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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 245

xev doesn't detect keypress event

Hi,

I'm using xfce 4.18 with Debian testing.

I'm trying to us xev to get keypress events in an app window, for example:

 xev -id 12345678 

It only detects "keyRelease" events but not "keyPress" ones.
On the window that xev opens (without the -id option) it detects both events/

Any fixes?

Thanks

Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: xev doesn't detect keypress event

have you tried this on other apps or just the one app of interest (besides xev's own window).  i'm just wondering if that app has set up anything weird.

jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 245

Re: xev doesn't detect keypress event

Hi,

I've checked that prior to posting here. It's the same with other app such as xcolors.

Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: xev doesn't detect keypress event

then, it is beyond my level of knowledge of GUI programming (almost 0).  i've never seen xev fail like that.  i've wanted to look into its source code to see how it can get what another process gets, like is this a feature in X and are there security implications.

jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 245

Re: xev doesn't detect keypress event

Thanks