Control+Shift + Mouse Wheel with xbindkeys shortcuts propagate

Question

My .xbindkeysrc file includes:

"amixer sset -q 'Master' 10%+"
  control + shift + b:4

"amixer sset -q 'Master' 10%-"
  control + shift + b:5

Which allows me to control sound volume with Ctrl + Shift + Mouse Wheel. This worked perfectly fine until a recent upgrade.

Currently this works, but it also passes Ctrl + Wheel to the underlying window - which usually results in zoom in/out (for example in the browser or in terminator).

How can I change the volume without zooming? :-)

I am using arch linux, and gnome with xorg.

gnome 41.3
X.Org X Server 21.1.3

Update: the same happens also when using sxhkd.

(2022-02, Updated versions, problem persists)

Was it a full system upgrade or just the upgrade to xbindkeys 1.8.6-1? — airhuff, Jan 18 '17 at 08:36
Does not seem to be an xbindkeys problem. I can even reproduce this with [sxkhd](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sxhkd)! — Udi, Jan 18 '17 at 09:06
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1335654 — Udi, Jun 11 '22 at 18:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 21:52

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I had the same situation but with xdotool

"xdotool key XF86AudioPlay"
    shift + b:4

According to xbindkeys#Troubleshooting article on archlinux wiki, I updated it to include --clearmodifiers, which worked for me.

"xdotool key --clearmodifiers XF86AudioPlay"
    shift + b:4

It also mentions using + release at the end of the command.

answered Jul 13 '17 at 21:52

Guido Tarsia

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Thanks - Since I am not using `xdotool`, this does not relate or solve the problem. – Udi Feb 16 '22 at 21:04

Control+Shift + Mouse Wheel with xbindkeys shortcuts propagate

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