Re: Issue with Keyboard Input in Web Browsers Under StumpWM

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Thanks for the reply Phil and Russell. I didn't change configuration, nor
installed any new packages. The only thing I did was "sudo pacman -Syu".
After that the issue shows up. So now I'm not able to use StumpWM as it
won't be useful if you can't type anything in any web browser.

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 2:29=E2=80=AFPM Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoser=
v.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 01:36:37PM -0400, York Zhao wrote:
> > Hello StumpWM Community,
> >
> > I'm reaching out for assistance with a peculiar issue I've encountered
> > after a recent system upgrade on Arch Linux. Specifically, I'm
> experiencing
> > problems with keyboard input in web browsers (including Brave, Firefox,
> and
> > Microsoft Edge) when running under StumpWM. The issue is that the
> browsers
> > do not respond to keyboard input at all. However, when I switch to KDE
> > Plasma, everything works as expected, and the browsers respond to
> keyboard
> > inputs without any problems.
> >
> > Notably, this issue is isolated to web browsers; other applications do
> not
> > exhibit this problem. This leads me to believe it might be related to h=
ow
> > StumpWM interacts with these specific applications concerning keyboard
> > input handling.
> >
> > I'm hoping someone in the community might have insights into this issue
> or
> > could suggest additional troubleshooting steps. Has anyone else
> experienced
> > similar behavior with web browsers under StumpWM, particularly followin=
g
> a
> > system upgrade? Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciate=
d.
> >
> > Thank you for your time and assistance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > York
>
> I use firefox daily in Stump.
>
> Did you import a configuration that tried to have keyboard remapping
> for firefox or other browsers? I've seen sample configurations which
> included key re-binding for firefox.
>
> Is this a focus issue? If you split the screen and run xev, can you
> select the firefox window and type?
>
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> Russell Adams                            [email protected]
>                                     https://www.adamsinfoserv.com/
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks for the reply Phil and Russell. I didn&#39;t change=
 configuration, nor installed any new packages. The only thing I did was &q=
uot;sudo pacman -Syu&quot;. After that the issue shows up. So now I&#39;m n=
ot able to use StumpWM as it won&#39;t be useful if you can&#39;t type anyt=
hing in any web browser.<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 2:29=E2=80=AFPM Russe=
ll Adams &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">RLAdams@adamsinfo=
serv.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-le=
ft:1ex">On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 01:36:37PM -0400, York Zhao wrote:<br>
&gt; Hello StumpWM Community,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;m reaching out for assistance with a peculiar issue I&#39;ve enc=
ountered<br>
&gt; after a recent system upgrade on Arch Linux. Specifically, I&#39;m exp=
eriencing<br>
&gt; problems with keyboard input in web browsers (including Brave, Firefox=
, and<br>
&gt; Microsoft Edge) when running under StumpWM. The issue is that the brow=
sers<br>
&gt; do not respond to keyboard input at all. However, when I switch to KDE=
<br>
&gt; Plasma, everything works as expected, and the browsers respond to keyb=
oard<br>
&gt; inputs without any problems.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Notably, this issue is isolated to web browsers; other applications do=
 not<br>
&gt; exhibit this problem. This leads me to believe it might be related to =
how<br>
&gt; StumpWM interacts with these specific applications concerning keyboard=
<br>
&gt; input handling.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;m hoping someone in the community might have insights into this =
issue or<br>
&gt; could suggest additional troubleshooting steps. Has anyone else experi=
enced<br>
&gt; similar behavior with web browsers under StumpWM, particularly followi=
ng a<br>
&gt; system upgrade? Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciat=
ed.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thank you for your time and assistance.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Best regards,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; York<br>
<br>
I use firefox daily in Stump.<br>
<br>
Did you import a configuration that tried to have keyboard remapping<br>
for firefox or other browsers? I&#39;ve seen sample configurations which<br=
>
included key re-binding for firefox.<br>
<br>
Is this a focus issue? If you split the screen and run xev, can you<br>
select the firefox window and type?<br>
<br>
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