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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is definitely no way to do that in wxwidgets, any and all keys 
that are received generate wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK, which I am receiving. There 
may be a way to do it in X11, I don't know, but it would require 
significant system-specific bodgery.

Also it'll tick people off, since if they've configured their WMs to 
trap a certain key, they probably want it to ;)

Just change your mapping in xfce's settings, my xfce certainly does not 
trap Alt+F.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 03:12:30PM +0100, Clemens Koller wrote:
> Hi Chris!
> 
> I am a bit short on time, currently, but will test your code asap
> next week, I hope. Thanks for taking care about that!
> 
> On 2016-01-21 04:44, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > - Hotkeys that are *not* handled by the main hotkey code (for example, 
> >   menu keys like Alt+F to call up the File menu) are not affected.
> 
> Good. I think it's worth to emphasize here that Alt-F in my case
> (Linux Xfce4) was handled by the Window Manager and as such, Kicad
> cannot handle that key properly when it doesn't get the events
> from outside.
> So, this is nothing Kicad needs or can take care about.
> 
> However, I don't know if there is a way to change the priority in
> handling Keyboard/Mouse events in a way that an application can
> handle events _before_ directed (back) to the Window Manager when
> the application is active and in focus.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Clemens
> 
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