XFCE does not respond to keyboard shortcuts set in Window Manager which use the Super key

[TraceyC77]

Summary

Shortcuts set in Window Manager do not trigger the action they are set for if the Super key is part of the shortcut

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Window Manager
2. Changed a few shortcuts, Tile window to right / left / bottom / top. The keyboard combo was recognized, since it was accepted, in all cases. All new shortcuts had the Super key

Expected result

When pressing the keyboard shortcut (ex: Super+Up) the action is triggered (ex: Tile window to the top)

Actual result

The application menu expands as if only the Super key was pressed

Environment

• [X] Is system up to date?

Repo

Shannon (stable)

Desktop Environment

Xfce

System details

$ inxi -b
System:
  Host: tracey-flex-solus-xfce Kernel: 6.6.9-269.current arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 Distro: Solus 4.5 resilience
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81SS v: Lenovo IdeaPad FLEX-14API
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: AGCN29WW(V1.12)
    date: 02/21/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 40.0 Wh (99.0%) condition: 40.4/45.0 Wh (89.8%)
CPU:
  Info: quad core AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx [MT MCP]
    speed (MHz): avg: 1384 min/max: 1400/2300
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1: 3440x1440~50Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 23.3.3 renderer: AMD
    Radeon Vega 10 Graphics (radeonsi raven LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54
    6.6.9-269.current)
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter driver: rtw_8822be
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 536.57 GiB used: 88.11 GiB (16.4%)
Info:
  Processes: 259 Uptime: 3h 15m Memory: total: 20 GiB note: est.
  available: 17.51 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (10.7%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.31

Other comments

I noticed other default shortcuts also don't work if they use the Super key. Ex: Super+Tab - Switch window for same application

[TraceyC77]

Ermo is testing this

[ermo]

Can confirm.

I suspect that this might actually be an upstream issue?

@EbonJaeger : It would be super (heh) nice if you could dig into whether this is just how it is on xfce...?

[EbonJaeger]

@ermo could you retest this, please? I just set the shortcut to lock the screen to Super + L, and to my surprise, it worked. I'm running the 4.20pre1 packages now, so I don't know if something changed upstream, or what.

[ermo]

Application shortcuts (under the Keyboard thing in system settings) using the Super key work fine in 4.18.x

But any shortcuts set in the Window Manager do not work for me in 4.18.

I tested with Super+Tab in both multiple Firefox windows and multiple Thunar windows -- neither reacted to Super+Tab...

[EbonJaeger]

It looks to be this issue, sadly. See the comment by Tamaranch.