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[Andrea Azzarone <1347735@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: unity
    Milestone: None => 7.3.1

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Title:
  Lockscreen capslock detection doesn't work well with remapped
  capslocks

Status in Unity:
  In Progress
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Hi,

  Version: 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 (trusty)

  Some users like to remap the way the activate capslock.  For example,
  using gnome-tweak-tool it's possible to set the CapsLock key to behave
  as an extra Ctrl, or an extra Alt (or several other extras) and then
  set "Both shifts together toggle CapsLock".

  This works perfectly well inside Unity, the hardware keyboard led
  indicator shows up, etc.  However, the lockscreen detector doesn't
  correctly warn or not warn when this setup is used.

  * If the lockscreen was activated with capslock on, then the double-shift makes capslock go away, but not the warning.
  * If the lockscreen was activated with capslock off, then the double-shift makes capslock on, but no warning shows up.

  I believe the problem is in this piece of code in unity-
  shared/TextInput.cpp:

  void TextInput::OnKeyUp(unsigned keysym,
                          unsigned long keycode,
                          unsigned long state)
  {
    if (!caps_lock_on && keysym == NUX_VK_CAPITAL)
      caps_lock_on = true;
    else if (caps_lock_on && keysym == NUX_VK_CAPITAL)
      caps_lock_on = false;
  }

  This is checking for specific key, instead of the fact that CapsLock
  was activated or not.

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