folding every single directory I have open or types a random letter in the virtual terminal terminal, etcetera etcetera.

Another thing I wanted to add is that sometimes keys straight up fail no matter how long I hold them pressed, worst of all, they sometimes straight up repeat once or twice, while unrelated to the issue, this is probably something important to know of.

Here is some useful information about my PC in order to diagnose/replicate this better.

DE: GNOME 49.1 (Wayland)
Arch Linux version: 6.17.8-zen1-1-zen
Electron Version of the apps I tested this on: 37.6

Last edited by ItsFireStorm (2025-11-19 14:22:17)

seth

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Re: [DUPLICATE] Problems using key combinations with the "Super" key.

I'm not sure if this is a problem with Arch, or my laptop, or my DE

DE: GNOME 49.1 (Wayland)

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=309876
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/- … te_2602112
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Waylan … plications
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chromi … er_Wayland (ignore the symptoms)

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ItsFireStorm

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Registered: 2024-10-07

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Re: [DUPLICATE] Problems using key combinations with the "Super" key.

Thank you for the info, I downgraded to the latest version where this issue isn't present, while I still cannot set this as solved, it will do for now.

seth

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Re: [DUPLICATE] Problems using key combinations with the "Super" key.

You might want to report this as duplicate and susbscribe/chime in with the other thread, though.

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