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| -rw-r--r-- | gtk2_ardour/utils.cc | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc index 8177e7facc..add148d0b0 100644 --- a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc +++ b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc @@ -671,7 +671,23 @@ key_press_focus_accelerator_handler (Gtk::Window& window, GdkEventKey* ev) #endif - if (!special_handling_of_unmodified_accelerators || (ev->state & mask)) { + if (!special_handling_of_unmodified_accelerators) { + + /* XXX note that for a brief moment, the conditional above + * included "|| (ev->state & mask)" so as to enforce the + * implication of special_handling_of_UNMODIFIED_accelerators. + * however, this forces any key that GTK doesn't allow and that + * we have an alternative (see next comment) for to be + * automatically sent through the accel groups activation + * pathway, which prevents individual widgets & canvas items + * from ever seeing it if is used by a key binding. + * + * specifically, this hid Ctrl-down-arrow from MIDI region + * views because it is also bound to an action. + * + * until we have a robust, clean binding system, this + * quirk will have to remain in place. + */ /* pretend that certain key events that GTK does not allow to be used as accelerators are actually something that |